Character sketch Assignment

 History Character Sketch

Purpose:

To capture the life and point of view of a person.This sketch 

should showcase their contribution to Canadian heritage and 

identity.Showcase their journey and experience resulting from a 
specific time andevent.

Event Choices Grade 7

Boston Tea Party (Loyalist or Patriot)

War of 1812

7 Years War

Battle on the Plains of Abraham

Conflicts in Upper & Lower Canadas

Louis-Joseph Montcalm, James Wolfe, Flora Macdonald, Rose Fortune, Joseph Brant, Molly Brant, John Graves Simcoe, Elizabeth Simcoe, Col. Thomas Talbot, Issac Brock, Tucumseh, Laura Secord,  Charles de Salaberry, Josiah Henson, Harriet Tubman, William Merritt, Susanna Moodie, Catherine Parr Traill, Anna Brownell Jameson.

Event Choices Grade 8

Residential schools 

Metis experience

Expansion of the Prairies

Discovery and collection of gold in British Columbia

Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Crowfoot, Chinese Railway Worker, William Van Horne, Skookum Jim Mason, Fenians (Patrick J. Whelan, John O'Mahony) Catherine Schubert, Maxim Marion, Louis Riel,NWMP, Jerry Potts, Father Lacombe, Wilfred Laurier, Adam Scott Fathers of Confederation: Leonard Tilley, John A. Macdonald, George Brown, George Etienne-Cartier, John Hamilton Grey, William McDougall, Ambrose Shea, Thomas Darcy McGee

Success Criteria

 I gathered informationf from a variety of sources 

 I named my sources

 I included accurate clothing, symbols, and accessories for the person and time

 I discussed their contribution to Canadian history/identity.

 I made direct connections to their interactions with First Nations or to the French British

 I presented my information in a magazine format, applying appropriate elements of design