Project #4: Gameboard Maker Your job is to create a board game about Heading West! You may work with a partner, or alone, but you must share the amount of work if you work with someone else. You will need to make 40 questions (20 each). They need to range from easy, to medium, and hard. You will make a gameboard and the questions. You can use our notes, worksheets we complete in class, vocabulary, map skills, or other things we discuss in class. Use the grading rubric to help you. CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Accuracy of All information cards All but one of the All but two of the Several information cards Content made for the game are information cards information cards made for the game are not correct. (There should made for the game made for the game accurate. be 40 cards total.) are correct. are correct. Attractiveness Contrasting colors and Contrasting colors Contrasting colors Little or no color or fewer at least 3 original and at least 1 and \"borrowed\" than 3 graphics were graphics were used to original graphic graphics were included. give the cards and were used to give used to give the gameboard visual the cards and cards and appeal. gameboard visual gameboard visual appeal. appeal. Rules Rules were written Rules were written, Rules were The rules were not written. clearly enough that all but one part of the written, but could easily participate. game needed people had some slightly more difficulty figuring explanation. out the game. Cooperative The group worked well The group The group worked The group often did not work together with all generally worked fairly well work well together and the members contributing well together with together with all game appeared to be the significant amounts of all members members work of only 1-2 students in quality work. contributing some contributing some the group. quality work. work. Creativity The group put a lot of The group put The group tried to Little thought was put into thought into making the some thought into make the game making the game interesting game interesting and making the game interesting and or fun. fun to play as shown by interesting and fun fun, but some of creative questions, to play by using the things made it game pieces and/or textures, fancy harder to game board. writing, and/or understand/enjoy interesting the game. characters.
Project #4: Gameboard Maker Your job is to create a board game about Heading West! You may work with a partner, or alone, but you must share the amount of work if you work with someone else. You will need to make 40 questions (20 each). They need to range from easy, to medium, and hard. You will make a gameboard and the questions. You can use our notes, worksheets we complete in class, vocabulary, map skills, or other things we discuss in class. Use the grading rubric to help you. CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Accuracy of Content All information cards made for the game are correct. (There should be 40 cards total.) All but one of the information cards made for the game are correct. All but two of the information cards made for the game are correct. Several information cards made for the game are not accurate. Attractiveness Contrasting colors and at least 3 original graphics were used to give the cards and gameboard visual appeal. Contrasting colors and at least 1 original graphic were used to give the cards and gameboard visual appeal. Contrasting colors and \"borrowed\" graphics were used to give the cards and gameboard visual appeal. Little or no color or fewer than 3 graphics were included. Rules Rules were written clearly enough that all could easily participate. Rules were written, but one part of the game needed slightly more explanation. Rules were written, but people had some difficulty figuring out the game. The rules were not written. Cooperative work The group worked well together with all members contributing significant amounts of quality work. The group generally worked well together with all members contributing some quality work. The group worked fairly well together with all members contributing some work. The group often did not work well together and the game appeared to be the work of only 1-2 students in the group. Creativity The group put a lot of thought into making the game interesting and fun to play as shown by creative questions, game pieces and/or game board. The group put some thought into making the game interesting and fun to play by using textures, fancy writing, and/or interesting characters. The group tried to make the game interesting and fun, but some of the things made it harder to understand/enjoy the game. Little thought was put into making the game interesting or fun.
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