Week Assessment Outline Beginning: 8th September Family Demographic Profile

Students will examine their own familys demographic profile; this task will form the start point of their performance task.

Type of Assessment Homework

Due Date 15th September

15th September Choropleth Map

Students will create a choropleth map to display world population densities of the world. This task will draw on previous knowledge from a mapping unit and also what they are learning about population distribution and density in the world. Essay Students will write an essay following a rubric discussing what they know about population densities and distributions across the world. This task will display their knowledge and understanding of population density and distribution and assess their research and investigation skills.

In-class

18th September

Homework

22nd September

22nd September Poster

Students will create a poster in groups detailing this knowledge and understanding of Chinas one child population control policy.

In-class

25th September

29th September Exam (No, One)

Students will sit two summative written assessments during the quarter. These assessments will examine students knowledge and understanding of core concepts and standards in the form of MCQ, short response, and interpretation questions.

Summative

2nd October

6th October Population Pyramids

Population pyramids construction, students are assigned a country and they must investigate the shape of the population pyramid and construct it. They must also provide an explanation as to why the pyramid is shaped like this and present it to the class. HDI questions Students will examine statistics from the human development index (HDI) and interpret them using a set of pre assigned questions.

In-class

9th October

Homework

13th October

13th October Poster

Students are to create a poster that displays their knowledge and understanding of population density distribution and characteristics in the UAE, and complete an independent study of UAEs demographic profile, as well as including their own familys demographic profile, as per the rubric and task sheet provided.

Performance 27th October task

20th October PRB questions

Students are to investigate world population statistics for 2012 using the population reference bureau (PRB), fill in a data sheet and answer a series of 15 questions through research and investigation.

Performance 3rd November task

27th October Exam (No, Two)

Students will sit two summative written assessments during the quarter. These assessments will examine students knowledge and understanding of core concepts and standards in the form of MCQ, short response, and interpretation questions.

Summative

30th October

3rd November Final week of the quarter. Catch up and complete reflections

Non-graded assessment