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The Five Themes of Geography Book Project

Students choose any country in the world and use the Five Themes of Geography to describe it in a creative book

Rubric Code: GB5W5C

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Subject: Geography

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

5 Themes of Geography Book Project Criteria that will be used to analyze knowledge of the Five Themes of Geography
	Poor - level (N/A)	Fair - level 2 (N/A)	Good - level 3 (N/A)	Excellent - level 4 (N/A)
Location Absolute or Relative location of country.	Poor - level Incorrect or missing location.	Fair - level 2 Information as to location is vague.	Good - level 3 Country located properly using accurate lines of latitude and longitude and/or relative location information	Excellent - level 4 Country located properly using longitude and latitude and/or relative information
Place Physical and human characteristics of the country.	Poor - level Incorrect physical and/or human characteristics indicated.	Fair - level 2 Some physical and/or human characteristics indicated. Incomplete information.	Good - level 3 List of complete physical and human characteristics indicated.	Excellent - level 4 List of complete physical and human characteristics indicated. Photographs or illustrations provided.
Region Classification of region	Poor - level Region is not properly classified.	Fair - level 2 Region is properly classified, but some physical features and/or human characteristics of the region are missing.	Good - level 3 Region is properly classified, including all physical features and/or human characteristics.	Excellent - level 4 Region is properly classified, including all physical features and/or human characteristics.
Movement Movement of people, goods, and ideas.	Poor - level Incorrect information or lack of information.	Fair - level 2 Some information regarding movement is given. Incomplete information.	Good - level 3 All areas of movement are addressed. Full and complete information.	Excellent - level 4 All areas of movement are addressed. Full and complete information. Photographs provided.
Human-Environment Interaction How the people who live there adapted to the environment.	Poor - level Incorrect information or lack of information.	Fair - level 2 Some information regarding human-environmental interaction is given. Incomplete information.	Good - level 3 All areas of human-environmental interaction are covered. Full and complete information.	Excellent - level 4 All areas of human environment interaction are covered. Full and complete information. Photographs provided.
Quality and Layout of Visual Creativity	Poor - level Not appealing, disjointed, messy.	Fair - level 2 Some evidence of design and effort.	Good - level 3 Neat, well designed and easy to follow. Colorful and attention-grabbing	Excellent - level 4 Neat, well designed and easy to follow. Colorful and attention grabbing.

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Five Themes of Geography, Book Project

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Geography

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Project

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