Year 1 Geography Term 4 Student’s name: ________________________________

Task Description:
Grade: Location andKLA:
Term: Mapping
Students design a map of either a city, a small town, or a country town, and give it appropriate features. Students should include roads, buildings, a key etc. (these
are listed on the assessment paper/graphic organiser to provide students with the appropriate structure). Students explain the features of their town and what
makes it a city/small town/country town by referencing what they have included.

Assessable Task-Specific Descriptors

Elements
A (Extending) B (Advancing) C (Demonstrating) D (Developing) E (Emerging)

Identifies and Accurately identifies and Identifies and describes the Independently: Attempts to identify Beginning to:
describes features describes features of maps, features of maps; identifies features on a map and the
of maps, and connecting features to real- and describes different types Identifies and describes the different types of maps Identify features of a map
Geographical knowledge and

includes them on world examples of maps, observing changes features of maps; identifies
their own map in detail between them and describes different types Identify types of maps
Accurately identifies the of maps
understanding

Identifies and
features of country towns,
explains reasons
small towns, and cities, and
for including
notices these differences in
specific features
on a map the real-world

Identifies features
of cities, small
towns, and country
towns
Questioning and

Collects, records Investigates and explains Responds to questions about Responds to questions about Attempts to respond to Attempts to identify different
researching

and sorts features of maps and the the different features of maps the different features of maps respond to questions about features of maps
information differences between country by identifying and referencing the features of maps
collected towns, small towns, and different maps
(in class activities) cities, with reference to the
real world
Represents a Accurately represents and Represents and describes Represents and describes Attempts to represent and Attempts to represent a map
Interpreting and Communicating

chosen location describes the features of the features of different the features of different describe the features of a
and its features on different places with detail, places with some detail, and places map
a pictorial map gives reasons for their choice
and provides thoughtful
in features
explanations for their choices
with reference to real-world
features
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