This website should help all my 5^th grade students in my 2^nd hr social studies class on their report about one of the countries that we have been discussing in the classroom. Use this information in your reports which will be due no later than April 25^th.

Let’s look at the map…..

http://www.dominicanrepublic.com/thecountry/geography.php

The Honorary Dominican Flag……

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg

 

Info about the country….

Countries Nickname: Republic Dominicana

President of the country: Leonel Fernendez

·       The land area for this country is 18,680 square miles with the total area being about 18,815 square miles. It has a population of about 9,183,984 people.

·       The race/ethnicity percentage is about 16% white, 11% black, and 73% mixed.

·       The predominate language spoken is Spanish.

·       95% of the population is Roman Catholic.

·       Capital and largest city is Santo Domingo with an estimated 2,851,300 people.

·       The literacy rate is 85%.

 

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/dr.html

Don’t forget to include the geographic standards that apply to the country…

·       Standard Four (Places and Regions) – physical characteristics of places.

·       Standard One (The World in Spatial Terms) – the use of maps and other geographic representation.

·       Standard Two (The World in Spatial Terms) – Using mental maps to organize information.

·       Standard Five (Places and Regions) – People create a region to determine the complexity.

 

Good luck! See you in class!