Baltimore County Public Schools
Office of Secondary English Language Arts
Name: _____________________________________ Date: ____________________ Period: ________
Making Cultural Connections:
Connecting Experiences across Cultures
Embedded Assessment # 1
You are a new curator of a well-respected museum, and you are responsible for your first big exhibit. You
want the exhibit to be well-rounded with artifacts that fully represent the culture. In order to do this, you
must conduct research about the culture. Based on your research, you must select at least five (5) cultural
artifacts to include in the exhibit. The exhibit should contain a variety of cultural artifacts including, but not
limited to, paintings, sculptures, pottery, clothing, jewelry, tools and/or instruments. For each item in the
exhibit, you must create an information card that explains the item and how it is relevant to the culture.
Make corrections on your project by having a peer edit your museum. After making corrections, self assess
your project to make sure that you have included everything.
Criteria
The exhibit contains at least 5 cultural artifacts
that represent the selected culture.
The exhibit contains a variety of cultural artifacts
such as paintings, sculptures, pottery, clothing,
jewelry, tools and/or instruments.
Each item in the exhibit has a corresponding
information card that thoroughly explains the
item and how it is relevant to the culture.
The exhibit gives credit to the sources from
which artifacts and information were gathered
using an MLA format bibliography.
Possible Points
10
10
15
5
The pictures/photographs used in the exhibit are
of high quality and are not distorted or blurry.
5
The information cards contain few errors in
capitalization, usage, punctuation or spelling.
5
Total
50
Peer Editor
Self-Reflection