Culminating Activity​: Historical Points of View

Name: _________________ Culminating Activity​
: Historical Points of View
Your mission is to assume the point of view of a historical character from our past and tell us how you contributed to, and influenced, Canada’s history! Here are the details... Step 1: ​
Select a prominent person from 1750 ­1850 and gather relevant information and details about how she or he influenced Canada’s growth. Step 2: ​
Summarize the information you gathered. Step 3: ​
Write a script, monologue, personal account, or journal using first person point of view. Step 4: ​
Present your work to the class, in role, and be sure to show how they influenced Canada’s growth through their actions. ­­> Research! Summary! Write! Perform! YAHOO! Note: ​
You must sign­up to research and represent specific historical figures on Friday. No more than two students can choose the same historical figure, so come prepared with a few different ideas! LEARNING GOALS & RUBRIC CRITERIA LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 READING Provides an incomplete summary of some of the important details that support the main idea in texts. Provides an adequate summary of most of the important details that support the main idea in texts. Summarizes the most important details that support the main idea in complex texts. Expertly summarizes all important details that support the main ideas in complex text. WRITING Identifies and evaluates point of view with some effectiveness, does not adequately convey POV. Identifies and evaluates most details concerning point of view, finds mostly effective ways of showing POV. Identifies and evaluates point of view, and finds effective ways of showing POV. Expertly identifies and evaluates point of view, and is particularly effective in conveying POV. MEDIA LITERACY Identifies and compares how different media reflect different points of view with little success. Fails to properly uses listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to produce an effective media text/presentation. Adequately identifies and compares how different media reflect different points of view. Uses some listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to produce an adequate media text/presentation. Identifies and compares how different media reflect different points of view. Uses listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills effectively to produce an effective media text/presentation. Expertly identifies and compares how different media reflect different points of view in an intelligent way. Uses impeccable listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills effectively to produce an effective media text/presentation. ORAL COMMUNICATION Uses some speaking skills and strategies, uses speaking behaviour that fails to suit the intended purpose and audience. Adequately uses speaking skills and strategies to demonstrate appropriate speaking behaviour to suit the intended purpose and audience. Uses speaking skills and strategies to demonstrate appropriate speaking behaviour to suit the intended purpose and audience. Effectively uses speaking skills and strategies to demonstrate appropriate speaking behaviour to suit the intended purpose and audience. HISTORY Only partially identifies the goals, themes, personalities, and interests of various groups/individuals from the period. Does not clearly explain their relevance to contemporary Canada. Adequately identifies the goals, themes, personalities, and interests of various groups/individuals from the period and mostly explains their relevance to contemporary Canada. Identifies the goals, themes, personalities, and interests of various groups/individuals from the period and explains their relevance to contemporary Canada. Expertly identifies the goals, themes, personalities, and interests of various groups/individuals from the period and provides a clearly and insightfully explains their relevance to contemporary Canada. DRAMA Does not effectively communicate feelings, thoughts, and abstract ideas through drama techniques. Does not demonstrate dramatic flair or understanding. Adequately communicates feelings, thoughts, and abstract ideas through drama techniques. Demonstrates dramatic flair and understanding with some success. Communicates feelings, thoughts, and abstract ideas through drama techniques. Demonstrates dramatic flair and understanding. Expertly communicates feelings, thoughts, and abstract ideas through drama techniques. Provides an impressive demonstration of dramatic flair and understanding.