CATEGORY

Research

Exceeds
Expectations
(4)

N/A or
Imminent
Improvement
(1)

Student identifies
all three types of
sources, but on
utilizes two of the
types in their note
taking process.
Some mistakes of
interpretation in
their notes. Student
creates an
annotated
bibliography, but
annotations are
incomplete or are
not based on notes.

Student can
identify the three
types of sources,
but fails to
interpret these
sources
correctly.
Student notes
are incomplete
or do not
provide enough
information for
correct
interpretation of
the source.
Annotated
bibliography is
not based on
student notes
and annotations
are incomplete.

Student cannot
identify the
three types of
sources or
interpret those
sources
correctly. Notes
are incomplete
and notes are
not based on
research.
Annotated
bibliography is
incomplete, not
based on
research or
notes.

Identification
Student
and Evaluation correctly
identifies and
Description
evaluates
Students will
environmental
need to be able constraints.
to correctly
Student
identify and
provides
evaluate
evidence and
environmental
demonstrates a
constraints to
clear
show master of understanding
the skill.
of the
constraints.

Student can
identify and
evaluate
environmental
constraints with
few
misidentifications
or evaluations.
Student provides
some evidence and
demonstrates an
understanding of
the environmental
constraints.

Student
struggles to
identify and
evaluate
environmental
constraints.
Student provides
little evidence
and struggles to
demonstrate an
understanding of
the
environmental
constraints.

Student cannot
identify or
evaluate
environmental
constraints.
Student does
not provide any
evidence and
does not show
an
understanding
of the
environmental
constraints.

Cause and
Effect

Student
understands there is
a relationship
between cause and

Student
struggles to
demonstrate a
understanding of

Student does
not understand
the cause and
effect

Description
Students will
need to show
mastery of
researching
skills in the
following areas:
Use and
interpretation of
primary,
secondary, and
tertiary sources.
Take notes and
create an
annotated
bibliography of
sources.

Description

Student
identifies and
utilizes all three
types of
sources in their
research.
Student
correctly
interprets all
sources in their
notes and
creates an
annotated
bibliography
based on their
notes.

Meets
Expectations (3)

Needs
Improvement
(2)

Student
demonstrates a
clear
understanding

Students will
need to be able
to explain the
cause and effect
relationship of
altering the
environment by
explaining how
altering the
environment
affects the five
themes of
geography to
master the skill.
Sustainability

of the
relationship
between cause
and affect by
explaining how
altering the
environment
affects all of
the five themes
of geography.

Student defines
sustainability
Description
correctly.
Students will
Student can
need to be able provided
to define
multiple
sustainability.
examples of
Students will
how a country
also need to be
can sustain
able to describe resources and
how a country's provides real
resources can be world
sustainable to
examples.
master the
standard.

affect by explaining
how altering the
environment affects
the five themes of
geography.
However, student
fails to provide
examples of one of
the five themes.

the cause and

affect
relationship of
altering the
environment by
explaining how
altering the
environment
effects the five
themes of
geography.
Student fails to
provide
examples to
multiple themes.

relationship of
altering the
environment.
Student can no
explain how
altering the
environment
can affect the
five themes of
geography and
fails to provide
any examples.

Student defines
sustainability
correctly. Student
provides examples
of how a country
can sustain
resources, but does
not provide real
world examples.

Student defines
sustainability.
Student
struggles to
provide
examples of how
a country can
sustain resources
and does not
provide real
world examples.

Student cannot
define
sustainability.
Student cannot
provide
examples of
how a country
can sustain
resources and
cannot make
connections to
the real world.