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Social Studies Project

AST World Tour


Written/Hand-in Portion:
Report contains significant evidence of the following nine categories: History; Tourist
Attractions; Living Conditions; Economy; Dress; Transportation; Languages; Currency;
and Flag, Symbols, and National Anthem along with a bibliography of all sources (cited
appropriately).

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(SS St. Was able to Was somewhat Struggled to Unable to
1) significantly able to recognize recognize and recognize and
recognize and and outline outline changes in outline changes in
outline changes in changes in the the society chosen the society
the society chosen society chosen chosen
(SS St. Was able to Was somewhat Struggled to Unable to
2) significantly able to recognize recognize and recognize and
recognize and and outline the outline the effect of outline the effect
outline the effect effect of the the interactions of the interactions
of the interactions interactions amongst societies amongst societies
amongst societies amongst
societies
(SS St. Successfully Somewhat Struggled to Failed to identify
3) identified culture identified culture identify culture and culture and
and transportation and transportation of transportation of
of chosen country. transportation of chosen country chosen country
chosen country
(SS St. Successfully Somewhat Struggled to Failed to identify
3) identified identified identify resources resources and
resources and resources and and economic economic
economic economic activities of chosen activities of
activities of activities of country. chosen country.
chosen country. chosen country.
(LA St. Correctly utilized a Somewhat Struggled to utilize Unable to utilize a
1) wide range of utilized a wide a wide range of wide range of
sources with range of sources sources with sources with
understanding with understanding understanding
understanding
(LA St. Significantly able Somewhat able Struggled to Unable to
2) to paraphrase non- to paraphrase paraphrase non- paraphrase non-
fiction text to n.fiction text to fiction text to fiction text to
highlight ideas highlight ideas highlight ideas highlight ideas
(LA St. Successfully used Somewhat used Struggled to use Failed to use
3) conventions and conventions and conventions and conventions and
grammar grammar grammar grammar
effectively effectively effectively effectively
(LA St. Applied significant Somewhat Struggled to apply Unable to apply
4) thought and applied thought thought and thought and
creativity to and creativity to creativity to project creativity to
project and writing project and and writing project and
writing writing
(LA St. Significantly Somewhat Struggled to utilize Unable to Utilize
5) utilized relevant utilized relevant relevant relevant
information information information information
appropriately appropriately appropriately appropriately
(LA St. Correctly Somewhat Struggled to Unable to
6) recognized recognized recognize cultural recognize cultural
cultural effects on cultural effects effects on the effects on the
the native people on the native native people of native people of
of their country people of their their country their country
country
Tri-fold Board Portion
Tri-fold contains evidence of the following ten categories: 5 photos with descriptive
captions; country’s name/flag; country’s history; country’s economy; languages spoken;
three other elements from the hand in portion; other interesting/distinguishing facts; and
student’s name, number, and section.

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(LA St. Spells with 90% Spells with 80% Spells with 70% Spells below a
3) accuracy while accuracy while accuracy and 60% accuracy
successfully somewhat struggles to apply while failing to
applying applying grammar grammar skills apply grammar
grammar skills skills skills
(LA St. 2 Successfully Somewhat Struggled to Ideas are not
& 5) organized ideas organized ideas to organize ideas to organized into a
to provide logical provide logical provide logical logical
arrangement of arrangement of arrangement of arrangement of
information. information. information. information.
(SS St. Demonstrated an Somewhat Struggled to Was unable to
3) significant demonstrated an demonstrate an demonstrate an
understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of
the economy and the economy and the economy and the economy and
culture of the culture of the culture of the culture of the
country chosen country chosen country chosen country chosen

Oral Presentation
Oral presentation includes the following: Appropriate dress (tour guide or local dress),
props relevant to the project, 2-3 (no more, no less) minute presentation highlighting
country, presentation outline (5 key points with details for each), and preparedness
(presentation was not directly read from tri-fold).

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(LA St. Successfully Somewhat Struggled to Unable to organize
7) organized ideas organized ideas in organize ideas in ideas in a
in a meaningful a meaningful way a meaningful way meaningful way
way that made that made sense that made sense that made sense
sense to the to the audience. to the audience. to the audience.
audience.
(LA St. Well informed on Somewhat Struggled to Lacked
7) my topic. Well informed on my inform audience information on
prepared/ topic. Somewhat about topic; Only topic and not well
practiced. prepared/practice prepared a little. prepared.
d.
(LA St. Pronunciation Pronunciation was Pronunciation was Pronunciation was
7) was clear and somewhat clear not clear and not clear and easy
easy to and easy to easy to to understand and
understand and understand and no understand and frequent Spanish
no Spanish was Spanish was used. some Spanish was used.
used. was used.
(LA St. Maintained eye- Maintained eye- Maintained eye- Very little eye-
7) contact most of contact some of contact part of contact Used
the time. Used the time. Used the time. Read notes to read word
notes sparingly, notes a little to from notes often. for word.
and did not read read from them.
from them.

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