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Summer Assignment-Regions Rubric

Description:
You are to select a REGION from the United States that is impacted by the natural disaster that you studied this summer. You will relate the geography to how we define regions, how it creates optimum conditions for certain types of natural disasters, and poor conditions for others. You will also look at how the geography/natural disasters impact the resources and economy of your region.

Region-Summer Assignment Connection

Vocabulary: Vocabulary specific to your region and natural disaster should be used and spelled correctly. You have identified vocabulary specific to natural disasters and regions. Regions: Region selected based on Natural Disaster. Identify different ways to define regions. Physical Features: How do these features enable/minimize the impact of natural disasters including the one that you studied? Human Features: How do these human features enable/minimize the impact of natural disasters including the one you studied? Economics: Identify different professions, specific to your region, that exist and thrive based on the following: Resources: Natural: Renewable: Non-Renewable: College and Career Readiness: What degrees does a person need to attain in order to pursue a career in studying fields related to natural disasters, geography, and/or other professions related to our project? What type of professions are available for those degrees?

Natural Disaster Impact: Explain how your region is impacted by your natural disaster in one or more of the following categories: Building Construction Wildlife - Sealife

Humans Economics - business, productivity of society types of plants, animals that have adapted to that region.

Writing:
*The class focus is on making sure that we have gathered information accurately without plagiarizing* Non-Negotiables: Proper Spelling Proper Grammar Proper Punctuation Proper Capitalization Write in Complete Sentences. Features: Title Vocabulary is bold or italicized. Graphic aides, if present, are related to the region/disaster. Headings/Subtitles/Information is organized into different paragraphs. Sources: Use www.easybib.com to cite all sources used. You used a variety of reliable sources to gather your information accurately.

Research Questions:
Use the space below to write down the personal questions that you want answered centered around our topics: ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

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Summer Assignment-Regions Rubric Checklist Directions:

Check off what you have and/or have not done. Make notations for our conference time.

Region-Summer Assignment Connection

Vocabulary: Did you do the following well? __Locate, use, and spell vocabulary specific to your region and natural disaster? __You have identified vocabulary specific to natural disasters and regions. Notes/Thoughts:

Regions: Did you do the following well? __Select a region based on your Natural Disaster. __Identify different ways to define regions. __Identify how Human Features enable/minimize the impact of natural disasters including the one that you studied? Notes/Thoughts:

Economics: Did you do the following well? __Identify different professions, specific to your region, that exist and thrive based on the following natural, renewable, and nonrenewable resources. Notes/Thoughts:

College and Career Readiness: Did you do the following well? __ Identify what degrees does a person need to attain in order to pursue a career in studying fields related to natural disasters, geography, and/or other professions related to our project? __ Identify what type of professions are available for those degrees? Notes/Thoughts: Natural Disaster Impact: Did you do the following well? __Explain how your region is impacted by your natural disaster in one building construction, wildlife, human, economics, etc Notes/Thoughts:

Writing:
*The class focus is on making sure that we have gathered information accurately without plagiarizing* Non-Negotiables: Did you self and get the following peer edited? __Proper Spelling __Proper Grammar __Proper Punctuation __Proper Capitalization __Write in Complete Sentence. Features: __Title __Vocabulary is bold or italicized. __Graphic aides, if present, are related to the region/disaster. __Headings/Subtitles/Information is organized into different paragraphs. Sources: __Use www.easybib.com to cite all sources used. __You used a variety of reliable sources to gather your information accurately.

Research Questions:
__Did you ask, research, answer, and cite your own research questions?