Letter+to+the+Government

Overall Expectations
 * assess the changing role and power of the federal and provincial governments in Canada
 * describe the impact of significant social and political movements on Canadian society;
 * describe how individual Canadians have contributed to the development of Canada and its emerging sense of identity
 * explain changing economic conditions and patterns and how they have affected Canadians;

Write a letter to the government as a Canadian affected by the economic conditions of the 1930s. Choose your character from the following list:
 * Prairie wheat farmer
 * Wife of prairie wheat farmer
 * Nova Scotia coal miner
 * Relief camp worker
 * Hobo “Riding the Rails”
 * Someone on pogey (relief)
 * Someone in the family of an unemployed man (spouse, parent or child)
 * Female factory worker (e.g. Irene Duhamel)
 * Teacher
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Immigrant
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Employed Person

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Research the life of that person using the sources given to you by your teacher. Take research notes from at least 2 sources

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Choose the level of government which most directly affects you – municipal, provincial or federal.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">R.B. Bennett 1930-1935, William Lyon Mackenzie King 1935-1946 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">International trade <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Relief camps <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Payment to the provinces for relief <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Currency <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Canada-wide transportation <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Communication (e.g. CBC radio) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">British Columbia – Thomas Patullo <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Quebec – Maurice Duplessis <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Alberta – William “Bible Bill” Aberhart || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Health care <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Education <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Water and sewer <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Electricity || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">You need not be specific || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Public relief (the dole) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Soup kitchens ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Level of government || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Responsibilities and issues ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Federal Government Prime Ministers –
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Provincial Government Premiers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Municipal Government – City Mayors

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Use the templates provided for your rough work. Submit your rough work with your good copy and the rubric on December 17th <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Write a letter in character to the most appropriate level of government. Each paragraph should be 3-5 sentences in length

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Paragraph One: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Address the government (be specific – see above) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Give yourself a historically likely (plausible) name and explain your problems <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">My ideas:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Use your research notes, details from Cinderella Man and the People’s History videos

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Paragraph Two: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Explain what the government has done or not done to help your situation. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">My ideas:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Use your class notes from the People’s History videos and worksheets from Topics 9 and 10 to provide detail

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Paragraph Three: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Explain what you would like the government to do for you. Propose solutions that the government could put into place that would help you. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">My ideas:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Use the letters to Bennett (provided) or the alternative political parties that your character is likely to support.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">My Research Notes <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Source:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">My Research Notes <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Source:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Prairie Wheat Farmer: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Continuity and Change p. 156-159

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Canada Unfolding: p.195-196 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Our Century, Our Story p. 129-130

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Nova Scotia coal miner: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Nation Unfolding: p.190-191 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Our Century, Our Story p. 91

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Relief Camp Worker: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Continuity and Change p. 160-163

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Nation Unfolding p.200 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Canadian Sources Investigated, p.52-53 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Our Century, Our Story p. 133

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Hobo “riding the rails” <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Continuity and Change p. 155

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Canadian Sources Investigated p. 52 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Our Century, Our Story p. 132

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Someone on pogey:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Nation Unfolding p. 196-197 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Our Century, Our Story p. 131-132

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Family of an unemployed man: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Scrapbook pp 8-9 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Canadian Sources Investigated, p.48-53 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Our Century, Our Story p. 127-128

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Wife of a prairie farmer: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Continuity and Change p. 156-159

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Canada Unfolding: p.195-196 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Our Century, Our Story p. 129-130

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Female factory worker:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Our Century, Our Story p. 127-128

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Teacher <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Scrapbook p. 34 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">[|One-room Schoolhouse] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">[|The Great Depression]

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

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Canadian Sources Investigated p. 62-67

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Employed Person <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Continuity and Change p. 163 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Our Century, Our Story p. 127-128


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Criteria || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Re-do || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Level 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Level 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Level 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Level 4 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Clear understanding of the impact of the Great Depression on a specific individual Knowledge || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Demonstrates no understanding of the impact of the Great Depression on a specific individual. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Limited understanding of the impact of the Great Depression on a specific individual. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Some understanding of the impact of the Great Depression on a specific individual. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Considerable understanding of the impact of the Great Depression on a specific individual. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Thorough and insightful understanding of the impact of the Great Depression on a specific individual.. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Evidence of research and note taking Thinking || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Research is not evident. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Research notes are limited in accuracy or incomplete. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Research notes are somewhat accurate and relevant. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Research notes are accurate and relevant. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Research notes are thorough ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Clear oral communication. Communication. Communication appropriate to a formal letter Communication || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Communication is very unclear and/or inappropriate to a formal letter. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Communication is of limited clarity and effectiveness. May not be formal enough to be appropriate to a formal letter. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Communication is somewhat clear and effective and is somewhat appropriate to a formal letter. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Communication is clear and effective. Communication is appropriate to a formal letter. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Clear, effective and creative communication. Appropriate to a formal letter. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Propose reasonable solutions from the perspective of the individual. Application || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">No solutions are provided, or solutions are not related to the problems faced by this individual || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Insufficient solutions are provided. Solutions are related to the problems to a limited degree. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Some solutions are provided. Solutions are somewhat related to the problems faced by the individual. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Clear solutions are provided. The solutions are directly related to the problems faced by the individual. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Highly appropriate and creative solutions are provided. Solutions are directly related to the problems. ||