Phase 3: Geography Assignments

City Build (Map)

Specs: Design and develop a sustainable city that accounts for all of the land use categories and their percentages, uses
appropriate renewable energy where needed and takes into account the push/pull factors that would draw immigrants to move
there. This project will take the form of a land use map, accompanied with a pamphlet/booklet that includes information related
with immigration, as well as highlights the sustainability of your city.
Learning Expectations: Land Use Categories, Land Use map, Push/Pull Factors, Mapping Rules, Methods of Sustainability
Rubric:

4 3
K/U Land Use Demonstrates thorough
understanding of land use
categories
Immigration Demonstrates thorough
understanding of push/pull
factors and issues related with
immigration
Sustainability Demonstrates thorough
understanding of methods of
sustainability within a city
C Map Demonstrates thorough use of
mapping rules, including
legend, colour, scale, title,
symbols, & compass
Pamphlet Pamphlet expresses and
organizes ideas using sections,
titles, images and colour with a
high degree of success
T Conferencing Demonstrates a high degree of
participation in conferences;
frequently leads conferences
Learning Demonstrates thorough use of
Process learning process, asking
questions, researching and
developing drafts
A Transfer of Transfers knowledge and skill
knowledge of land use, immigration &
sustainability to city with a high
degree of success
Spelling/ Project contains no convention
Grammar errors and uses content
vocabulary thoroughly
Demonstrates considerable
understanding of land use
categories
Demonstrates considerable
understanding of push/pull
factors and issues related with
immigration
Demonstrates considerable
understanding of methods of
sustainability within a city
Demonstrates considerable use
of mapping rules, including
legend, colour, scale, title,
symbols, & compass
Pamphlet expresses and
organizes ideas using sections,
titles, images and colour with
considerable success
Demonstrates considerable
participation in conferences;
frequently conferences
Demonstrates considerable use
of learning process, asking
questions, researching and
developing drafts
Transfers knowledge and skill
of land use, immigration &
sustainability to city with
considerable success
Project contains few
convention errors and properly
uses content vocabulary
2 1
Demonstrates some
understanding of land use
categories
Demonstrates some
understanding of push/pull
factors and issues related with
immigration
Demonstrates some
understanding of methods of
sustainability within a city
Demonstrates some use of
mapping rules, including
legend, colour, scale, title,
symbols, & compass
Pamphlet expresses and
organizes ideas using sections,
titles, images and colour with
some success
Demonstrates some
participation in conferences;
conferences somewhat often
Demonstrates some use of
learning process, asking
questions, researching and
developing drafts
Transfers knowledge and skill
of land use, immigration &
sustainability to city with some
success
Project contains some
convention errors and uses
some content vocabulary
Demonstrates limited
understanding of land use
categories
Demonstrates limited
understanding of push/pull
factors and issues related with
immigration
Demonstrates limited
understanding of methods of
sustainability within a city
Demonstrates limited use of
mapping rules, including
legend, colour, scale, title,
symbols, & compass
Pamphlet expresses and
organizes ideas using sections,
titles, images and colour with
limited success
Demonstrates little
participation in conferences;
seldomly conferences
Demonstrates little use of
learning process, asking
questions, researching and
developing drafts
Transfers knowledge and skill
of land use, immigration &
sustainability to city with
limited success
Project contains many
convention errors and uses few
content vocabulary

Land Use Issues

Specs: Now that you have created your land use map, you will need to solve for a specific issue that arises within it. This
will require you to study real-world issues and develop a solution to this problem.

4 3
K/U Land Use Demonstrates thorough
understanding of land use
categories and related issues
T Conferencing Demonstrates a high degree of
participation in conferences;
frequently leads conferences
Learning Demonstrates thorough use of
Process learning process, asking
questions, researching and
developing drafts
A Transfer of Transfers knowledge and skill
knowledge of land use with a high degree
of success
Spelling/ Project contains no convention
Grammar errors and uses content
vocabulary thoroughly
Demonstrates considerable
understanding of land use
categories and related issues
Demonstrates considerable
participation in conferences;
frequently conferences
Demonstrates considerable use
of learning process, asking
questions, researching and
developing drafts
Transfers knowledge and skill
of land use with considerable
success
Project contains few
convention errors and properly
uses content vocabulary
2 1
Demonstrates some
understanding of land use
categories and related issues
Demonstrates some
participation in conferences;
conferences somewhat often
Demonstrates some use of
learning process, asking
questions, researching and
developing drafts
Transfers knowledge and skill
of land use with some success
Project contains some
convention errors and uses
some content vocabulary
Demonstrates limited
understanding of land use
categories and related issues
Demonstrates little
participation in conferences;
seldomly conferences
Demonstrates little use of
learning process, asking
questions, researching and
developing drafts
Transfers knowledge and skill
of land use with limited success
Project contains many
convention errors and uses few
content vocabulary