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*** [[[ COMPARE YOUR COUNTRY ]]] ***
Here is a unique way to teach your students how
big/small/developed/literate/healthy your country
is. It should be usable from early elementary
grades (soon after students can read a list of
nations in alphabetical order) right through senior
geography, depending on the assignment that you put
to your students.
1. Students select their country, and another
country from two lists. (For example, Canada
and Russia.)
2. They choose a fact from a third list.
(For example, birth rate.)
3. The Website displays an attractive bar graph
that shows how their country and the country
they chose compare according to the fact.
(For example, the birth rate in Canada
versus Russia).
The site can compare any two countries on dozens
of facts. Other presentations include a simple
six-line summary of one country's basics (size,
population, GDP, birth rate, life expectancy,
literacy), and the "top five/bottom five" countries
in the world for any statistic.
Older students can divide one statistic by another
to create graphs such as the death rate against
the population between 15-64.
Your-Nation.com is the hobby of Chris Hinton from
Atlanta, Georgia, whose company designs computer
networks. The site uses Macromedia Flash to draw
the data summaries and national flags, and carries
no advertising.
Thanks to Dave Rogers for contributing this nugget.
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