Categories Level 4 (80 - 100%) Level 3 (70 - 79%) Level 2 (60 - 69%) Level 1 (50 - 59%)

Knowledge and Understanding - - locates appropriate - locates appropriate - locates appropriate information - locates appropriate information
locates appropriate information information with a high degree information with considerable with some success with limited success
during the research of topic of success success

-provides appropriate and sufficient - provides appropriate and - provides appropriate and - provides appropriate and - provides appropriate and
geographic evidence and well- sufficient geographic evidence sufficient geographic evidence sufficient geographic evidence sufficient geographic evidence
reasoned arguments to support and well-reasoned arguments and well-reasoned arguments and well-reasoned arguments and well-reasoned arguments
opinions and conclusions with a high degree of success with considerable success with some success with limited success

Thinking - demonstrate an - demonstrates the impact on - demonstrates the impact on - demonstrates the impact on - demonstrates the impact on
understanding of how actions of indigenous people with a high indigenous people with indigenous people with some indigenous people with limited
individuals in the developed world level of success considerable success success success
can impact indigenous peoples

- explains the different points of - explains the different points - explains the different points of - explains the different points of - explains points of view on a
view on an issue of view on a cultural issue with view on a cultural issue with view on a cultural issue with cultural issue with limited
a high degree of success considerable success some success success

Identifies the challenges to - thorough evaluation of - considerable evaluation of - some evaluation of implications - limited evaluation of
maintaining their identities that implications of technology, implications of technology, of technology, development, and implications of technology,
indigenous communities encounter development and resource development, and resource use resource use is provided development, and resource use
in a highly industrialized world. use is provided is provided is provided

Communication- uses appropriate - communicates the results of - communicates the results of - communicates the results of - communicates the results of
terminology when communicating inquiries, using appropriate inquiries, using appropriate inquiries, using appropriate inquiries, using appropriate
terms with a high degree of terms with considerable terms with some success terms with limited success
success success.

Application -develops possible - develops solutions to - develops solutions to - develops solutions to problems - develops solutions to problems
solutions using appropriate problems or issues related to problems or issues related or issues related to global or issues related to global
strategies global resource development global resource development resource development with resource development with
with a high degree of success with considerable success some success limited success

- uses academic documentation to - uses academic
acknowledge sources of information documentation to
acknowledge sources of
information with a high degree
of success
- uses academic documentation - uses academic documentation - uses academic documentation
to acknowledge sources of to acknowledge sources of to acknowledge sources of
information with considerable information with some success information with limited success
success