Name: Date: Canadian History Trading Cards Just like hockey cards but for confederation!

On one side there is a picture of the person or event, on the flip side is a short biography of the persons life and achievements. This project can be any size and shape that you would like. Steps 1. Choose a person who influenced Canada between 1850 and 1919. You may choose from the list bellow or come up with your own and have it approved by a teacher. Nobody can do Sir John A. Macdonald. 2. Develop questions that you want to ask about the person. a. Ex: PERSON - where and when were they born? What was their childhood like? What was a main influence in their life? What did they do that influenced Canada? 3. Create an outline for the written half of the card. This biography should be in the form of three well-written paragraphs. A paragraph is at least 5 complete sentences. 4. Research your topic. You may use: biographies, reports, books, websites etc.. a. Keep the hyperlink or the bibliographical information to all of your references 5. Find or create a picture for the front of your trading card. a. Keep the hyperlink or the bibliographical information to all of your references 6. Summarize your information and plug it into your outline. 7. Create a rough draft of your written piece. a. Have a peer correct it and sign the rough draft. b. You must hand in the rough draft with the final product. 8. Create a final draft. a. Can be typed or hand written. b. If typed use Times New Roman 12 point font. c. If hand written it must be legible. 9. Glue your biography and picture on opposite sides of a piece of cardboard/construction paper to make it sturdy. Then trim off the extra. 10. Make sure that your name, the date, the class, the teachers name and the title of your topic is somewhere on your trading card that is stylistically appropriate.

Name: Date: Written Submission Outline 1. Title 2. Paragraph 1 a. Topic sentence b. Background information c. Birth and childhood d. Beliefs, goals, personality 3. Paragraph 2 a. Important events and accomplishments 4. Paragraph 3 a. How they affected Canada b. Concluding sentence Suggestions 1. Timothy Eaton founder of Eatons Department Store 2. Alexander Graham Bell inventor 3. Sir Sandford Fleming built ICR and invented Standard Time 4. William Osler Father of Modern Medicine 5. Daniel David Palmer founder of the chiropractic profession 6. William Nelson Hall first African Canadian, first Nova Scotian to win a Victoria Cross 7. George Brown a father of confederation 8. Sir George-Etienne Cartier a father of confederation 9. William Lyon Mackenzie mayor Toronto 10. Thomas DArcyMcGee 11. Patrick Whelan 12. Big Bear Cree leader 13. Louis Riel father of Manitoba/rebel 14. Nicola first nations politician 15. Mary Ann Shadd anti slavery activist 16. The Fenians 17. James Nesmith 18. Nellie McClung 19. Agnes Macphail 20. Sir Sam Hughes 21. Sir Robert Borden 22. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 23. Henri Bourassa 24. Sir Douglas Haig 25. E.A.H. Alderson 26. Sir Arthur Currie

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Evaluation: Hand this sheet in with you project. Category Level 1 Completed with limited understanding Level 2 Completed with some degree of effectiveness Level 3 Completed with considerable effectiveness Level 4 Completed with a high degree of effectiveness

Knowledge and Understanding Facts about topic are accurate and understood. All expectations for project are completed. Reference material is on the written part. The title, students name and date are included. Thinking and Design Creativity/effort. Research process well planned. Well organized. Rough draft is handed in. Communication Ideas clearly expressed and legible. Information grade appropriate. Application Connects past and present. Use of knowledge and skills in other contexts. Total Mark: ________ Comments: