Geography 7 CCT: Wasteland Project
15% of your final mark
In 2010 Vik Muniz traveled to a place called Jardim Gramacho to meet a
select group of people and create art. In doing so he both created
stunning works of art and changed the lives of a select group of people
forever.
Your assignment has three components.
Research Component #1: Wasteland Documentary Worksheet 10 marks
Research Component #2: Recyclable Materials Record Assignment 10 marks
Creative Component: Your Art Piece and presentation
30 marks
Total 50 Marks
Due Dates:
CCT Progress Check: Friday May 30th
To present your creative component idea and your plan on how to put it
together
Creative Components/Presentations Thursday June 4th, Friday June 5th
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Research Component #1: Wasteland Documentary Worksheet 10
marks
Source: Wasteland
While watching Wasteland record the following information.
(point form is acceptable)
Victor
Who is Victor Muniz?
What does he do for a living?
What materials does he use?
Where does he live?
Where is he from?
Why does he want to go to Jardim Gramacho?
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Jardim Gramacho
What is Jardim Gramacho?
Where is it located?
How big is it?
Catadores
Who are the catadores?
In detail describe their job. How do they earn money?
How much money do they make?
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Characters: Catadores
For each of the Catadores record the following information.
Catadore 1
Name:
Working years as Catadore
Background story/Personal details:
Personality (what are they like?) in one word:
Catadore 2
Name:
Working years as Catadore
Background story/Personal details:
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Personality (what are they like?) in one word:
Catadore 3
Name:
Working years as Catadore
Background story/Personal details:
Personality (what are they like?) in one word:
Catadore 4
Name:
Working years as Catadore
Background story/Personal details:
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Personality (what are they like?) in one word:
Catadore 5
Name:
Working years as Catadore
Background story/Personal details:
Personality (what are they like?) in one word:
Catadore 6
Name:
Age (if applicable):
Working years as Catadore
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Background story/Personal details:
Personality (what are they like?) in one word:
Catadore 7
Name:
Age (if applicable):
Working years as Catadore
Background story/Personal details:
Personality (what are they like?) in one word:
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Recyclable Materials Record Assignment
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Due Date: Thursday May 23rd
What does your household recycle?
Cream cheese containers? Pickle jars? Compost? Soda bottles? Batteries? Toilet paper
rolls?
Task 1: Brainstorm List
Your task is to brainstorm what you imagine your family recycles every week? List
each item below. How many of each item is recycled every week?
Brainstorm List
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Task 2: Real List
Your task is to record how much your family recycles every week.
You need to find out when your household puts their recycling out.
You need to count the objects in your family’s blue box.
You need to count how many wet compost bags your family recycles every week?
Record your findings below:
Real List
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Creative Component: Your Piece (20 marks)
Your task is to transform garbage, specifically recyclable materials, into a work of
art.
Your art can take the form of:
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a painting
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a mosaic
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a sculpture
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a film
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a sound piece (using recyclable materials to make unique and interesting
sounds/rhythms)
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if there’s something else not listed and your interested in come and see me.
Presentation (20 marks)
You will be presenting your art piece to the class. Your presentation should take the
form of an artist statement that you will deliver to the class.
Your artist statement should answer the following questions:
a. Where did you get the idea for the piece? Was there one specific thing
that inspired it?
b. What materials did you use? How did you use them? Why?
c. What is your piece about? Does your art have a message or tell a story?
Is there a political message, an environmental message?
d. Dominion or Stewardship:
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Page 179 of the textbook outlines the difference between two
views about how humans use the earth’s resources.
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Dominion: says that the earth’s resources are for the people to
gather and use for profit.
o Believes that human intelligence will solve problems of
resource depletion by creating new technology.
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Stewardship: says that the earth is our home and that we need to
take care of it by using its resources carefully.
o Resources must be used no faster than their replacement
rates. For example, one tree must be planted for each one
cut down.
Which approach do you think makes more sense: Dominion or
Stewardship? Provide a brief explanation for your answer.
Here are some links to help with your research.
http://www.recyclingfactsforkids.com/
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/recycling.html
http://www.benefits-of-recycling.com/whatmaterialscanberecycled/
http://list25.com/25-impressive-works-of-art-made-from-recycled-materials/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/13046/11-artists-doing-amazing-things-recycledmaterials
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Presentation/Creative Component
Criteria
Knowledge &
Understanding
5 marks
Application
5 marks
Thinking/Inquiry
5 marks
Communication
5 marks
Level 4
Level 3
(80%-100%)
(70%-79%)
* Demonstrates an
excellent degree of
understanding of
your art piece
* Clearly focused,
and offers insight
that is clearly
understood by the
audience
* Demonstrates a
very good
understanding of
your of your art
piece
* Clearly focused
throughout and the
audience
understand the
information
* Demonstrates a
satisfactory
understanding of
your of your art
piece
* Focus is
somewhat easy to
follow and is
somewhat
understood by the
audience
* Demonstrates
little to no
understanding of
your of your art
piece
* Focus is vague
and or off topic at
times and the
information is not
understood by the
audience
* Your artist
statement
demonstrates your
critical thinking
skills have been
applied with a high
degree of
effectiveness.
* Your artist
statement
demonstrates your
critical thinking
skills have been
applied with
considerable clarity
and effectiveness.
* Your artist
statement
demonstrates your
critical thinking
skills have been
applied with
moderate
effectiveness
* Your artist
statement
demonstrates your
critical thinking
skills have been
applied with
limited clarity and
* Creative portion
is articulate and
clearly
communicates
your piece with a
high level of
enthusiasm for the
topic
* Creative portion
displays
enthusiasm for
your piece and
provides insight
* Creative portion
demonstrates some
enthusiasm your
piece
* Creative portion
doesn’t provide any
insight or
information on any
aspects of your
piece.
*Demonstrates
understanding of
the complexity of
the topic and
requires
participants to
think about the
issue from a
different
perspective
* Project is thought
provoking and
highlight the most
important aspects
of the topic
Presentation/Creative Component
Level 2
(60-69%)
* Communication is
simplistic and does
not do justice to the
topic’s possibilities.
/ 40 marks =
%
/10 marks=
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Level 1
(50-59%)
Wasteland Documentary Worksheet
Total
/50 marks =
%
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