Mission 1

Mission #1

Congratulations! You have just been hired by the Washington State Historical Society. Your first assignment is to prepare an educational presentation on the differences between the coastal and plateau tribes of Washington state. The director (teacher) realizes that this is your first assignment, so he/she has broken down the process for you to help guide you through your first project.

There will be 4 missions to complete your presentation. The first mission is background information on the geography of Washington state. The second mission will be looking into a specific coastal tribe. The third mission will be looking into a specific plateau tribe. The final mission will be putting all of the information together into a culminating educational presentation.

I know that you are excited to get started and to show the director (teacher) what a great historian you really are. This is your chance to shine, so don’t let them down.

Your first mission is to obtain some background information on the geography of Washington state.To accomplish this task the Director (teacher) has created a worksheet to assist you organizing and collecting your information. Follow the following steps to complete Mission #1:

Download the following worksheet. It is in Microsoft Word
- Mission One Data Sheet Word File
- Mission One Data Sheet PDF File
Go to the following address on the web: http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/wa_geography.htm
Complete item 1 on the worksheet by drawing in the regions of Washington state.
Using the information found on this webpage, complete item 2 on the worksheet. (Filling in the chart)
Go to the following address on the web and complete item 3 on the worksheet http://www.theweatherprediction.com/weatherpapers/118/index.html In one paragraph explain the rain shadow effect. Include in your explanation a drawing depicting the rain shadow effect.
Using the information you have learned from these websites, answer the final questions for item number 4 on the worksheet.

Congratulations on the completion of your first mission now in order to finish your project for the museum you must move on to mission number two.

Mission #1 Grading Rubric
	Excellent 90-100%	Fair 70-90%	Poor 0-69%
Drawings neat and legible (5 points)	All drawings are legible, neat, and show effort.	Most of the drawings are legible and neat, showing some effort.	Drawings are poor, not legible or neat, showing little or no effort.
Answers complete (10 points)	Answers are in complete sentences and do not contain any grammatical errors.	Answers are in complete sentences and contain just a few grammatical errors.	Answers are not in complete sentences and contain many grammatical errors.
Information gathered off websites provided (5 points)	Information was gathered from websites provided.	Most of the information was gathered from websites provided.	Little if any of the information was gathered from provided websites.
All items completed on worksheet (5 points)	All items were completed on worksheet.	Most of the items were completed on the worksheet.	Many of the items on the worksheet were not completed.

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Contact Author: Mike Alfred