Names of Group Members ________________________________

Performance Task 1: Students as Cartographers

Goal: Your goal is to produce a map, with your partner that correctly identifies the locations of Georgias five regions and its major rivers. Role: You are a cartographer who is plotting and illustrating the locations of Georgias major rivers and five regions correctly on a map to be included in the Georgia History Exhibit at the Georgia Museum of History. Audience: You (second grade students) will be presenting your maps to Ms. Map Key, a museum curator, who will be visiting our class after our maps are finished to decide which maps she is going to include in the museums new state of Georgia History Exhibit. Situation: Some very valuable maps, which were drawn in the 1900s (very old!), have been stolen from the Georgia Museum of History. The museum curator has asked us, the number one (#1) cartography company in the country, to recreate the maps that were stolen so that the museums Georgia History Exhibit can go on as scheduled. Your job is to work with a partner and recreate one Georgia map with all five of the regions and the major rivers neatly and correctly drawn on the map using the provided parchment paper. The curator is expecting excellence, so please do your very best! Product Performance and Purpose: You (and your partner) will draw the boundary lines for each Georgia region as well as draw the major rivers of Georgia onto the blank map, provided by your boss. You will need to label each region and river and illustrate each region with different colors. You will also need to identify one important thing about each region and place it on your map. Make sure to include a legend and compass rose for your map. You and your partner will work together taking turns, sharing ideas, and jobs (i.e., drawing, labeling, coloring, presenting, etc.). You are your partner will then be asked to share your teams map with the rest of the companys employees (the class) and with Ms. Map Key (the museum curator). Ms. Map Key will use the attached rubric to check the completeness of your map in order to decide whose map(s) will be used in the Georgia History Exhibit.

Performance Task 1: Students as Cartographers Name: _____________________________ Teacher: ____________________

Beginning (1) Illustrations students have 0 1 region(s) and river(s) drawn on their map students label 0 1 and regions and/or rivers on the map region and river placement do not at all match the relative location of the regions and rivers (0 - 2 correct placements) included 0 or 1 important facts about only 1 of the regions (0 1 important facts) legend was not included and/or was missing all 12 of the 17 symbols compass rose was not included or was labeled incorrectly (0 2 correct placements) 6 or more regions/rivers are spelled incorrectly Students do not cooperate at all and the project is unfinished/messy or illegible Developing (2) students have 2 3 regions and rivers drawn on their map students label 2 3 land regions and/or rivers on the map region and river placements somewhat match the relative location of the regions and rivers (3 - 7 correct placements) included 1 important fact about 2 or 3 of the regions (2 3 important facts) legend was included, but missing 13 8 of the 17 symbols compass rose was included, but was labeled incorrectly (3 5 correct placements) 3 -5 regions/rivers are spelled incorrectly Students somewhat cooperate and the final project is somewhat neat/legible

Date: _______________

Title of Work:_________________
Accomplished (3) students have 4 5 regions and rivers drawn on their map students label 4 5 land regions and rivers on the map regions and river placements mostly match the relative location of the regions and rivers (8 - 10 correct placements) Exemplary (4) students have all regions and rivers drawn on their map students label all regions and rivers on the map Points

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Labeling

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Location

regions and river placements exactly match the relative location of the regions and rivers (12 correct placements) included 1 or more important facts about all 5 of the regions (5 or more important facts) legend was included and all 17 symbols were identified compass rose was included and was labeled correctly (8 correct placements) All regions/rivers are spelled correctly Students cooperate well and the final project is neat and legible

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Important Facts

included 1 important fact about 4 of the regions (4 important facts) legend was included, but missing 7 4 of the 17 symbols compass rose was included, but was labeled incorrectly (6 7 correct placements) 1-2 regions/rivers are spelled incorrectly Students mostly cooperate and the final project is neat/legible

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Legend

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Compass Rose

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Spelling

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Collaboration and Appearance of Work Total Points Earned

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Total----->

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