Historic+Plaques

http://www.ontarioplaques.com

As a follow up to visiting the historic plaque on our school's grounds, you will be doing a research project based on an Ontario Historic Plaque from your home town. Your job is to find an historic plaque in your home town, using the website above. On this website, go to the "search" link and type in the name of your home town/city.

If you live in Toronto, you can find a plaque at the web site: http://www.torontohistory.org

Pick ONE plaque that interests you from this list that comes up.

Once you find an historic plaque to research, you must answer:

Where? - exactly where the is plaque located (2 marks)

Who? - the name or group of people that the plaque is commemorating or who were involved in the event that the plaque is commemorating (2 marks)

What? - what event this plaque is commemorating or what is significant about the person commemorated by the plaque (5 marks)

When? - when (date) this event took place or what is the life span (birth year - death year) of the person that this plaque commemorate (2 marks)

Why? - why is this person or event significant in Canadian history? (5 marks)

//* You must put the information into your own words; do not just copy and paste the sentences from the historical plaques website. //

//* if you require more information, you may wish to check Wikipedia. //

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">* <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">It is not necessary that you write an essay for this project. Using the subheadings, "where", "who", etc., then answering the questions in sentences is fine.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Marking scheme: Total out of 16 marks __

<span style="color: #0a00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Where <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">: 0(did not include); 1(included vague description); 2(included detailed description)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Who: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> 0(did not include); 1(included vague description); 2(included detailed description)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> 0(did not include); 1(included vague description); 2(included description); 3(included some details); 4(included good description); 5(included excellent description with many details)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">When <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">: 0(did not include); 1(included vague description); 2(included good description)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Why: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;"> 0(did not include); 1(included vague description); 2(included description); 3(included some details); 4(included good description); 5(included excellent description <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 23px; line-height: 35px;">with many details)