*AMAZING work on your Louis Riel projects!!!!
*The variety and depth of research and analysis was wonderful
*Overall, the projects included: three original songs, two raps, one children's book, a game show, a debate, several Powerpoints and Prezis, a "classified" file, essays, posters and a board game!
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) – Create Your Own Scavenger Hunt
*You have been given the answers (blanks) and must create the questions (clues)
*Twelve-point font
*30 blanks
*Must fit on one page
*Expand on just the most important/key ideas
*Using ONLY pages 98-102 of the textbook for research
*Individual or in partners
*Due Date: Friday, January 27, 2017
Word Bank
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Transcontinental
- Sir John A. MacDonald
- The Pacific Scandal
- Sir Hugh Allan
- $360,000
- Bribe
- Conservative Party
- British Colombia
- 10 years
- Ontario
- West Coast
- Alexander Mackenzie
- National Policy
- 1881
- Callander (Ontario)
- Port Moody (British Colombia)
- Donald A. Smith
- Four Years
- Navvies
- William Van Horne
- Andrew Onderdonk
- Craigellachie (British Colombia)
- Chinese labourers (15,000 / 1500)
- $1/day vs. $2.50/day
- Head Tax
- Working Conditions
- Last Spike
- November 7, 1885
- Impact of the CPR
Level 4 - Includes all clues, demonstrates very strong understanding of the topic, well-written, clues are easy to understand, excellent use of class time, completed on time
Level 3 - Includes all clues, demonstrates good understanding of the topic fairly well-written, clues are fairly easy to understand, good use of class time, completed on time
Level 2 - Includes most clues, needs some additional proofreading, demonstrates some understanding of the topic, not all clues are easy to understand, inconsistent of class time, completed on time
Level 1 - Several clues are missing, demonstrates limited understanding of the topic, needs significant proofreading, clues are very difficult to understand, poor use of class time, completed late or incomplete
Learning Goals
- Evaluate the importance of various internal and external factors that played a role in the creation of the Dominion of Canada and the expansion of its territory (construction of the transcontinental railway)
- Identify a variety of significant individuals and groups in Canada during this period (Smith, Macdonald, Onderdonk, Van Horne, Chinese Labourers) and explain their contributions to Canadian heritage and/or identity
- Identify factors leading to some key events or developments that occurred in and/or affected Canada between 1850 and 1890 (e.g. - the construction of the CPR), and explain the historical significance of some of these events for different individuals, groups, and/or communities
- Gather and organize information and evidence about perspectives of different groups on some significant events, developments, and/or issues that affected Canada and/or Canadians during this period (i.e. -construction of the CPR)
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Interpret and analyse information and evidence relevant to their investigations, using a variety of tools
investigations into perspectives of different groups on some significant events, developments, and/or issues that affected Canada and/or Canadians between 1850 and 1890 (i.e. -construction of the CPR)
