This document outlines several inquiry questions and performance tasks related to Canadian history and culture. For the question "Is Canada a 'cultural mosaic' or a 'melting pot'?", students will create an art piece demonstrating their perspective and provide a written explanation. For the question about why co-existence is challenging, students will design Instagram profiles for historical figures from Indigenous, British, and French perspectives. For the question about appropriate Canada Day celebrations, students will write a letter to town council about their community's celebrations. For the question about the fur trade's significance, students will create a diorama of a fur trading fort with artifacts representing multiple perspectives.
This document outlines several inquiry questions and performance tasks related to Canadian history and culture. For the question "Is Canada a 'cultural mosaic' or a 'melting pot'?", students will create an art piece demonstrating their perspective and provide a written explanation. For the question about why co-existence is challenging, students will design Instagram profiles for historical figures from Indigenous, British, and French perspectives. For the question about appropriate Canada Day celebrations, students will write a letter to town council about their community's celebrations. For the question about the fur trade's significance, students will create a diorama of a fur trading fort with artifacts representing multiple perspectives.
This document outlines several inquiry questions and performance tasks related to Canadian history and culture. For the question "Is Canada a 'cultural mosaic' or a 'melting pot'?", students will create an art piece demonstrating their perspective and provide a written explanation. For the question about why co-existence is challenging, students will design Instagram profiles for historical figures from Indigenous, British, and French perspectives. For the question about appropriate Canada Day celebrations, students will write a letter to town council about their community's celebrations. For the question about the fur trade's significance, students will create a diorama of a fur trading fort with artifacts representing multiple perspectives.
7.1.3 “cultural mosaic” or a Fit for a Museum “melting pot”? Students will create an art piece that demonstrates Canada as either a “cultural mosaic” or a “melting pot” The art piece should demonstrate which term you identify Canada with and how you feel Canada represents the term Students also need to provide a one page write up, or 2- minute presentation to demonstrate their project and the reasoning behind artistic decisions
7.1.2 Why is the co- Insta-Perspectives
existence among Students will design Instagram profiles for different peoples historical figures that represent the multiple perspectives challenging? present in Canada (Indigenous, British, and French) Students will be required to choose one historical figure from each perspective to represent Each profile should include a profile picture, an Instagram handle, a short bio, and 3 posts including hashtags Differentiation- fast finishers could stage a DM group chat between the three historical figures that they have chosen
7.1.6 Does our Letter to Town Council
community Students will be asked to determine their individual celebrate perspective on the ways our community celebrates Canada Canada Day Day appropriately? They will then write a polished letter to town council either acknowledging how our Canada Day celebrations do a good job representing our country, or the ways in which our celebrations could be improved to better represent the country
Why is the fur Fur Trade Diorama
7.1.4 trade such a - Students will create a miniature diorama of a fur trading significant part fort of Canadian - Within their diorama they will need to represent multiple history? perspectives, as well as a write up that explains each artifact included in their work - They will also need to provide a short write up answering the inquiry question after their project is complete