Aboriginal Leaders

Introduction

There are many aboriginal leaders in Canada, nowadays, who have a great impact on both aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities. You may already know some of them but simply may not know that they are indigenous. It's time to learn more about them!

Task

You will be provided with a list of Aboriginal movers and shakers in 2016 through a link and another list of Aboriginal. Choose only one important indigenous person you may be interested in. Then, you will be guided to further research about the chosen well known aboriginal figure and answer a few questions. Then, you will be asked to create a learning product in a format of your choice. You are expected to share your product with the class. 

Learning goals:

1. Explore current contributions of important Indigenous people through research 

1. Create an informative piece of work of your choice to share the gather information with your peers. 

Process

Part 1

Create a word document for this assignment and save it  with the title " Aboriginal Leaders" Copy and paste the following questions and type in your work. 

Think of one well-known person of your country of origin. Write a short paragraph on why this is an important person to your country of origin highlighting his/her major contributions.  

Part 2

Choose any of the following links 

http://newfederation.org/Native_Leaders/Times_Profile_list.htm

The above website provides a list of Native leaders in Canada in a chronological order. Once you enter the website, scroll down to the period 1987-present and click on any of the people to choose one native leader. You will see a brief informative paragraph for that particular leader. Come up with 6 questions that you think that most people would be interested to know about the native leader. Record the questions on the word document you created and saved in Part 1. Conduct independent research to gather information to answer the questions you came up with. Record this information on the word document. Also, answer your own questions based on your recorded information. 

http://newfederation.org/Native_Leaders/Times_Profile_list.htm

The above website introduces a list of indigenous movers and shaker in Canada in 2016. Once you enter the website see through the list and click on any name of your interest. Some information is provided for each important native people on that list. Record the questions on the word document you created and saved in Part 1. Conduct independent research to gather information to answer the questions you came up with. Record this information on the word document. Also, answer your own questions based on your recorded information. 

Part 3 

Use your all the work you recorded on the word document to create a PPT, Prezi, Google slides, poster or any other format of your choice. You will present your creation to the class. 

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Evaluation

Look at the following rubric to know what the expectations for your work are. 

Elementary Research Rubric

CATEGORY

Exemplary

Proficient

Partially Proficient

Unsatisafactory

POINTS

Research Questions

3 points

2 points

1 point

0 points

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Wrote clear, creative and interesting questions which fit the topic.

Wrote clear questions which fit the topic.

Wrote some questions which did not fit the topic.

Wrote many questions which did not fit the topic.

Selection of Sources

3 points

2 points

1 point

0 points

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Identified useful sources in many formats (books, magazines, electronic).

Identified mostly useful sources in many formats (books, magazines, electronic).

Identified a few useful sources in one or two formats.

Identified no useful sources in any format.

Note Taking and Keywords

3 points

2 points

1 point

0 points

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Located and recorded information which answered all of the research questions.

Located and recorded information which answered most of the research questions.

Located and recorded a lot of information that did not directly answer the research questions.

Located and recorded incomplete information which failed to answer any of the research questions.

Organized neat, easy to read notes.

Organized notes and most were neat and easy to read.

Failed to organize notes effectively; many were messy and hard to read.

Did not organize notes; all notes were messy and hard to read.

Wrote all notes using own words and key facts.

Wrote most notes using own words and key facts.

Wrote some notes that were copied word-for-word from the source.

Copied most or all of the notes word-for-word from the source.

Selected effective keywords.

Selected mostly effective keywords.

Selected many keywords that were not effective.

Selected no effective keywords.

  

Sharing and Presenting Information

3 points

2 points

1 point

0 points

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Presented all information in a clear and organized way.

Presented most of the information in a clear and organized way.

Presented information which was poorly organized or was difficult to understand some of the time.

Presented information which was poorly organized, hard to understand.

Selected a highly effective and creative format for the presentation.

Selected an effective format for the presentation.

Selected a format which was only minimally effective for this topic.

Selected a format which was not effective for this topic.

  

TOTAL POINTS

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