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The Five Themes of Geography Create your own country

Students will create a country using the five themes of geography. The presentation will have a visual component that accompanies each theme. For Location you should have two Defininitions one for Relative location and one for Absolute location.

Rubric Code: XX3BW94

By mlepsky

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

5 themes of Geography travel log
	Unsatisfactory Project does not meet the following requirements 2 pts	Partially Proficient Project somewhat meet the following requirements 4 pts	Proficient Projct meets all the following requirements 6 pts	Advanced Project exceeds all requirements and adds information not covered in class that support deeper understanding of the concepts. 8 pts
Location	Unsatisfactory Incorrect or missing location.	Partially Proficient Information as to location is vague.	Proficient Country located properly using only latitude or longitude and/or relative location information.	Advanced Country located properly using accurate lines of latitude and longitude and/or relative location information.
Place	Unsatisfactory No physical and/or human characteristics is indicated.	Partially Proficient incorrect physical and/or human characteristics.	Proficient List only physical or human characteristics .	Advanced List of complete physical and human characteristics indicated.
Region	Unsatisfactory Region is not properly classified.	Partially Proficient Region is not properly classified and some physical features and/or human characteristics of the region are missing.	Proficient Region is properly classified, but only includes physical features or human characteristics.	Advanced Region is properly classified, including all physical features and/or human characteristics.
Movement	Unsatisfactory Incorrect information or lack of information.	Partially Proficient Some information regarding human-environmental interaction is given. Incomplete information.	Proficient 3 areas of are movement covered. Full and complete information.	Advanced 5 areas of movement are covered. Full and complete information.
Human-environment interaction	Unsatisfactory Incorrect information or lack of information.	Partially Proficient Some information regarding human-environmental interaction is given. Incomplete information.	Proficient Only 3 areas of human-environmental interaction are covered. Full and complete information.	Advanced At least 5 areas of human-environmental interaction are covered. Full and complete information.
illustrations	Unsatisfactory No illustration & No writing.	Partially Proficient Illustration is sloppy and does not enhance the theme being covered in the writing. Illustration is not in the proper place.	Proficient Illustration is completed with care, but the theme is not covered in the writing. No writing to cover the theme.	Advanced Illustration is completed with care, and enhances the theme being covered in the writing.
Sentence Structure	Unsatisfactory Incorrect sentence structure or no sentence is written.	Partially Proficient Write 3 complete sentence about each theme.	Proficient Write 5 complete sentences about each theme.	Advanced Write a complete paragraph about each theme.

Keywords:

Location, Place,Movement,Human-environment interaction

Subjects:

Social Sciences

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Project

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