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= Introduction =

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in another country and follow their rules or do you think others wonder what it’s like to live in the United States? What makes a third world country a developing nation and does the U.S. help or harm these nations? Are communist nations so different from capitalist ones? These are all great questions and hopefully they have peaked your interest. It is important to fully understand different styles of government and to look at real countries like the U.S., North Korea, Afghanistan, etc. to see how they function and what really makes them tic. At the end, you will have a clearer image of how this world actually functions and we can delve into the age old question, Is America actually #1?

To do this, we will look at different government types through out the world, compare and contrast them, analyze our findings, and come to some conclusions on the differences between these types and developed v. developing nations.

 Task  == This is the main purpose and goal of the WebQuest == Students will utilize their knowledge of the four essential features of a state to compare and contrast how a developed country operates versus that of a developing country and to understand the three types of government and how they play a role in the development of a nation. ====Does the setup of a government and country affect the standard of living? What makes a country developed v. developing and what are the basics of the different types of government?==== ====Your goal is to research 3 different countries, fill out a chart with the basic information for each, and answer analysis questions to fully understand how each one functions and how they compare to each other based on the chart and other resources. Finally, you will take everything that you have gathered and see if you can help these countries help themselves.====

Here is a video that looks at the top 10 developed countries in the world and provides some statistics as well. This is a good place to start and hear some of the stats that they use to decide what makes a country developed. You and your group will gather much more data throughout the WebQuest.

Top 10 Most Developed Countries (2010) - by Human Development Index and TDC

 The Process [|…]

How you complete the WebQuest
Before you can actually analyze real countries and look at their standard of living and how they compare to each other, you have to gather basic country information and data. You will work in a group of three and each person will be one of the following groups and have to choose a country found in the list below. The third person will be the United States.

1. Choose the country that you will research inside of your group

Developing: Cambodia, Mexico, DR Congo, Syria, or Burma

Developed: Japan, England, Germany, France, or Ireland

Third Country: United States

2. Complete the chart for your country based on the following resources

Once you have chosen your roles, you will use the following links to fill in a chart that is focused on important data and information to understand your country + Complete this document for your country :
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__**Resources**__ - U.S. CIA. “CIA: The World Factbook” [Online] 17 June 2013. []. This site is created by the CIA and is updated every week. This will be the most valuable source for you to find out about the country. It has a ton of information listed by country and gathered by each country and the U.S.

- Country Reports. “Country Reports: Cultural, Historical, Statistical, Country Information” [Online] 19 June 2013. <[]>. This is another site that lists information by country. I would use this source as a secondary one because it isn’t as credited as the CIA one, but it does have a bunch of info by country.

- Infoplease. “Infoplease: Countries of the World” [Online] 19 June 2013. <[]>. Same as above – search by country and check statistics.

- U.S. Department of State. “U.S. Department of State: Countries and Regions” [Online] 19 June 2013. []. This site provides some detail on countries by the US government on travel and restrictions. It provides statistics, but it also gives warnings and discusses issues within each country.

- Unicef. “Unicef: Information by Country and Programme” [Online] 20 February 2003. []. This looks at programs that are trying to help individual countries. It discusses solutions to major world problems and what individuals can do to help out. It also provides some facts about issues within each country. You can find by country or read about a specific program that involves Unicef.

- The Economist. “The Economist: Topics” [Online] 19 June 2013. []. This looks specifically at the economics of the country and can help with government issues. You can look at this to understand standard of living. The topic page goes alphabetically and they can find their country this way.

3. Complete Analysis Questions as a group

Now you have a basic understanding of how your country functions and we need to take that information and compare and contrast that with the other countries. This will help us analyze our nations and describe their standards of living. Take the data that you gathered about your country, sit down with your group and discuss your findings, and finally answer the analysis questions __**using**__ the data that you gathered. Feel free to keep using the resources provided above to help answer these questions.

 + Complete these Analysis Questions:  (Older Version of word)
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