Assessment Task 3: The Peasants Year Board Game

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Assessment Task 3: The Peasants Year Board Game See the information and instructions on Page 43 of your Medieval Realms

The aim of the game will be to survive a year as a peasant, so you will need to identify the four seasons on the game

Certain squares of the game should be associated with the benefits and challenges associated with peasant life.

i n t e r Choose your criteria: A- Knowledge B- Concepts: Place and Space C- Skills: Technical Skills D- Organization

You will have to mark the board game of one of your peer groups; so make you are familiar with all Criteria before next

1 Assessment Task 3: The Peasants Year Board Game See the information and instructions on Page 43 of your Medieval Realms textbook. Your task, with a group of 3, is to create a board game about a peasant s life. The aim of the game will be to survive a year as a peasant, so you will need to identify the four seasons on the game (one season per side) and the important working months for a peasant (see page 42). Certain squares of the game should be associated with the benefits and challenges associated with peasant life. You can find two examples on Page 43 in the Medieval Reals textbook. Autumn W S u m m e r Peasant s Spring Year! i n t e r Choose your criteria: A- Knowledge B- Concepts: Place and Space C- Skills: Technical Skills D- Organization and Presentation Ex: Lord insists you do two extra days of work for all of March. Go back two spaces! r Note! You will have to mark the board game of one of your peer groups; so make you are familiar with all Criteria before next week! You have now been marked on all four Criteria; for this task, choose the two criteria you would like to be marked on It is advisable to choose two of your lowest marked criteria in order to improve them before mid-term!

Concepts: Place and Space - Demonstrate that you understand the opportunities and limitations that peasants had in Medieval Europe by making space on your game which

2 What you will have to do... Choose Two! Knowledge - Demonstrate knowledge of the life of a Medieval peasant by including important challenges and triumphs of a peasant s year in your board game. Concepts: Place and Space - Demonstrate that you understand the opportunities and limitations that peasants had in Medieval Europe by making space on your game which reflect the daily work life of such peasants. Skills: Technical Skills - Use pictures and 3-D features to make your board game more interesting and interactive. Organization and Presentation - Create an organized and attractive board game which accurately communicates information about the peasant s year.

3 Knowledge - Demonstrate knowledge of the life of a Medieval peasant by including important challenges and triumphs of a peasant s year in your board game. Achievement Level Descriptor 0 I do not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below. 1-2 I do not usually understand or use correctly vocabulary related to peasant life. I do not identify challenges and triumphs from the peasant s year. 3-4 I sometimes understand and use somewhat correctly vocabulary related to peasant life. I identify some challenges and triumphs from the peasant s year. 5-6 I usually understand and use mostly correctly vocabulary related to peasant life. I identify challenges and triumphs from the peasant s year. 7-8 I completely understand and use correctly vocabulary related to peasant life. I correctly identify several challenges and triumphs from the peasant s year I completely understand and use correctly vocabulary related to peasant life. I correctly identify a range of challenges and triumphs from the peasant s year.

4 Concepts: Place and Space - Demonstrate that you understand the opportunities and limitations that peasants had in Medieval Europe by making space on your game which reflect the daily work life of such peasants. Achievement Level Descriptor 0 I do reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below. 1-2 My application of Place and Space is incorrect or missing. I do not discuss opportunities and limitations of Medieval peasants. 3-4 My application of Place and Space is basic, and sometimes weak. I show basic awareness and understanding of opportunities and limitations of Medieval peasants by recognizing some basic aspects of their daily work. 5-6 My application of Place and Space is usually correct. I show satisfactory awareness and understanding of opportunities and limitations of Medieval peasants by recognizing aspects of their daily work. 7-8 My application of Place and Space is correct and shows some depth. I show awareness and understanding of opportunities and limitations of Medieval peasants by describing their daily work My application of Place and Space is correct and appropriate. I show awareness and understanding of opportunities and limitations of Medieval peasants by describing their daily work in detail.

5 Skills: Technical Skills - Use pictures and 3-D features to make your board game more interesting and interactive. Achievement Level Descriptor 0 I do not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below. 1-2 I do not use tools to create an effective board game. 3-4 I use a some basic tools to create a basic board game. 5-6 I use a satisfactory range tools to create an interactive board game. 7-8 I use a variety of tools to create an interactive and inventive board game I use a variety of effective tools to create an interactive and inventive board game.

6 Organization and Presentation - Create an organized and attractive board game which accurately communicates information about the peasant s year. Achievement level Level descriptor 0 I do not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below. 1-2 My game is unclear and disorganized. My information is not accurate. I do not communicates information about the peasant s year. 3-4 My game is sometimes unclear. My information is somewhat accurate. It communicates some information about the peasant s year. 5-6 My game is clear. My information is accurate. It communicates information about the peasant s year effectively. 7-8 My game is clear and specific. My information is accurate and attractive. It communicates information about the peasant s year very effectively.

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