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The Five Themes of Geography

Students choose a Canada province or territory and use the Five Themes of Geography to describe the selected area in a Google Slides Presentation.

Rubric Code: EX75A97

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Items to be assessed Criteria that will be used to analyze knowledge of the Five Themes of Geography
	Poor 0-59 pts (N/A)	Fair 60-74 pts (N/A)	Good 75-94 pts (N/A)	Excellent 95-100 pts (N/A)
Location 15 pts Absolute and Relative location of province or territory using capital city.	Poor Incorrect or missing locations.	Fair Information as to locations are vague or one of the locations are missing.	Good EITHER Province or territory located properly using accurate lines of latitude and longitude and relative location information. Relative location of province or territory given.	Excellent BOTH Province or territory capital city absolute location given properly using accurate lines of latitude and longitude and location information. Relative location is given.
Place 15 pts Physical and human characteristics of the country.	Poor Missing or Incorrect physical and/or human characteristics indicated.	Fair ONE physical and/or human characteristics indicated. Incomplete information.	Good TWO physical and human characteristics indicated.	Excellent THREE or more physical and human characteristics indicated.
Region 15 pts Classification of region	Poor Region is not properly classified.	Fair Region is properly classified, with ONE physical features and/or human characteristics.	Good Region is properly classified, including TWO physical features and/or human characteristics.	Excellent Region is properly classified, including THREE or more physical features and human characteristics.
Movement 15 pts Movement of people, goods, and ideas.	Poor Incorrect information and / or lack of information.	Fair ONE area of movement is given. Incomplete information.	Good TWO areas of movement are addressed with some information / explanation.	Excellent THREE areas of movement are addressed. Full and complete information / explanation given.
Human-Environment Interaction 15 pts How the people who live there adapted to the environment. How we change, adapt, and modify our environment.	Poor Incorrect information and / or lack of information.	Fair ONE area and/or some information regarding human-environmental interaction is given. Incomplete information.	Good TWO areas of human-environmental interaction are covered. Some information / explanation given.	Excellent THREE areas of human-environmental interaction are covered. Full and complete information / explanation given.
Quality and Layout of Visual 10 pts	Poor Not appealing, disjointed, messy, or incomplete.	Fair Some evidence of design and effort. Shows neatness and shows some organization.	Good Design shows basic idea and effort, yet has minimal flaws. Neat and organized.	Excellent Well designed and easy to follow. All 5 themes complete with information / explanations and no flaws throughout. Visually appealing.
Title Page 5 pts List your title, first and last name, teacher's name, subject, and date.	Poor THREE or more of the following are missing: title, first and last name, teacher's name, subject, and date.	Fair TWO of the following are missing: title, first and last name, teacher's name, subject, and date.	Good ONE of the following is missing: title, first and last name, teacher's name, subject, and date.	Excellent ALL of the following is listed: Title, first and last name, teacher's name, subject, and date.
Participation/On task 10 pts	Poor Completely off-task/ Repeatedly told to get back on task.	Fair Extremely loud and/or disturbing others when working on Google Slides Presentation Project.	Good Working on Google Slides Presentation Project without interfering with other classmates' learning.	Excellent Diligently researching or working on Google Slide Presentation Project.

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Five Themes of Geography, Google Slides

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