Country Project

Each child draws a country of the world from a deck of index cards turned faced down.  Once he has his country, he draws it on a standard sized piece of poster board, identifying the capital with a star.  He also draws the country's flag on the poster board.  Using creativity with the space left available, he writes information on the following:  Population, Government (type), Continent, Language(s) (official), Economy, Land Area (square miles or kilometers), Established (year), and Major Religion.  The flag should be colored using the official flag colors and the country colored creatively.  This is not a difficult project but one the students can have some fun with and also learn about a country they either did not know much about or of which they have never heard.