The time has come to get started on your second assessment task. Click here for a copy of the task. Please note that there are three separate but related pieces to this puzzle:
1. the proposal: nominate the country you plan to research and provide a bit of background information about it. You will also be asked to speak for a couple of minutes in class about what you have already found out about this economy. You may find later that you wish to change your country afterwards and that is fine too.
If more than one person has chosen a particular country, a random selection process will be used to determine who will need to make another choice. Although this is element will not be marked, it is important.
2. research task and essay: this is the heart of the task. Do the finding-out and report your findings in an essay format. This will be marked out of 25.
You must include a bibliography and employ a suitable referencing format, according to the guidelines. Some assistance will be provided for this element.
Please make every effort to write the essay in your own words and take the time to draft and redraft your essay several times.
3. in-class writing task: on the hand-in date, you will be required to write a response to a question that further demonstrates your understanding of the key global economic issues that relate to your country.
The question will not be seen by you in advance but it will closely follow an element of the research topic. It will be marked out of five and you would not be expected to write more than two pages during the Economics lesson.
Research Links – the websites of reputable international organisations and Australian government sites have a wealth of reliable information that will be useful for this task. Some of the better websites include:
World Trade Organization
World Bank
International Monetary Fund: http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development: www.oedc.org
CIA Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Foreign Policy magazine: http://eurasia.foreignpolicy.com/category/topic/economics
The Economist magazine: http://www.economist.com/topics
Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reserve Bank of Australia:
The Central Bank and other government websites for your country may also be useful.
As always, please seek advice if you are having difficulty understanding the question, guidelines or marking criteria. Also be pro-active about meeting the deadlines.
Enjoy
Mr F