FOURTH GRADE TRAINING GUIDE

1994 Social Studies Rubric - Fourth Grade

FORM F

10. Early North Carolina settlers faced a hostile environment. For example, they had problems getting food and shelter and were a great distance from their homelands.

ITEM SCORE SCALE

0	Answer is unresponsive, unrelated, or inappropriate.
1	Answer states that the early North Carolina settlers either had the most difficulty dealing with the problem of getting food and shelter or that they were a great distance from their homelands and explains the reason(s) for this statement. The explanation provided for either of the statements is sparse or confusing; or answer states another appropriate problem faced by the early North Carolina settlers. An explanation for why this problem was the most difficult for them to deal with, if present, is sparse or confusing. *(Answers may include, for example, "dealing with an unfamiliar climate, unpredictable weather, different soil types and natural resources, length of travel time necessary to supply the new settlers from their homelands, etc.")
2	Answer states that the early North Carolina settlers had the most difficulty dealing with the problem of getting food and shelter or that they were a great distance from their homelands or states aother appropriate problem faced by the North Carolina setters. The explanation provided may be brief or have minor errors.*
3	Answer states that the early North Carolina settlers had the most difficulty dealing with the problem of getting food and shelter or that they were a great disane from their homelands or states another appropriate problem faced by the North Carolina settlers. The explanation provided is clear and developed.*

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STUDENT RESPONSES

QUESTION

3. Early North Carolina settlers faced a hostile environment. For example, they had problems getting food and were a great distance from their homelands.

Which problem do you think was the most difficult for them to deal with? Explain your answer.

STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER ONE

I think the settlers faced a hostile environment because of the settlers.

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STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER TWO

I think gitting shelter was the most difficult because they had no electrice machines to cut down trees. They had to chop them down by a axe.

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STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER THREE

I think because they were so far away from England was the hardest to deal with. They were lonely for home and scared of the Indians and the priests. They couldn't just go home once the ship left they had to wait for another one to come and bring food or whatever they needed. This was the hardest part when they saw the ship leave them alone.

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STUDENT RESPONSE NUMBER FOUR

The early settlers had a lot of difficult things to deal with but prbably the hardest was being so far from their homeland. They probably had to say goodbye forever to their friends and families. Once they got their everything was new. The climate was different, the food was different the people were different. They had to build a different kind of house there because the suplies were different. They had to learn new ways of growing and hunting food. Since they had to send everything by ships it took many months to hear from people back home. They were probably very lonely. This had to be hard.

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