Name: _________________________________

Culture Project
Part A: Culture Brochure
Purpose:
Over the past few weeks you have been collecting information about a particular
culture. Your assignment is to create a travel brochure that displays the
information about your culture. This will show your ability to ask question, infer,
gather and collect data (evidence) and communicate your findings.
Due Date: Wednesday June 1st
Instructions:
You will be designing a brochure that must include the following information
below.
The finished brochure should be a tri-folded piece of paper (size is up to you). You
must include illustrations or printed pictures from the internet.
Geography

-Where is your country of your culture located

in the world? (print off a map)
/1
-What is the country made out of? Mountains,
dessert, plateaus, grassland etc
/1
-What is the climate of the country?
/1
-What is your population of the country?
/1

Food

-What are their traditional foods?

/1

/4
Remember to include:
Name of the dish
How is it prepared?
What ingredients are in it?

/1

Clothing

-Is there a traditional type of dress and or

article of clothing in your country?
/1

Housing

-Who lives together, in what types of housing?

/1

Religion & Spiritual Beliefs

-What do the people believe in?

/1

/1

/1

-How and whom do they worship?

/1
-Do the people have a structured religious
system?
/1
-How do beliefs affect everyday life?
/1

/4
Family Life & Community

-How are people arranged into groups?

/1
-How do the people live day to day?
/1
-Do they have any daily customs?
/1
-Do they have any special days they celebrate?
How do they celebrate special days?
/1

Arts

-Do they have a traditional dance?

/1
-What is their traditional music?
/1
-What types of paintings, sculptures and
architecture did the people create?
/1
-What types of handmade good such as
baskets, pottery or decorative items do they
make?
/1

Language

-What language is spoken?

/1

/4

/4
How do you say?

/1

Hello
Goodbye
Thank you
My name is ___________
How are you?

Interesting Facts
Assessment: What am I looking for?
Information
-All the required information is included.
Geography
Food
Language
Clothing
Housing
Religion & Spiritual Belief
Family Life & Community
Arts

-The brochure appears well researched and

thorough.
-The information is accurate.

*Bonus Marks

-Optional or additional information has been

included.

Appearance
-The brochure is neat and organized.
-Colour has been used to catch the readers
attention.
-The title page stands out!

Conventions
-Spelling and grammar errors do not deter
from reading the brochure.
-Proper punctuation has been used
throughout (periods, question marks,
exclamation marks, apostrophes and
commas)

Bibliography
-A bibliography is included. You have shown
me what cites you have used to gather and
interpret your information.
-You have shown you have used a variety of
sources to gather your information

Part B: Cultural Presentation

Purpose: You will have one week to put together a plan to present one
cultural aspect of your research. You will be presenting this to a small group
of students. You are responsible for bringing any materials you may need.
This will show your ability to communicate your ideas and findings to your
peers.
Due Date: Thursday June 2nd

Examples:
Cook/bake a traditional dish to share with your peers (In class or bring
to class already prepared)
Teach the language
Make a traditional outfit
Learn a traditional dance and teach it to your peers
Teach them about a specific celebration and how they celebrate it

 Bring in artifacts and speak about each of them

Teach a game that originated from the culture

Assessment:
for?

Date Breakdown

April 6 & 7 Geography

Research
Information
-Presenter has provided accurate
information
April
13 & 20 Clothing/
and is an expert on the topic
Housing
Research
-The audience is able to walk away learning
about their topic
April 27 & 28 Religion &
Preparation
Spiritual Beliefs Research
-The Presenter knows their information and
does not read off their paper May 4 & 5 Food Research
-Has included visuals or otherMay
props 11& 12 Family Life &
Presentation
Community Research
-Presenter makes eye contactMay
with audience
18 & 19 Arts & Language
-Voice is loud and clear
-Presenter engages audienceResearch
and includes
them in presentation
May 25 & 26 Brochure Work
Block
June 1 Brochure Due
June 2 Cultural Presentation
Due

What am I looking