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By the end of this lesson you will have a better understanding of Confederation and using historical thinking when you study history.
By the end of this lesson you will have a better understanding of Confederation and using historical thinking when you study history.
This lesson is a unit review and instructions for the End of Unit Project!
This lesson is a unit review and instructions for the End of Unit Project!
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End of Unit Project Description
End of Unit Project Description
Think about your favourite lesson from this unit. Was there something you wanted to explore some more?
The project must begin with a research question or an area of interest that you wish to explore further. The rubric is purposefully vague so you may present or represent your learning in whichever way you deem most effective.
Keep in mind what you learnt about historical thinking from lesson 1. Think about who was affected by those events and on what scale (global, national, regional, individual).
Examples (you may use one of these, but you should try to come up with your own!)
Draw, based on historical images, the Quebec Conference.
Write a journal entry from the perspective of an upset Yarmouth resident after Charles Tupper signed Nova Scotia into Confederation.
Create a skit (film it or create a script) showing the Red River Resistance or Louis Riel's trial.
Write a historical fiction about a woman who wants to vote but the government will not allow it.
Research and report on the Confederation story of one other province or territory that is not Nova Scotia or Manitoba (BC, NFL & L, PEI, NB, ON, QC, SK, AB, YT, NT, NU).
Rules:
Rules:
You must choose something that happened between 1800-1900*.
You must show your knowledge of this unit in some way.
Your project must be historically accurate. If you create a script for a play about the Red River Resistance there should not be laser weaponry.
You must provide a written explanation of your project. Your teacher needs to know exactly what you are trying to show. Explain why you chose to do what you did.
Contact your teacher with your idea before starting. You may change your idea at any time if you cannot find anything (your teacher may provide you with some sources or ideas) or if you no longer like your idea.
*You can choose to go beyond 1900 if you want to look at voting rights of either women (c. 1910-1920) or indigenous people (c. 1950-1960).
Rubric FAQ
Rubric FAQ
* What do you mean by “message”? If you drew a picture of something, I need you to describe exactly what it is you have drawn and why you chose to draw it. You might draw a court room full of people including Louis Riel and then talk about his trial. You as the student need to tell me why you chose that historic moment.
** What do you mean by “medium”? The medium is the kind or type of project you have chosen to make. You might choose to write a letter as if you were Charles Tupper writing to Joseph Howe. The medium there is writing. If you want to do a dance to represent history, then it needs to have an appropriate topic to go with it. If you want to write a song to represent the quarrel between Howe and Tupper, then by all means do so, but the song itself needs to represent Howe’s and Tupper’s relationship as political rivals. If you have doubts, ask the teacher and make your case for whatever medium you would like to use.
*** What do you mean by historic accuracy? If you write a short historic fiction about something we studied in this unit, then it should include things from that time period. I should not hear about lasers and spaceships if you are talking about the Red River Resistance. I should also not hear about Sir John A. MacDonald sending a quick email to Sir George-Etienne Cartier.
**** What is the point of this section? This section is perhaps the most important. Rather than grading your final product as the most important part, your process will be the most important. If I see that you are working really well on the project during class time, but something goes wrong with your project (it gets rained on or your baby sister ruins it by mistake) then you can still receive a high grade based on the work you put into the project despite the final result not being what you had hoped.
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