Grade 12
Settlement Assignment
Your Name/s : ………………………………………………………………………….
Date : ……………………………… Assessment Result : …………………………..
Area/Town Name
: …………………………………………………………………..
Description of Area : …………………………………………………………………..
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Tasks
1st
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Cut out the block above and paste at the top of the large sheet provided . In this block, provide the
following :
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a suitable name for the mapped area or urban settlement..
describe the area in terms of the prevailing climate and main economic activity. If possible
try to provide some indication of the country your area would be found in.
Insert your name and class details in the space provided.
Using the compass supplied, indicate north by placing the compass in the bottom left corner to indicate
where north is. Careful as this will influence many other choices.
Using a blue kokipen, trace in a river’s course from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. The
direction the river follows is up to you. No tributaries are necessary, but may be included if you so
wish.
Mountains are found on the mapped area. Therefore draw mountains and hills using a brown kokipen
or stick the pictures provided or others that you can source. Use your initiative in locating the
mountains, bearing in mind their influence on river courses and settlement patterns.
2nd
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Utilizing your settlement knowledge, start placing the pictures of various activities onto the mapped
area. These can be glued down later. Consider clearly where each item will be placed, as marks will
be given for its suitability. Suggest that you locate your CBD first.
As you place each activity, make a note of it’s corresponding number and note the reason down in the
table provided.
Other features that must be included include :
o Different type of roads – freeways, main roads, secondary roads.
o Railway lines
Complete in detail the other columns on the table as required. Take note of the explanatory notes.
You may add additional appropriate features, activities or structures. Place these in a suitable
location on the mapped area. . Your initiative and effort will be welcome and effort in this regard
will also be rewarded.
Neatness and presentation will also be rewarded appropriately.
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Location Table for Activities and Corresponding Explanation.
Name/s : …………………………………………………………………………………
Map Type of Function/
Key1 Activity2
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Reason for it’s location3
Class Group : ……………….…
Evaluation4 ( is the location positive or negative)
This is a code that you will find for each of the items that need to be stuck onto the mapped
area.
Identify the type of activity or function . E.G. Light industry, commercial, high income
residential
Outline fully the reasons for locating the function/activity.
Evaluate the positive or negative effect that this function/activity will have on the surrounding
area.
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Activity / Function Sheet
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Marking Rubric Grd 12 Settlement Assignment
Name/s
Class Tutor
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Criteria
Initial Layout 1
Location of different land uses 2
Compatibility of different functions when
compared to those around them 3
Explanation for the location of various
functions 4
Outline illustrating the positive or negative
influence of any specific function’s location
Has any additional appropriate features,
activities or structures have been
incorporated in reasonably suitable
locations 6
Neatness and presentation
Sub-Total
Total
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5 = The work was completed - all the initial layouts consisting of the North Arrow, rivers and mountains were
completed in a neat and imaginative fashion ? / 3= The work was completed, but lacks insight and imagination
when locating these aspects. / 1 = Few, if any aspects were included or the insight and imagination was totally
lacking when placing these aspects.
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5 = The work displays a clear, comprehensive and in-depth application of the theoretical knowledge of land use
location by accurate location of different and varied land uses. / 3 = the location of land uses is satisfactory, but
lacks accuracy when comparing to a real life situation. / 1= Very poor location of land uses, indicating a lack of
application of theoretical knowledge or limited location of the land uses available.
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5 = The different land uses are extremely compatible, indicating that there is a clear understanding how each land
use relates to another. / 3= A satisfactory mixture of some land uses being compatible but others not. / 1= Most, if
not all land uses are incompatible when relating to others in close proximity.
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5= In the table, a detailed and accurate explanation for the location of various functions is provided / 3 = A limited
explanation of land use location is provided – showing shallow interpretation / 1 = little or incorrect explanation is
provided.
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5 = In the table, a detailed and theoretically correct outline is provided illustrating the positive or negative
influence of any specific function’s location / 3 = A reasonable outline is provided, but lacks depth or is not
complete. /1 = A very limited or incorrect outline is provided.
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5 = A significant amount of additional features have been incorporated and located in a theoretically correct
manner. / 3 = Some extra features have been incorporated or those a reasonable amount has been included but
the correctness of their location is questionable. / 1 = No extra effort has been made, or the features included are
incorrectly located.
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5 = exceptional neatness and presentation showing 3 = satisfactory in appearance 1 = untidy illustrating a lack of
effort.
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