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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 Exhibitat 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 todecide 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 Exhibitcan 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.

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Performance Task 1: Students as Cartographers

Name: _____________________________ Date: _______________

Teacher: ____________________ Title of Work:_________________Beginning

(1)Developing (2) Accomplished (3) Exemplary (4) Points

Illustrations

students have 0 1

region(s) and

river(s) drawn on

their map

students have 2 -

3 regions and

rivers drawn on

their map

students have 4 -

5 regions and

rivers drawn on

their map

students have all

regions and rivers

drawn on their map

____/ 4

Labeling

students label 0

1 and regions

and/or rivers on

the map

students label 2 -

3 land regions

and/or rivers on

the map

students label 4 -

5 land regions and

rivers on the map

students label all

regions and rivers on

the map

____/ 4

Location

region and river

placement do notat all match the

relative location of

the regions and

rivers (0 - 2

correct

placements)

region and river

placements

somewhat matchthe relative

location of the

regions and rivers

(3 - 7 correct

placements)

regions and river

placements mostlymatch the relative

location of the

regions and rivers

(8 - 10 correct

placements)

regions and river

placements exactlymatch the relative

location of the regions

and rivers (12 correct

placements)____/ 4

Important Facts

included 0 or 1

important facts

about only 1 of the

regions (0 1

important facts)

included 1

important fact

about 2 or 3 of

the regions (2 3

important facts)

included 1

important fact

about 4 of the

regions (4

important facts)

included 1 or more

important facts about

all 5 of the regions (5

or more important

facts)

____/ 4

Legend

legend was not

included and/orwas missing all 12

of the 17 symbols

legend was

included, butmissing 13 8 of

the 17 symbols

legend was

included, butmissing 7 4 of

the 17 symbols

legend was included

and all 17 symbolswere identified

____/ 4

Compass Rose

compass rose was

not included or was

labeled incorrectly

(0 2 correct

placements)

compass rose was

included, but was

labeled incorrectly

(3 5 correct

placements)

compass rose was

included, but was

labeled incorrectly

(6 7 correct

placements)

compass rose was

included and was

labeled correctly (8

correct placements)

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Spelling

6 or more

regions/rivers are

spelled incorrectly

3 -5 regions/rivers

are spelled

incorrectly

1 - 2

regions/rivers are

spelled incorrectly

All regions/rivers are

spelled correctly____/ 4

Collaboration and

Appearance ofWork

Students do not

cooperate at all

and the project is

unfinished/messy

or illegible

Students

somewhat

cooperate and the

final project issomewhat

neat/legible

Students mostly

cooperate and the

final project isneat/legible

Students cooperate

well and the final

project is neat andlegible

____/ 4

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