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Name:

A Guided Tour of the AmericasWorld History and Geography

Scenario: You are a professional tour guide for Central Tours Internationalwho has been hired to lead a group of 6th grade students through the ruins

of the ancient civilizations of the Americas. As the tour guide you mustdevelop and create the informational brochure to accompany your guidedtour. This brochure must be simple enough for a 6th grader to understandand must contain the following features and information:

Cover Page Name and purpose of tour, your name,company name, and additional information,related image.

Civilizations Briefly explain

The cultural aspects ofMayas, Incas,Aztecs, Nazca, and Pueblo cultureso Religion

o Art

o Government,

o Society

o Unique accomplishments

o How geographic features affected

cultureo

Graphic (picture of the region, hand-drawn or printed)ComparingCivilizations

This section will put cultural aspects of thedifferent civilizations side by side in order toeasily see similarities and differences. Howyou format the comparison is up to you.

Map of the Americascannot be printed fromthe internet, except forthe outline of the

continent

The map will be the entire center foldoutsection of the brochure. It must be colored. Allcultures mentioned in the brochure must beoutlined and labeled. Major geographical

features must be labeled (mountains, rivers,etc). There must be a key and a compass rose.

Key Vocabulary You must use and highlight key vocabulary inevery section throughout your brochure andhave a definition page to define the keyvocabulary.

Graphics/Pictures You must use graphics to reinforce the ideasand content within your brochure. Dont beword heavy. Break up the content by

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inserting pictures, diagrams, etc. to make itmore interesting and easy to understand

Brochure Rubric: A Guided Tour of the Americas Name:

CATEGORY 5 4 2 1

Content and Facts All facts in the brochureare accurate. 99-90% of the facts inthe brochure are

accurate.

89-80% of the facts inthe brochure are

accurate.

Fewer than 80% of thefacts in the brochure are

accurate.

Graphics/Pictures Graphics go well with

the text and there is a

good mix of text and

graphics.

Graphics go well with

the text, but there are so

many that they distract

from the text.

Graphics go well with

the text, but there are too

few and the brochure

seems "text-heavy".

Graphics do not go with

the accompanying text or

appear to be randomly

chosen.

Writing - Vocabulary The authors correctly

use several new words

and define wordsunfamiliar to the reader.

The authors correctly

use a few new words

and define wordsunfamiliar to the reader.

The authors try to use

some new vocabulary,

but may use 1-2 wordsincorrectly.

The authors do not

incorporate new

vocabulary.

Map The map is accurate,colored, has a compass

rose, key, and is labeled

correctly.

The map is accurate butmissing 1 or 2

components.

The map is somewhataccurate but missing 3-4

components.

The map is inaccurateand hard to understand.

Writing - Organization Each section in the

brochure has a clearbeginning, middle, andend.

Almost all sections of

the brochure have a clearbeginning, middle andend.

Most sections of the

brochure have a clearbeginning, middle andend.

Less than half of the

sections of the brochurehave a clear beginning,middle and end.

Attractiveness &

Organization

The brochure has

exceptionally attractive

formatting and well-

organized information.

The brochure has

attractive formatting and

well-organized

information.

The brochure has well-

organized information.

The brochure's formatting

and organization of

material are confusing to

the reader.

Use of class time Student always on task

and working towardproject completion

Student usually on task

and working towardproject completion

Student sometimes on

task and working towardproject completion

Student rarely on task and

working toward projectcompletion

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