Global Geography 12
Natural Hazards Project – Global Fever
Choose one of the following diseases:
- Cholera
- Influenza
- Dengue fever
- Malaria
- Hantavirus
- Plague
Create a posterto give advice or warnings to students who plan an international vacation. Your poster should answer the following questions:
a)In what areas (countries or areas of countries) does this disease occur?
b)What causes the disease?
c)How is it transmitted (how do you catch it)?
d)What are the symptoms of the disease?
e)How prevalent is it? (How many people are infected each year?)
f)How can this disease be treated and prevented?
Your project should demonstrate some use of creativity (use colour, attractive headings, etc) draw attention to key ideas.
Use your own words to explain your research to an audience of your peers who might need to know about the disease when traveling.
Include graphics that support the information, such as maps graphs or tables.
Reference the original source of all information or graphics.
You might consider beginning at the website of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the following URL:
The rubric of expectations can be found on the back of this sheet.
Points Earned / 3 / 2 / 1 or 0
Layout / Creatively enhances information / Neat, easy to read, uncluttered, / Untidy, cluttered, hard to read
Graphics/Photos / All graphics are engaging, enhance text / Graphics enhance text / Graphics do not enhance text
Writing / Well written and organized, clear, easy to follow / Adequately written and organized, clear, reasonably easy to follow / Poorly written and organized, unclear, hard to follow
Grammar and Spelling / No grammar or spelling errors / 1-3 grammar or spelling errors / Many grammar and spelling errors
Quality of Information (Question a) / clear, complete, concise / mostly clear, could be a little more concise / not clear, incomplete, not concise
Quality of Information (Question b) / clear, complete, concise / mostly clear, could be a little more concise / not clear, incomplete, not concise
Quality of Information (Question c) / clear, complete, concise / mostly clear, could be a little more concise / not clear, incomplete, not concise
Quality of Information (Question d) / clear, complete, concise / mostly clear, could be a little more concise / not clear, incomplete, not concise
Quality of Information (Question e) / clear, complete, concise / mostly clear, could be a little more concise / not clear, incomplete, not concise
Quality of Information (Question f) / clear, complete, concise / mostly clear, could be a little more concise / not clear, incomplete, not concise
References / Easy to identify where each idea/graphic was found / General references provided / No references provided
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