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Country research pack

Produce a two-country briefing with a shared-period table, an annotated locator map and a source log. Suitable for one or two learners over 45 to 60 minutes.

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1. Ask a question and find matching data

Use Portugal and Spain or choose another pair with a common year. In PiSpace Open Data, choose one measure with a clear unit, then record the most recent shared period. Try a second measure with a different denominator and record its shared period separately. Record any flags and say whether they change your interpretation.

Measure, unit and period Country A Country B Difference and flag

2. Make a locator map

On a blank regional map, colour the two countries, label a neighbouring sea or country and add a legend. For Portugal and Spain, mark the land boundary between them and the Atlantic on the west. Use the boundary publisher’s attribution. Check that a reader can identify both countries from your labels without colour.

Response fields

  1. Sketch or attach the locator map here

3. Keep a source log

Item Publisher and URL Period or version Date checked and note
First measure
Second measure
Map

4. Write and verify your conclusion

Write a three-sentence brief: what was compared, what difference you found, and what the evidence cannot answer. Swap briefs and ask a partner to find one source and reproduce one difference. If both figures are rates, subtract them and express the result in percentage points. If the two periods differ, revise the comparison or explain why the match was unavailable.

Response fields

  1. Brief to share
  2. Partner’s verification and one improvement

What a correct result shows

The western coast of mainland Portugal borders the Atlantic, and Portugal shares a land border with Spain. A comparison about a national rate uses country-level records and its common period. The numerical answer varies with the chosen measure and period. It passes if the two values can be found in the cited table and the reported difference follows from them.

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