Define the term, environmental health.
Does not use the term, environmental health.
Uses the term, environmental health.
Defines the term, environmental health.
Evaluates the term, environmental health, and includes opinions and supporting examples.

Assess how healthy cities relate to environmental health.
Does not describe what a healthy city is and what it would look like.
Describes what a healthy city is and what it would look like.
Assesses how healthy cities relate to environmental health.
Assesses how healthy cities relate to environmental health, citing specific examples from research.

Analyze obstacles for a city in becoming a healthy city.
Does not list obstacles for a city in becoming a healthy city.
Lists obstacles for a city in becoming a healthy city.
Analyzes obstacles for a city in becoming a healthy city.
Analyzes obstacles for a city in becoming a healthy city, and suggests solutions.

Describe the financial issues involved in creating a healthy city.
Does not list the financial issues involved in creating a healthy city.
Lists the financial issues involved in creating a healthy city.
Describes the financial issues involved in creating a healthy city.
Evaluates the financial issues involved in creating a healthy city, supported by examples from reputable sources.

Analyze how environmental health is an individual concern.
Does not describe how environmental health is an individual concern.
Describes how environmental health is an individual concern.
Analyzes how environmental health is an individual concern.
Evaluates how environmental health is an individual concern.

Analyze how environmental health is a global concern.
Does not describe how environmental health is a global concern.
Describes how environmental health is a global concern.
Analyzes how environmental health is a global concern.
Evaluates how environmental health is a global concern.

Describe how a city could become prepared for disasters.
Does not list ways a city could become prepared for disasters.
Lists ways a city could become prepared for disasters.
Describes how a city could become prepared for disasters.
Describes how a city could become prepared for disasters, and discusses the long-term impact of its level of preparedness.

Assess benefits of developing a healthy city to one’s self, family, and community.
Does not list benefits of developing a healthy city to one’s self, family, and community.
Lists benefits of developing a healthy city to one’s self, family, and community.
Assesses benefits of developing a healthy city to one’s self, family, and community.
Assesses and evaluates benefits of developing a healthy city to one’s self, family, and community.

Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Does not write in support a central idea in appropriate format. Does not use correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Writes in support of an idea with consistent format, but includes major errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Writes coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Writes coherently, using evidence to support a central idea in a consistently appropriate format, with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.