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The Five Themes of Geography, Defining a Country

The Five Themes of Geography Travel Catalog

Students will create a project which describes a country of their choice using the 5 themes of geography. Students will also have to explain why they chose their particular country.

Rubric Code: K47CBB

By triley

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

5 themes of Geography travel log must have a page of writing for each theme, and illustration
	Poor does not meet the following requirements 1 pts	Fair somewhat meet the following requirements 2 pts	Excellent Meets all the following requirements 3 pts
Why I chose this country 3 pts Project must include why you chose your country.	Poor No reason is given or explanation does not state why you chose your country.	Fair States why you chose the country, but there are few supporting reasons.	Excellent States why you chose your country, and have multiple supporting reasons for your country.
Location 3 pts absolute or relative location of country.	Poor Incorrect or missing location.	Fair Information as to location is vague	Excellent Country located properly using accurate lines of latitude and longitude and shows relative location information
Place 3 pts Physical and human characteristics of the country.	Poor Incorrect physical and human characteristics indicated.	Fair Some physical and human characteristics indicated. Incomplete of few informative characteristics.	Excellent Completely shows physical and human characteristics, with several examples given for both.
Region 3 pts Define one major region in the country you chose.	Poor Region is not clearly classified.	Fair Region is clearly classified, but some physical features and human characteristics lack full explanation.	Excellent Region is properly classified, including all physical features and human characteristics, with full explanation.
Movement 3 pts Movement of people, goods, and ideas.	Poor Not shown or lacking a variety of movement types.	Fair Several types are listed but lack full explanation for each form of movement shown.	Excellent Several types are listed and have a full explanation of each movement shown.
Human-environment interaction 3 pts How the people who live there adapted to the environment.	Poor Incorrect information or lack of information.	Fair Some information regarding human-environmental interaction is given. Incomplete information.	Excellent All areas of human-environmental interaction are covered. Full and complete information are provided with examples.