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Different Places/People

To facilitate learning about the world. Select a country(markedly different from Australia) from the Asia Pacific region. Comprehensive description of this country required, and list of similarities/differences between student and child in selected country. Students disclose most important lesson from this task - intercultural understanding and ethical considerations.

Rubric Code: CABX5A

By renebarnard

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Subject: Geography

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Different Places - Different People
	Excellent Excellent work is defined as following all of the criterion and doing the best work you can do. 4 pts	Good Good work is defined as Following most of the directions and doing the best you can do. 3 pts	Fair Fair work is defined as making an effort, but not really doing your best work. You are capable of doing much better. 2 pts	Poor Poor work is defined as not doing a good job and no real effort was put forth. 1 pts
Description of Country Including factors such as Geography, climate, people, government, economy, language, religion, etc.	Excellent Excellent description of appropriate country was provided - with a focus on all relevant factors as requested.	Good Adequate description of country provided	Fair Reasonable effort made to provide description of country/inappropriate country description provided.	Poor Poor effort made to describe country and /or inappropriate country selected.
Similarities & Differences A comprehensive list of similarities and differences between student and a child living in selected country, incl. home life, town/village, family, food, language, religion, climate, clothing, education, sport/hobbies, hopes and dreams, fears, etc.	Excellent Very comprehensive list provided detailing all the similarities and differences required.	Good Good effort made with listing most of the similarities and differences requested.	Fair Adequate effort made to list similarities and differences as requested.	Poor Poor effort made in listing similarities and differences
Intercultural and Ethical Considera	Excellent Student made an excellent effort to explain the lesson learnt from this task in terms of intercultural and ethical considerations.	Good Student made a good effort to explain the lesson learnt from this task in terms of intercultural and ethical considerations.	Fair Student made an adequate effort to explain the lesson learnt from this task in terms of intercultural and ethical considerations.	Poor Student made a poor effort to explain the lesson learnt from this task in terms of intercultural and ethical considerations.
Organization Use of headings, sub-headings, paragraphs, etc.	Excellent Student made an excellent effort in organizing work using headings, sub-headings and paragraphs.	Good Student made a good effort in organizing work using headings, sub-headings and paragraphs.	Fair Student made an adequate effort in organizing work using headings, sub-headings and paragraphs - improvement is needed.	Poor Student did not make an adequate effort in organizing work. Did not make appropriate use of headings, sub-headings and paragraphs - much improvement is needed.
Sources	Excellent Student provided an excellent list of resources used.	Good Student provided a good list of resources used.	Fair Student provided an adequate list of resources used.	Poor Student did not provide a list of resources used.

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