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 HISTORICAL CONTENT: ensure the panel contains relevant information about the topic - consider the 5Ws and H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