Social Studes 11: Mr. Lewis

Unit 6 - PowerPoint / Poster Project

Canada Then & Now

     

You have your choice of doing a PowerPoint presentation or a poster for this project.  The overall goal is to compare Canada in the 1950's to Canada in 2008.  Features of the 1950's and today that need to be examined are:

• Pollution:  Is it better or worse?  What were the issues then?  What are the issues now?
• Foreign Policy - how we deal with the world:  Peace-keeping vs. regular troops - which events have we been involved in?  Has this changed?  What was our military power in 1950 (Avro Arrow, Navy, etc.) and what is it today?
• Population:  What was the "baby boom"?  Have "live births" and "replacement levels" changed from then until now?
• Cost of housing:  On a dollar to dollar scale, is it the same?  What percentage of Canadians own homes today?  Then?
• Shipping and transportation to other countries:  How were bulk goods shipped to other countries?  What ports were centres?  How much tonnage was moved from these ports?  How are these facts different today?
• Music:  Rock 'n' Roll was the new craze or fad in the 1950's.  What is it today?  (Names/artists/stats might be nice.)
• Aboriginal rights:  Voting - do Aboriginal peoples have more legal equality now vs. then?  Has the perception of Canadians about First Nations peoples changed from then to now?  If so, how?

Expectations / Requirements:  PowerPoint Option

1. No more than 1000 words, no less than 600.
2. Work in partners - each person needs to contribute and each person needs to be involved.
3. One picture per slide and 20 slides minnimum.  Each slide must include at least 20 words.
4. Not necessary to "go crazy" with colour/backgrounds/sounds, but a few might be nice.We have headphones.
5. MUST INCLUDE A LINK TO YOUTUBE.  LINK TO A POWERFUL, COOL VIDEO FOR TWO OF THE 7 TOPICS LISTED ABOVE.
6. Save your file to your file/account/pupil number.  Call it "your_names_Unit6Project.ppt".  Copy it to the Assignments drive - Lewis folder.
7. THIS MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS - PLAGIARISM WILL NOT RECEIVE A GRADE.

Expectations / Requirements:  Poster Option

1. Divide the paper you're given into two halves:  "Canada in the 1950's" vs. "Canada in 2008".
2. Images:  Only 25% may be computer generated, the rest should be hand drawn.
3. White space is not allowed.
4. You may word process your written passages and then paste them to the poster.