The Mission
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to find the phantom country in Europe. The purpose of your mission is to conduct an in-depth study of the following European countries: France, England, Italy, Germany, Greece, and Spain. You are to examine three basic elements of each country, each of which contribute to the overall understanding of the similarities and differences between them. These elements are:
Each group member will be assigned an element to explore. Using the web sites provided, you will conduct your research, and create a written outline of the information attained. You will be responsible for presenting the outlined information from your area to the rest of the group. In conjunction with this activity, you will use the clues provided to determine which of these six countries could be the phantom country. Be careful to examine the possibilities closely, for several countries might be contained under one clue.
After conducting the research in your specific area, you will rejoin as a group to discuss the results of the search. While in your group, you must:
2. Write a group essay that states which country you believe to be the phantom country. Support your answer with the knowledge attained in the search. Be sure to include the information that defends your reason for selecting this particular country, as well as the information that defends your reason for not selecting the other countries for your answer.
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