What do I need to pack? Clothes What is the weather going to be like while I am there? (Both at night and during the day) What are the cultural and/or religious customs that I should consider as I choose what clothes to pack? (What are the prominent religions? what about gender appropriate clothing?) Medical gear to prevent exposure to Ebola Virus Passport/Visa What documentation do I need to have in order to enter the country and return to the United States? Any other items? Translation dictionary Will my cell phone work? Medicines (are there nay medications that I am required or suggested to take?) Check out these sites for info: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ http://www.atlas-westafrica.org http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country.html

Medical Protection Gear Clothes I will pack ___________ because__________. 1)___________________________________ _____________________________________ 2) ___________________________________ ____________________________________ 3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________ 5) _________________________________ ___________________________________ 6) _______________________________ __________________________________ 7) _______________________________ _________________________________ 8) ______________________________ ________________________________ 9) ______________________________ Documents I will pack ___________ because__________. 1)_______________________________________ _________________________________________ 2) _______________________________________ ________________________________________ 3) _______________________________________ 4) ______________________________________ _______________________________________ Medical Protection Gear ______________________________ 2 __________________________________ ________________________________ __________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ _________________________________ _____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Other Items I will pack ___________ because__________. 1)_______________________________________ _________________________________________ 2) _______________________________________ ________________________________________ 3) _______________________________________ 4) ______________________________________ _______________________________________ 5)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You will make 3 note cards You will make 3 note cards. The information on the 3 note cards will be as follows: Demographic Information for country 1 Demographic information for country 2 Source card – where you got your information The demographic information that should be included for each country are as follows: Total population Population 14 and under Death Rate Hospital bed density You can find the needed demographic information at the following website www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook After going to the website, find the search bar titled “please select a country to view”. Click on the bar to find the name of the country you are investigating. After clicking on the country, you will notice a series of bars titled “introduction”, “geography”, “people and society”, etc. You can find everything you need for the notecards under “people and society”.

How do I get there? Color a dot on your departure point and your destination point Draw a straight line from one point to the other What direction will you be traveling in order to reach your destination? Measure the distance of your line using the scale bar. Go to http://www.freemaptools.com/ Click the link on the left hand side under Popular Map Tools called “How far is it Between” Using Mobile, Alabama as your “from” city and the capital of the country that you are going to as your “to” city, what is the exact distance you will be traveling?

Things that we have in common Things unique to your culture Things we share in common Things unique to my culture