Assignment #7 - Canadian Personalities

Hello cupcakes,

For this assignment, you will be checking out some of the great online resources of the Canadian Museum of Civilizations. There are several parts to this assignment. Do this assignment step by step, but make sure to double check that you've done EVERYTHING before you publish it. Organize your post so that it is easy for readers to tell which question you are answering (see instruction #3 below)

1. Read about the Canadian Personalities in the "Meet the Personalities" section.

2. Start a new post on your own blog.

3. Link to this assignment in your post and make sure to introduce each section of your post by writing the question that you are answering either in bold or in another colour.

4. Answer the following questions:

a.) Which category of Canadian Personalities interested you the most? Did you like the "we inspired", "we founded", "we fought", "we built" or "we governed" section the best? Why?

b.) Which personality interested you the most? Why? Find an image of him or her to embed (add to the body of your post) and write, in your own words, a short description of what he or she did and why he or she is your favourite. If you get information from any source, you must credit it by creating a link to it (that includes information from the site that I've asked you to look at).

c.) In your post, suggest three more influential Canadian personalities that could be added to this site. Why did you choose these people? Which categories would they fit into? Link to information about each of them.

5. Vote on your favourite Canadian personality. (Click on the link to vote)

6. Turn the volume down on your computer, and play the Mystery History-Maker Match-Up. Find out which personality you have the most in common with.

7. Go back to your post and answer the following question:

d.) Which History-Maker did you have the most in common with? Were you able to figure it out from the clues given? What do you share with that person? What are some things that are different between you and that person?

8. Think long and hard about this part and then post an answer to this question on your blog:

e.) One hundred years from now, (in 2109!) imagine that students are learning about Canadian History Makers and they discover you. What will you be remembered for? How were you a Canadian History Maker? You are using your imagination, so think about some things that you would like to accomplish in your life and imagine that you have all the accomplishments of your life to look back on. Write a short profile of yourself, imagining the contributions you have made to the future of Canada. (Write this as though you've lived your whole life. You may have been a phenomenal athlete, the first black Prime Minister, cured cancer...use your imagination!)

***Update (Feb. 12th, 2:20 p.m.) - Some of you have done an absolutely AMAZING job with this assignment. Those of you who need to see some great examples should check out Sabrina's post and Jessi's post. ***