Explorers are done!

We finished our Explorers simulation Thursday, and today we watched a movie about Cuba.  Next week we will begin the "Central/South America country project".  The kids did draw for countries today, so if your child was absent, there will be assigned a country on Monday.

We will spend the next week researching our countries.  I have reserved a cart of Chrome books, so everyone will have a computer.  This assignment will be graded as a "Test/Project/Quiz" assignment, so it will be going in to the 60% bucket.

I've attached the requirements, which I've gone over with each class.  The kids will receive a paper copy of this on Monday, but I'm making it public now :)  If you have any questions, please feel free to send me an e-mail!

Have a great weekend; I heard the sun is supposed to make an appearance!!

Thanks,
Cathy

Central/South America Project Assessment

Scoring Rubric

Label your book/slide with the following Headings (spelling COUNTS!)

Climate/Wild Life/Vegetation           Government and Economy        History            Geography/Physical Features        Culture

You will need three (3) illustrations (hand drawings), three (3) pictures, or a combination of both, in your flipbook.

For each of the Headings, you will need to list five (5/4/3) facts.  Your Headings may be in any order you choose. 

Consider including the following information for each Heading:

Climate:  types of climates and their locations, native plants, native animals

Geography/Physical Features: bodies of water and their locations, landforms and their locations, borders, Resources and their locations

Government and Economy:  Structure of Government, the type of work done by the people of your country, imports, exports

History:  Ancient Civilizations, European Conquest, Colonization

Culture: Food, Customs/Holidays, Dress, Sports, Music, dance

There is much more information that can be added to each Heading; these are just ideas.  As you do your research, you may find some aspect that is more interesting to you.

You MUST understand each fact you put in your project; DO NOT copy and paste!  That is considered PLAGERISM.  To earn a grade, you must have the number of facts listed, and the facts must be accurate.

Title Page – 1 point-required

Heading Labels –1 point-required

3 Pictures/Illustrations – 3 points-required

Geography -Five Facts, 5 points                         Four facts-4 points      3 facts-3 points

Climate- Five Facts, 5 points                              Four facts-4 points      3 facts-3 points

Culture – Five Facts, 5 points                             Four facts-4 points      3 facts-3 points

History – Five Facts, 5 points                             Four facts-4 points      3 facts-3 points

Government/Economy – Five Facts, 5 points     Four facts-4 points      3 facts-3 points

  30 points =A                                                                29- 25 points=B              24-20 points=C