Name(s): _____________________

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City Design
For your final assessment in the unit on angle pairs,
parallel and perpendicular lines, you are going to
design a city.
You may work in teams of NO MORE THAN 3
STUDENTS on this task. Use this document as a
checklist for your project. You will be graded
according to the attached rubric.
1. Before beginning the project, decide on a name
for your city.
2. Your city may have many different streets, but it
must contain all of the following:
o

at least six parallel streets

at least five pairs of streets that meet at right angles to each other

at least three transversal streets

3. Use an appropriate scale to construct an accurate two-dimensional pictorial representation of your

city.
4. All parallel and perpendicular streets should be carefully drawn. Use a protractor and straightedge
to make sure that your streets are parallel and perpendicular.
5. Label the angle measures, to the nearest degree, of all the street intersections in your city.
6. Give a name to each street in your city.

VERY IMPORTANT!
Place each of the following on your drawing according to the given specifications:
a.

the bank and the post office at alternate interior angles;

b.

City Hall and the Courthouse at vertical angles;

c.

a school and a supermarket at corresponding angles;

d.

a gas station and a hardware store on streets that are parallel to each other;

e.

the hospital and a general store on a transversal street, and both on the same side of the transversal;

f.

a motel, a beauty salon, and a pharmacy on streets forming a right triangle;

g.

a park in the city with streets as boundaries and in the shape of a different triangle;

h.

5 stop lights at intersections of streets that are perpendicular;

i.

3 yield signs on transversal streets;

j.

2 flashing red/yellow lights at any two intersecting streets.

k.

You may add anything else you wish to your city representation, but a sheet identifying each addition must
accompany your model. If you wish, you may make a three-dimensional model of your city.

l.

Be creative, accurate, and neat. Make your city attractive.

Name(s): _____________________
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City Design Checklist

Use this checklist to make sure you have included all the components for the project. Your final version should be
NEAT and ATTRACTIVE, as well as complete. Use COLOR to highlight important features.

YOU SHOULD DRAFT THE CITY ON A PIECE OF PAPER FIRST!!!!

Name for city: ______________________________

Parallel streets
1
2
Perpendicular streets (right angles)
1
2
Transversal streets
1
2
Scale is appropriate.
Straight edge used.
Protractor for measuring angles.
Angle measures labeled.
Streets named neatly.
Bank and Post Office at alternate interior angles
City Hall and Courthouse at vertical angles
School and supermarket at corresponding angles
Gas station and hardware store on streets that are parallel
Hospital and general store on same side of a transversal
Motel, beauty salon, pharmacy on streets forming a right triangle
Park in the city on streets in the shape of a different triangle
5 stop lights at perpendicular intersections
1
2
3 yield signs on transversal streets
1
2
2 flashing red/yellow lights at any 2 intersections
1
2

3
3
3

4
4

5
5

3
3

City Design Project Rubric: Designers:

Component

Superior

Good

62-70 pts

50-61 pts

Completion
All required elements
70 points

Score:

are correctly placed in

the project. Everything
is accurately and
clearly labeled.

27-30 pts
Neatness/
Creativity/
Effort
30 points

Score:

Most required elements

are correctly placed in
the project. (no more
than 2 errors)
Everything is clearly
labeled with no more
than 2 labels missing.

22-26 pts

The project clearly

evidences pride in the
creators. It is neatly
and colorfully laid out,
and apparent effort has
been made to create a
polished and creative
project.

The project is neatly

and creatively laid out,
and displays effort on
the part of the
designers to produce a
finished project.

Acceptable
40-49 pts
Required elements are
correctly placed in the
project with no more
than 5 errors. Most
things are labeled with
no more than 4 labels
missing or unreadable.

18-21 pts
Some effort has gone
into the layout and
appearance of the
design, but there are
errors which have not
been carefully corrected,
or some of the work has
been hastily completed.

TOTAL GRADE
This grade will be entered as both a project grade out of 50 and as a quiz grade out of 50.

City Design Project Rubric: Designers:

Unacceptable
0-39 pts
More than 5 errors or
omissions in the
project; more than 4
labels missing or
unreadable.

0-17 pts
The incompleteness
and/or sloppiness of
the design reflects the
lack of effort in its
creation.