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Grade 8 History
Character Sketch
Purpose: to capture the life and point of view of a person during grade 8 history.
This sketch should showcase their contribution to Canadian heritage and identity.
Showcase their journey and experience resulting from a specific time and event.
Crowfoot, Chinese Railway Worker, William Van Horne, Skookum Jim Mason, Fenians
(Patrick J. Whelan, John OMahony) Catherine Schubert, Maxim Marion, Louis Riel,
NWMP, Jerry Potts, Father Lacombe, Wilfred Laurier, Adam Scott and
Fathers of Confederation: Leonard Tilley, John A. Macdonald, George Brown, George
Etienne-Cartier, John Hamilton Grey, William McDougall, Ambrose Shea, Thomas
Darcy McGee

Event Choices
Residential schools
Metis experience
Expansion of the Prairies
Discovery and collection of gold in British Columbia
Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Success Criteria
Step 1: Choose a person (male, female, school age, solider, trader, French, English
or First Nations)
Step 2: Use your notes, the textbook, History Moodle and internet to research
the life and times of your person
Step 3: Include accurate clothing, symbols, and accessories for the person and
time
Step 4: Be sure to include proof of their contribution to Canadian identity.
Step 5: Make direct connections to their interactions with the 1 st Nations. If they
are 1st Nations then their connections to the French/British
Step 6: Sketch your person and place your information around them.