GEOE 112 Assignment 1
Due:_______________
Total: 35 Marks
Answer all the questions.
1. Use an A4 folio to serve as a poster for your classroom and illustrate the Great African Rift
Valley system. Annotate the plates, direction of movement, mountains, lakes and the
smaller rift valleys. The following rubric will be used to assess your poster.
Criteria
0
Drawing
&
Poster
No drawing.
Labels
Labels are too
small to view
OR no
important items
were labeled.
Marks and comments
1-2
3-4
Information is
unorganized.
Some of the
information is
lacking and/or
information is not
relevant. Poster
not neat.
Some items of
importance on
the poster are
clearly labeled.
Drawing / Poster
is mostly neat.
Information is
organized in a
logical manner
and shows some
degree of
creativity.
Many (or almost)
all items of
importance on
the poster are
clearly labeled.
5
Mark
obtained
Poster is neat, wellorganized and
presented in a
creative way.
Poster is colorful
and creative.
Information is
accurate.
All items of
importance on the
poster are clearly
labeled.
Mark
(10)
2. Analyse the relief regions (or features) of Africa by referring to the following prominent
landforms: plateaus, coastal plains, fold mountains, volcanoes and highlands. The rubric
below will be used to assess your answer. For each of the relief regions you need to state
how these regions makes human living possible. Your answer must make a connection
between the physical environment and the human economy. Use the rubric below to assist
you.
Criteria
0 -- 1
Plateaus
Coastal
plains
Fold
mountains
Information
does not relate
to the topic;
points are not
clearly made.
Information
does not relate
to the topic;
points are not
clearly made.
Information
does not relate
Marks and comments
2
3
Insufficient
information
related to the
topic; some good
points are made.
Insufficient
information
related to the
topic; some good
points are made.
Insufficient
information
Sufficient
information
related to the
topic; many good
points made.
Sufficient
information
related to the
topic; many good
points made.
Sufficient
information
4
Richness/wealth
of material
related to the
topic; points are
clearly made.
Richness/wealth
of material
related to the
topic; points are
clearly made.
Richness/wealth
of material
Mark
obtained
Volcanoes
Highlands
to the topic;
points are not
clearly made.
Information
does not relate
to the topic;
points are not
clearly made.
Information
does not relate
to the topic;
points are not
clearly made.
related to the
topic; some good
points are made.
Insufficient
information
related to the
topic; some good
points are made.
Insufficient
information
related to the
topic; some good
points are made.
related to the
topic; many good
points made.
Sufficient
information
related to the
topic; many good
points made.
Sufficient
information
related to the
topic; many good
points made.
related to the
topic; points are
clearly made.
Richness/wealth
of material
related to the
topic; points are
clearly made.
Richness/wealth
of material
related to the
topic; points are
clearly made.
Mark
(5x4=20)
3. The assignment must be properly referenced with in-text referencing and it must also have a
complete bibliography.
(5)