Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ForyourfinalPerformanceTask,youwillanalyzetwoprimarydocumentsandshareyourthinkingand
analysiswithyourteacherduringaninterview.
IDENTIFYALLDOCUMENTS
Gothroughthedocumentpackageprovided.Youneedtobepreparedtoexplaintheseconceptsforeach
sourceduringyourinterview.
1. SELECTYOURDOCUMENTS
YouwillchooseonesourceonMonday,andyoursecondsourceonTuesday.Itisbesttoselectasource
thatisinterestingtoyoupersonally.
2. RESEARCHANDANALYZE
Completetheorganizerprovidedforeachsource.Youwillbringthesenoteswithyoutotheinterview
andsubmitthemwhenyouaredone.
Forthesourceyouselect,youmustpreparetodiscussalloftheHIconcepts+CanadianIdentity;your
teacherwillrandomlyselectwhichHIconceptshe/shewouldlikeyoutodiscuss.
CanadianIdentity
HistoricalSignificance
ContinuityandChange
CausesandConsequences
HistoricalPerspectiveTaking
TheEthicalDimension
3. PREPAREFORTHEINTERVIEW
Ensurethatallyournotesaredetailed,accurate,andthorough.
PeerreviewPracticeyourinterviewinclasswithapeertobesureyoufullyunderstand
yourevents.Usethechecklisttogiveyourpeerfeedback.
Timeyourinterviewanswers.Youwillonlyhave56minutestodiscussbothsources.
4. ATTHEINTERVIEW
Bringallofyournotesandyourrubric.
ANALYSISPROMPTS
Usethesepromptingquestionstocompleteyouranalysischart.
CanadianIdentity
WhatdoesthissourcetellusaboutCanadasidentitytoday?
WhatdoesthissourcetellusabouthowCanadasidentityhaschanged?
HistoricalSignificance
Didtheevent/person/developmentinthissourcecreatelonglastingchange?
Howmanypeoplewereaffected?
Howwerepeopleaffectedbythisevent/person/development?
Howdidthesignificanceofthisevent/person/developmentvaryfordifferentpeople?
Whatbiggerissuesisthisevent/person/developmentapartof?
Howisthisevent/person/developmentrelevanttoday?
ChangeandContinuity
Whathaschangedsincethisevent?
Whathasnotchangedsincethisevent?
Dothechangesindicateprogressordecline?Forwhom?
CauseandConsequence
Whatwerethecausesofthisevent?(Considerthebackgroundcauses:people,socialconditions,ideas/beliefs,
economicconditions.Alsoconsidertheimmediatecause)
Whatweretheconsequencesofthisevent?(Considerboththeintendedandunintendedconsequences,aswell
astheshortandlongtermconsequences)
HistoricalPerspectives
Whatwerethebeliefs/values/motivationsofpeoplelivinginthattime?
Howdothosebeliefs/valuesdifferfromtodaysbeliefsandvalues?
Whatbeliefs/values/ideasdoIhavethataffecthowIthinkaboutthisevent?
Whatcanbelearnedfromtheevidenceabouthowpeoplelivedtheirlivesinthistime?
EthicalDimension
Whatweretheimplicationsofthiseventforpeopleofthetime?
Whataretheimplicationsofthiseventtoday?
AsacitizenofCanada,whatisyourpersonalresponsibilityinthepresentnowthatyouareawareofthispast
event?
ANALYSISCHART
YOUR
SELECTED
SOURCE:
CanadianIdentity
Historical
Significance
Changeand
Continuity
Causeand
Consequence
Historical
Perspective
EthicalDimension
ANALYSISCHART
YOUR
SELECTED
SOURCE:
CanadianIdentity
HistoricalSignificance
ChangeandContinuity
CauseandConsequence
HistoricalPerspective
EthicalDimension
Rubric
TotalMark
Criteria
09
Source1
UsesHistorical
Thinking
Concepts
effectivelyto
analyze
sources
Comments
Source2
UsesHistorical
Thinking
Concepts
effectivelyto
analyze
sources
Comments
Insufficientuse
ofHistorical
Thinking
Conceptskills
andlacking
sufficient
supporting
evidence.
Insufficientuse
ofHistorical
Thinking
Conceptskills
andlacking
sufficient
supporting
evidence.
/20
Level1
1011
Limiteduseof
Historical
Thinking
Conceptskills
and
supporting
evidence.
Level2
1213
Usessome
Historical
Thinking
Conceptsskills
however,
supporting
evidencecould
bestronger.
Level3
1415
Gooduseof
Historical
Thinking
Conceptsskill
withgood
supporting
evidence.
Level4
1620
Excellentuseof
Historical
Thinking
Conceptsskill
withstrong
supporting
evidence.
Limiteduseof
Historical
Thinking
Conceptskills
and
supporting
evidence.
Usessome
Historical
Thinking
Conceptsskills
however,
supporting
evidencecould
bestronger.
Gooduseof
Historical
Thinking
Conceptsskill
withgood
supporting
evidence.
Excellentuseof
Historical
Thinking
Conceptsskill
withstrong
supporting
evidence.