Monday, February 21, 2011

ENRICHED + HONORS: Middle Ages unrest activity + link

1. Open your laptop and go to www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12482311.

2.  Create a spreadsheet in Excel, Calc, or Google Docs. Title your spreadsheet “Middle East Unrest.”

3.  Create, research, and fill in the following columns:
Column A. Country (sort alphabetically)
Column B. Last name of leader
Column C. Leader’s # of years in power
Column D. Rate of people living in poverty in country.
Column E. Median age of population
Column F. % of people in country who are literate (literacy rate)
Column G. Youth unemployment rate
Column H. Government corruption score (out of 178)

Cell Formatting: Bold, center, and word-wrap column labels (top row); change all #s to whole #s (0 decimal points); change “rates” to percentage format.

Save your spreadsheet and show it to me when complete.

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