Assessment

Use these questions to guide you:

  • Mural and artist’s statement clearly answer the question, “What were the major cultural achievements of the Maya, Aztecs, and Inca?”
  • Do your mural and artist’s statement reflect a clear understanding of the unit’s most important topics—land and settlements of the Americas, the Imperial Inca period, and the Post-Classic period and European conquest?
  • Does your mural use a variety of elements to effectively convey the most important ideas from the unit?
  • Does your mural show imagination, creativity, and visual appeal?
  • Does your artist’s statement clearly explain what is represented in the mural?

Evaluation
  1. Quality of Historical Information:
    • Mural accurately represents the most important achievements of the Maya, Aztec, and/or Inca
  2. Effective Use of Elements of Mural:
    • Uses variety of mural elements to effectively convey message
    • Mural elements combined to allow viewer to understand key ideas
  3. Clarity of Summary Statement:
    • Explains each part of the mural and its location and dimensions
      Clearly summarizes the intended message of the mural
  4. Overall Visual Appeal:
    • Mural is striking to the viewer, has visual appeal...5pts
    • Shows imagination, creativity, and effort...5pts
30 points

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10 points

Total

80 points