A Cry for Help in Africa Scoring Guide
Student name: Period .
Criteria The student… |
Wt |
Advanced 4 points |
Proficient 3 points |
Basic 2 points |
Limited 1 point |
| Standard 17: identifies a political event or series of similar events in Nigeria’s history and explains how this event has hurt the current economic development of Nigeria. | 2 |
Clearly and insightfully identifies a political event or series of related events and fully explains using relevant information how this event would cause current economic development problems. | Clearly identifies a political event or related series of events and explains how this event would cause current development problems. | Identifies a political event or series of related events, but not clear how it impacts current economic development problems. | Identifies events with no attempt to tie to current economic problems. |
| Standard 9: analyzes the population characteristics of Nigeria and its connection to the economic development of Nigeria. | 2 |
Using significant demographic data that is cited and explained describes the causes and consequences of an economic development problem linked to the population characteristics of Nigeria. | Using information supplied in the data packet, describes one problem linked to the population characteristics of Nigeria and explains why this problem hurts the economic development of Nigeria. | Describes a development problem with some errors in linking with population characteristics or describes a problem but does not clearly or correctly give its cause or link it to economic development and/or fails to cite the data source. | Describes a development problem but does not link it to population characteristics or the problem described is not related to economic development. |
| Standard 4: analyzes the human characteristics of Nigeria and its connection to the economic development of Nigeria. | 2 |
Using significant data that is cited and explained describes the causes and consequences of an economic development problem linked to the human characteristics of Nigeria. | Using information supplied in the data packet, describes a problem linked to the human characteristics of Nigeria and explains why this problem hurts the economic development of Nigeria. | Describes a development problem with some errors in linking with human characteristics or describes a problem but does not clearly or correctly give its cause or link it to economic development and/or fails to cite the data source. | Describes a development problem but does not link it to human characteristics or the problem described is not related to economic development. |
| Standard 18: explains which of the previously discussed economic development problems should be solved first and proposes a solution to the problem. | 3 |
Insightfully proposes a plausible solution to a problem of economic development explaining why linking its solution to the lessening of other development problems should solve this problem first. | Proposes a plausible solution to a problem of economic development and accurately explains why this problem should be solved first. | Proposes a solution to an economic development problem that is not totally plausible and/or fails to give an adequate explanation for why this problem should be solved first. | Fails to propose any plausible solution to an economic problem related to the human or population characteristics. |