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2nd MYP Assessment - Journal of a Child in an LEDC

Everyone who completed their letter to the newspaper did an amazing job - I am very impressed!

Our second MYP assessment, due Thursday the 17th of March, will be on the following:

Research an LEDC and write a journal as a child (ages 3-18) living in an LEDC.  Please select one of your LEDC's from the following list, obtained from the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democractic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Buinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yemen and Haiti.


Things you may want to inculde are:
  1. What type of dwelling do you live in?
  2. Do you reside in a rural or urban area?
    1. What types of shops/places are located in your town?  Do you have hospitals and lots of doctors - if not, what do you do if you get sick?  Are you somewhere that people from MEDC's come for travel, i.e., living somewhere with mostly foreign owned restaurants and hotels?
  3. What sort of food do you eat?
  4. Do you go to school?  If so, what kind?  What sort of supplies do you have?
  5. Do you or your parents work?  If so, what type of work do you/they do?
  6. Do you have a lot of siblings  If so, what is life like living with them?
  7. What are your dreams and aspirations for when you grow up?
  8. Do you feel safe where you live?
  9. What are the demographics like in your area?


Depending on if you have A, B or C you will write the following:
A:  a week's worth of entries
B:  5 days worth of entries
C:  3 days worth of entries

But feel free to write more if you wish!



This assignment is due at the beginning of class by the 17th of March. No late papers will be accepted.

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