20s and 30s Comic Life Panel Assignment

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Rationale

Students will gain an understanding of important people and events of the 1920s and 1930s in Canada. Creating a Comic Life Panel allows students to better analyze and understand people and issues of the time period while expanding both presentation and technological skills.

Task

Students will create a Comic Life Panel examining an individual or event from the 20s or 30s. The panel should include the following:

  1. IMAGES: collect various pictures of your topic - be sure they are of good quality and relevant
  2. HISTORICAL CONTENT: ensure the panel contains relevant information about the topic - consider the 5Ws and H
  3. DIALOGUE OR COMMENTARY: ensure the dialogue or commentary makes reference to key terms, people or dates AND slang from the 1920s and 1930s
  4. STORYLINE / ANALYSIS: your panel should contain a relevant storyline that depicts the topic (ie. descriptive, analytical, satirical, humourous, historical importance etc.)

TOPIC LIST

Textbook: Spotlight Canada

Post War
Prohibition & Bootlegging
Spanish Flu
Insulin (Banting)
Winnipeg General Strike
Veterans and Social Support
Indian Act & League of Indians
Chinese Exclusion Act
Branch Plants
Statute Westminster / 1920s
Foster Hewitt & Hockey Night in Canada
Mackenzie King
Radio & Ted Rogers
Automobiles
Joseph Bombardier
Jazz Age & Charleston
Persons Case
Entertainment
Fashion
Emily Murphy
Canadian Sports
Women in Sports
Aviation
Group of Seven / 1930s
Black Tuesday
R.B. Bennett
Business Cycle
Causes of Great Depression
Relief and Relief Camps
Daily Life: Bennett Buggy, Soup Kitchens, Pogey
Dust Bowl
On to Ottawa Trek
CBC
New Deal
New Political Parties
Immigration

Textbook: A Nation Unfolding

Chapter 10
Riding the Economic Roller Coaster / Chapter 11
Tumultuous Times / Chapter 12
Life in the 1920s and 1930s / Chapter 13
Canada’s Growing Autonomy
Growth of Automobile
The Model T
Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday
Dust storms
Bombardier
Maritime Rights / MacKenzie King
CCF
Progressive Party
Business Cycle
Relief Camps
Bennett’s New Deal
Life on the Pogey
On-to-Ottawa
Social Credit
Union Nationale
Communist Party
The Persons Case
Agnes McPhail
Emily Murphy
Bennett Buggy / Bootlegging
Slang
Swing Dancing
Jazz Age
Group of Seven
The Radio
CBC
Air Travel
Motion Pictures
Chautauqua
Women in Sports
Prohibition
Aboriginal Peoples
Black Canadians
Immigration 1920s
Ted Rogers / Chanak Affair
Balfour Declaration
King-Byng Affair
Dr. Banting
Statute of Westminster

RUBRIC: Comic Life Panel

Criteria / Level 4 / Level 3 / Level 2 / Level 1
A. Research & Content
Knowledge / Understanding / - Exceptional research / content that is detailed, critical and contains all required criteria / -solid research that is has good details and contains most of the required criteria / - adequate research that is has some detail and gives preliminary information / - research lacks depth. Did not extend past a cursory level of research.
B. Storyline / Theme / Analysis
Thinking Inquiry / - exceptional storyline / theme in comic panel that draws excellent comparisons, analysis and applications to topic and impact on history / - proficient storyline / theme in comic panel that draws solid comparisons, analysis and applications to topic and impact on history
/ - adequate storyline / theme in comic panel that draws some comparisons, analysis and applications to topic and impact on history / - weak storyline / theme in comic panel that makes few comparisons, analysis and applications to topic
C. Communication of Ideas
Communication / - A superb blend of text, narration, dialogue, images and design that intricately tells a story and is exceptionally organized and logical / - A solid blend of text, narration, dialogue, images and design that clearly tells a story and is well organized and logical / - An adequate blend of text, narration, dialogue, images and design that attempts to tells a story and is somewhat organized and logical / - a poor blend of text, narration, dialogue, images and design that is unorganized and fails to tells a story
D. Presentation (panel)
Application / -panel is very creative and effectively showcases the topic and relevance to history / -panel is creative and showcases the topic and relevance to history / -panel is somewhat creative and showcases the topic and relevance to history / -panel lacks creativity and does not properly showcase the topic and relevance to history