Building a Trading Post

Assessment Criteria

Program Area: Social Studies (History)
Criterion: Historical Information
Attainment Descriptors:

• Contributes to the successful selection of trading post sites
  
• Accurately identifies the advantages and disadvantages of trading post sites
  
• Creates an artistic representation that accurately reflects the geography and climate of the setting, as well as considerations such as defense, materials available, storage space for goods, and living areas
  
• Creates an appropriate list of equipment and supplies for the trading post

Program Area: Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Criterion: Creative Work
Attainment Descriptor:

• Combines elements of artistic representation into a work that communicates the shape, materials used, layout and surrounding landscape of a trading post in a specific setting

Program Area: Language, Reading
Criterion: Reading of Non-fiction Materials
Attainment Descriptor:

• Selects, reads and communicates information from Web site source
  
• Applies information from reading to the completion of tasks (equipment for trading post, two-dimensional artwork)

Program Area: Language, Oral and Visual Communication
Criterion: Cooperative Group Work
Attainment Descriptor:

• Listens attentively to organize and classify information and to clarify thinking