A WebQuest for Mrs. Lucier's Grade 8 Class
Charlottetown Conference of 1864
Original concept based on a design by Mrs. Smith of Vernon River Consolidated School
Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits |
You are going to do a webquest on the Fathers of Confederation in order to produce
biographical posters.
You will be the personal biographer for this one delegate. Your posters will act as museum pieces for other children in the school.
You will research the father you are assigned as well as their native province and use this information to create several sections of your poster.
Your focus will be on Confederation; your Father's view and their province's view. In other words, what role did your Father play in Confederation and how was it shaped by the view of the province?
As a biographer, you will research the life and times of your Father and their province as it relates to Confederation.
Then organize this information using graphics and text.
The information you gather, will be used to design a poster, on your Father of Confederation and their province.
This will be presented to the class and shared in the Grade 8 Class Confederation Museum.
Using these resources ( your text and this list of webpages) as well as encyclopedias and books from the
library you will find information on your Father of Confederation.
1. Here is a list of webpages that may be useful in your research on a Father
of Confederation, choose a webpage that relates to your Father and begin looking
for information. Additional supporting information will come from your text,
library books and other resources from the ELC.
Biography of Sir Charles Tupper
Biography of Sir John A. MacDonald
Charlottetown Conference of 1864
NB Fathers Canadian Personalities
Capital Commission of PEI Fathers of Confederation
2. Narrow your focus!
| You need to know about your Father of Confederation: | You need to know about your Province/Territory: |
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| Organize this information in a table (pros/cons) and point form. |
3. Things to include on your poster:
Part 1A: Father of Confederation Fact Sheet (picture of your Father of Confederation, full name, birth/death, family members...)
Part 1B: Biographical information
on Father of Confederation in paragraph format
Part 2A: Province Identification: Map, Name of province, Symbols of
the province, year they joined Confederation.
Part 2B: Brief written summary of historical information about the
province. (Members of the same province can have the same information.)
Part 3: A Re-created Historic Document (news clipping, editorial, advertisement,
menu, schedule, letter from conference participant...)
Part 4: Proper bibliography of all resources used throughout this process.
Quebec Conference of 1864
You will be graded individually on your project based on assigned criteria, organization of information, creativity, and presentation to colleagues.
The following rubric outlines the evaluation criteria for this project:
| Level R | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | |
| Authenticity | No attempts to provide realistic information. Key elements may be missing from poster. | Has provided some of the necessary information. Poster has some elements of authenticity. | Has provided most of the necessary information. Parts of poster are realistic and detailed. | Has all necessary information. Poster is historical and factual in most respects. | Has all necessary information. Poster is realistic, historical and factual in all respects. |
| Text/Grammar | No attempts to control text.
Many spelling mistakes. No punctuation. |
Text difficult to read because did
use different sized fonts.
More than two spelling or punctuation errors. |
Controlled text size and type only
in the headings.
No more than two spelling or punctuation errors. |
Controlled text size and type through
out.
No more than one spelling or punctuation error. |
Controlled ALL text size, fonts, paragraphs,
spacings and positions.
No mistakes in spelling or punctuation. |
| Graphics/Pictures | No attempts to use graphics/pictures. | Graphics/pictures used are unrelated to the text. |
Used one appropriate |
Used two or more appropriate graphics/pictures that relate to the text. | Used multiple exemplary graphics /pictures that relate to the text. |
| Presentation | Student failed to demonstrate understanding even with reference to prepared text. | Student demonstrated limited understanding with the need to refer to prepared text. | Student demonstrated understanding
with the need to refer to prepared text.
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Student demonstrated understanding
without the need to refer to prepared text.
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Student demonstrated complete understanding without the need to refer to prepared text. |
| Research Skills | Class time was not used productively even with regular teacher supervision/guidance | Class time was sometimes used with regular teacher supervision/guidance | Class time was sometimes used productively
with teacher supervision/guidance
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Class time was usually used productively
with limited teacher supervision/guidance
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Class time was used productively without the need for teacher supervision/guidance |
I hope that you have found your time as an employee of the Grade 8 Confederation Museum, to be both fun and educational.
By completing this assignment you will have learned in depth about Confederation, how each province decided to create a country and the major role the Fathers played to make this happen.
You then used this information to create posters so that others can use your work to find out more on this topic.
The background for this WebQuest can be found at this site, Biography of Charles Tupper.
The pictures can be found at this site, National Library of Canada and Charlottetown Conference of 1864.