Amazon Rainforest Groups
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Amazon Rainforest Group Project
RUBRIC
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1. Describe your Amazon Rainforest Group. (10 points)
2. How does your Amazon Rainforest Group use the land? (10 points)
3. 10 Latin America Content Vocabulary Words with Definitions and Pictures
(5 points each; total of 50 points)
4. What does your Amazon Rainforest Group want? (20 points)
5. Include one (1) PEGS word and example to relate to your Amazon
Rainforest Group (10 points)
TOTAL: 100 POINTS
POINTS EARNED:
1. ___________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
5. ___________
TOTAL:
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Period:_____
GRADING: 1 Daily grade 1 Test grade.
1 daily participation grade and 1 TEST grade for project completion following
rubric, with class presentation.
Group Members: ____________________________________
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Mrs. Clements’ Social Studies
Group Presentations begin
Monday, November 3.
Finish presentations on
Tuesday, November 4.
Class Work Days:
Tuesday-Thursday, 10/28-10/30.
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Group Presentations: Monday, November 3
and Tuesday, November 4.
Amazon Rainforest Groups
1. Which Amazon Rainforest group
will you present?
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2. What type of presentation?
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PROJECT GUIDELINES:
Your group will be assigned one (1) of the six (6) Amazon
Rainforest Land Use Conflicts Groups.
Your group will be assigned one (1) particular way to
present your presentation.
Your group must complete research on the one particular
Amazon Rainforest group.
Your group MUST follow the RUBRIC requirements and
include all parts in your class presentation.
WHICH
RAINFOREST
GROUP WILL YOU
PRESENT?
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FINAL PROJECT:
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Group Presentation of project
*Environmentalists
All parts of the project can be a:
*Loggers
*paper-based presentation
*Native Amazonians
OR
*Ranchers
*digital presentation
*Rubber Tappers
*Farmers/Settlers
For Research, use:
1. “Land Use Conflict in the Amazon
Rainforest” reading packet in notability.
2. Websites provided below using your iPad.
3. Any books on the Amazon.
All groups must include the following in the
presentation:
*10 Latin America Content Vocabulary Words with
Definitions and Pictures.
*Describe your Amazon Rainforest group and how they
use the land.
*Explain what your Amazon Rainforest group wants.
*Include one (1) PEGS word with example to relate to
your Amazon Rainforest group.
You might not know it, but you enjoy gifts from
the rainforest everyday.
-C. MESSINA
Helpful Websites:
http://worldwildlife.org/places/amazon
http://www.wcupa.edu/aceer/amigos/cd/rainforest.htm
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/amazonrainforest.html
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/