Examination (open — it is an assignment)         

Assignment Content

1.    As part of this assignment, you will compare and contrast two countries about which we have learned on three different issue/topic/category

   Country Options (you need to choose two)
   USA
   India
   China
   West Africa (you can choose a specific country or engage with the area more generally)
   East Asia (you can choose a specific country or engage with the area more generally)
   Haiti
   Europe (you can choose a specific country or engage with the area more generally)
   Mexico

   Categories/Issues
   Culture
   Social Hierarchy/Race and Ethnicity (you can break these up or combine them depending on what you want to look at)
   Politics
   Economics/Business
   Women and Gender 
   Family and Children
   Technology
   Foreign Relations
   Safety and Justice Issues

You can develop your comparisons in several ways:

• a summary with a paragraph for each issue/topic/category
• a table with a row for each issue/topic/category and then columns for county A, country B, and comparison (bullet points may seem easier, but you need to make sure that they convey a complete thought/idea)
• a slideshow/slide deck with an overview of each country and topic for a slide and then comparison slides
• a series of infographics that demonstrate the traits of each country for each issue/topic/category and then one or more for comparison