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Interviews With The Early Explorers

The document provides instructions for students to research and present on an early Canadian explorer. Students will be assigned an explorer to research. Their presentation must answer questions about the explorer's background, reasons for exploring Canada, challenges faced, and accomplishments and impact on Canada. Students can work individually, in pairs, or groups of up to three. The presentation format can be creative, such as a talk show, Facebook page, magazine interview, or scrapbook, but must be approved by the teacher. Presentations will be evaluated on research, structure, content, and communication.

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Interviews With The Early Explorers

The document provides instructions for students to research and present on an early Canadian explorer. Students will be assigned an explorer to research. Their presentation must answer questions about the explorer's background, reasons for exploring Canada, challenges faced, and accomplishments and impact on Canada. Students can work individually, in pairs, or groups of up to three. The presentation format can be creative, such as a talk show, Facebook page, magazine interview, or scrapbook, but must be approved by the teacher. Presentations will be evaluated on research, structure, content, and communication.

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Interview with the Early Explorers

So far in this unit we have been looking at some of the first Europeans to arrive in Canada
and the reasons behind their journeys. Now you will have the opportunity to take a more in
depth look at an explorer of your choice. Your task will be to create an assignment or
presentation that will allow the class to develop a greater understanding of your chosen
explorer, and what they contributed to Canada today.
The explorer you will be researching will be assigned in class. You may use your textbook
pg. 62-64 for research, as well at least one other source - The Canadian Encyclopedia would
be a good place to start. The questions your assignment MUST answer can be found below:
1. Background of the explorer:
o Where were they born?
o Which country paid for their voyage?
2. Reasons for exploring:
o What were they sent to Canada to find?
o What was in it for them?
3. Challenges or obstacles during the journey:
o Did they run out of food?
o Did they have problems with the First Nations?
o How did the Canadian winter impact them?
4. Accomplishments and impact on Canada today:
o What did they contribute to Canada?
Did they discover an important place?
Did they build a colony?
Did they find any significant resources?
You may work individually on this assignment, in partners, or groups of no more than three.
Your assignment can take any format you want, as long as it is approved by me first. Some
suggestions are:

A TV talk show style interview


A Facebook or Instagram account for the explorer
A Magazine type interview
A scrapbook or diary of the expedition
Any other format just run it by me first

Interview with the Early Explorers


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Research

Is all of the information in the presentation accurate?


Were a variety of valid sources used to obtain the information in the presentation?
Was the list of sources used provided to the instructor?

Structure

Are all of the required questions answered in the project?


o Background of the explorer
o Reasons for exploring
o Challenges on the journey
o Accomplishments / Impact on Canada
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Content

Were all the questions for the project answered in sufficient depth?
Was all of the information presented free from generalizations, simplifications, and opinions?
Does the project give the audience a good idea of who this explorer is and what they contributed to Canada?
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Communication

Is the information well organized?


Does the assignment communicate the information effectively?
Is the information presented in a creative and engaging way?

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