Grade 10 History Culminating Assignment – Ideas for the Final Product

My Connecting Theme

Unit One Topic

Unit Two Topic

Unit Three Topic etc.

The Final Step

• Choose one of your unit topics from Step One and develop a creative product that clearly demonstrates the importance of that topic for your theme and for Canada’s 20th Century.

Conventional Approaches• Front page of newspaper/newsletter that captions

differing aspects of your topic/event or differing opinions about its historical significance

• A script for short play: using script style you should develop a clear storyline, with a main character/hero who has an clear objective or a goal – add in a written piece that justifies your topic as being significant enough to have a play written about it

• Write a 5-paragraph research essay that clearly explores the historical significance of your topic/event using three body paragraphs to discuss three elements of significance

Ideas for Products: Postage Stamp

1) Design a new postage stamp that commemorates your chosen topic and write a piece justifying your topic’s significance for Canadian History.

2) Design a video game based on your topic/event. Consider appropriate icons, graphics, features by creating a six panel story board with captions to explain your design and write a formal piece justifying your topic’s significance for Canadian History.

Ideas for Products: Video Game

A Hero!

A StorylineAn objective/goal

3) Write an illustrated 10 page children’s book that features your topic event and places it in the context of your overall theme.

• A main character• A storyline• Text (appropriate for children)• Powerful images• Accurate historical details

Ideas for Products: Kids Book

Finally, do a written justification describing the significance of your topic for Canada’s 20th Century

4) Design a Heritage Minute VideoMake a Six Panel Story Board; you could make the video as well

5) Using accurate historical detail write the lyrics for a two-verse song with chorus and then write a formal piece explaining the significance of your topic for Canada’s 20th Century:

Ideas for Products: Song

Prohibition

Dieppe

The Avro Arrow

• 18-panel or three-page historical comic• A Canadian hero• A storyline• Captions, speech bubbles, signs, sound effects, etc.• Powerful images• accurate historical details

Ideas for Products: Comic Book6) Design a short comic book that focusses on a key event/person from Canada’s 20th century: