Tag: geogovconnections

Government and Geography; Create a Country

Describe the purpose of the project (ie. making connections between Government and Geography, etc.)

The purpose of this project was to make connections about government and geography and make a whole new country created by ourselves using the knowledge that we have acquired in class. We had to show how those to things (government and geography) are important to a country and when actually creating your own new country. This project helped us show our learning and how we understand how the government works and the different types, charters/laws, geography, etc.

What did you do, that would demonstrate your ability to accomplish the purpose (use evidence from your project)?

One of the things that I did that demonstrated my ability to accomplish the purpose is I made a charter and explained the rules, rights, and laws and how my democratic government/decision making would work. This showed that I understood how all of that works and laws and rights that have to be stated to make a country liveable. I took inspiration from Canada’s/Americas laws (but still added some of my own ideas) because they are also democracies and I wanted my government to be run in a similar way.

What were the benefits of being able to view and peer review other projects? How did this inform the changes you made? 

The main benefits of being able to view and peer review other projects were that we acquired some knowledge and inspiration from other people and it gave us some new ideas for changes we can make to our country when we got to make them. It was also interesting to see other peoples ideas and see what they have created. This also informed me on the changes because they gave me tips and suggestions on how I could make my project even better and told me if I was missing anything which was actually quite helpful because I could improve it. It was probably also helpful for the people that I reviewed because it also helped them hopefully to improve their projects even though all of them were really good, interesting and unique in their own way.

What changes have you made to your project that resulted in your end product? Why have you made those changes?

The changes that I have made was just the one thing that I was missing which was the density and distribution map. The peer review helped me make this change because I totally forgot that I forgot to put it in so that was quite helpful. Other than that, I’ve got everything that was on the checklist and was happy with my end project so I didn’t change anything else.

What competency does either the project or the process reflect most? Using evidence from what you have completed, how does your product or the creative process demonstrate that competency?

I think that overall the finishing project and the process of making the project reflected on all of the core competencies but in my opinion, the one that it reflected on most was the creative thinking one. This whole project was based on me putting my creative skills to work. I had to create a whole new country that was different as the rest, and are unique in there own way. I used my creativity skills when I decided to make my country 100% electronic based. This was creative because no countries like this exist currently and I thought that it would be really cool and unique and would be that one thing that would make my country stand out. I also had to use my creative skills when I  was deciding what part of my new country was for what. Where I would put my capital, where is my airport going to located, where the rainforest is, farms, etc. Last but not least I also had to create a new name for the country. Even though it might sound simple, it’s not. This took me a while because I really wanted my country to have a tropical, unique flair to it and I chose to make it start with the letter “z” because there aren’t many countries that started with the letter “z”. So I think that’s where I put my creative skills to use too.