Students will create a document that can take the form of a brochure, poster, essay or other approved format. The students will need to include key information about the age of exploration. The essential questions that student must answer is, " What was the age of exploration about and what were the affects/impact of that exploration?"
Key Information:
Why did the various countries choose to explore the world?
What were their discoveries?
Explain the affects of the varous countires exploration and interactions.
What were the tools used and how were they used in this age of exploration and disovery?
at least two images need to be included: maps, tools, traded items, etc
Rubric: 50 points total
Audience and Purpose
Elaboration
Use of language
Images
Score
15
The response is fully sustained and consistently focused within the purpose, audience, and task; and it has a clear organizational structure creating coherence and completeness
Provides convincing, well-elaborated support for ideas
Shows a mature command of the language; chooses clear transitions to convey ideas; contains virtually no mechanical errors
Score
10
The response is adequately sustained and generally focused within the purpose, audience, and task; and it has a clear evident organizational structure with a sense of completeness. The response includes most of the following:
Provides some support and development for ideas
Some sentences variety and good word choices; shows some mechanical errors
Score
5
The response is somewhat sustained within the purpose, audience, and task but may include loosely related or extraneous material; and it may have inconsistent organizational structure.
Does no elaborate all ideas; provides inadequate or illogical support
Uses overly simple sentences structures; does no connect ideas well; shows many mechanical errors
Require number of images are included and relate to the topic
Score
1
The response is related to the topic but may demonstrate little or no awareness of the purpose, audience, and task; and it may have little or no discernible organizational structure.
Does not elaborate ideas’ offers little or no support
Demonstrates poor use of language; contains many mechanical errors that hinder reader understanding
Answers
Answer:
The response is somewhat sustained within the purpose, audience, and task but may include loosely related or extraneous material; and it may have inconsistent organizational structure.
Does no elaborate all ideas; provides inadequate or illogical support
Uses overly simple sentences structures; does no connect ideas well; shows many mechanical errors
Require number of images are included and relate to the topic
Score
1
The response is related to the topic but may demonstrate little or no awareness of the purpose, audience, and task; and it may have little or no discernible organizational structure.
Does not elaborate ideas’ offers little or no support
Demonstrates poor use of language; contains many mechanical errors that hinder reader understanding