Lesson Rubric: Places and Regions

Rubric for Rosie's Walk

Mary Frances Higuchi

September 2001

World in Spatial Terms: GCS1: Students use geographic representations to organize, analyze, and present information on people, places, and environments.

K-3 GCB: Read and make geographic representations (i.e., maps, globes, graphs, charts, models) to locate and describe locations, distances, directions, and scale.

Criteria	4	3	2	1
Map includes title, orientation, date, and author's name.	Map has all attributes of a map and Includes the legend. Map clearly con- veys its purpose.	Map accurate- ly shows attributes and clearly conveys its purpose.	Most of the attributes are present and there is an attempt to show its purpose.	"Map" doesn't include attri- butes of a map and does not show its purpose.
Selected features (man-made and/or natural) of the environment being studied are shown.	Man-made and natural features of environ- ment studied shown with accuracy and detail.	Man-made and natural features accurately show the environment being studied.	Man-made and natural features of environment studied are present, but not clearly shown.	No evidence of man-made and/or natural environment seen.
Geographical terms are used to describe a specific location.	Specific loca- tion de- scribed with accuracy and detail.	Geographical terms accu- rately used to describe specific loca- tion.	Uses a few geographical terms to describe a specific location.	Does not use geographical terms to describe a specific loca- tion.
Geographical terms are used to describe specific human/physical characteristics of a place.	Specific human and physical characteristics of a place are described with accuracy and detail.	Geographical terms accu- rately used to describe specific human/ physical characteristics of a place.	Uses a few geographical terms to describe a specific hu- man/physical characteristics of a place.	Does not use geographical terms to describe a specific human/physi- cal character- istics of a place.