Discrimination in Canada Project Party 2, January 16th, 2023

Hello Everyone!

So, now that we have our research notes, having used book and internet resources to gather information, we can work on our presentation!

You will work with the other students who chose your discrimination topic to create an oral presentation for the class, so we can learn from your research.

You will be evaluated on:

  • Making sure everyone in your group has an opportunity to practice public speaking.
  • Public-speaking skills including projection, enunciation, pace, expression, and body language, which we will review in class.
  • Including information that answers all of the questions from the research, that Ms. D gave you before.
  • Providing information in a clear way so the class can take notes on what you found out!

Steps for creating this presentation:

  1. Remember to be respectful as you work as a group. Remember to be respectful as we talk or present information about these sensitive events in our history.
  2. Meet with your group and brainstorm ideas, having one person write down all the things suggested, and one person who is the chair and recognizes who talks. Make sure everyone has a voice. Then take a vote about what might work best. Have
  3. You will need to create a presentation that is creative but serious in tone, where each person in the group plays a part to help tell the story of the discrimination issue.
  4. For example, you might have one narrator, someone representing those who were discriminated against, someone representing the group doing the discriminating, and someone representing the people who did something to make the situation right (the person who made the apology or wrote a letter apologizing.)
  5. Write a script. You may want to divide the issue into two parts – one group doing the event, and another group doing the reconciliation or apology.
  6. Get the script approved by Ms. D.
  7. Practice the script as a group.
  8. Make props if they are needed to help tell the story.
  9. Find costumes if you would like, but they are not required.
  10. Present to the class using appropriate projection, enunciation, pace, body language, and expression.

Again, each person needs a speaking role. Use your research and make sure you answer all of the questions through your presentation.

Presentations will be due January 27th, Friday, and we will begin presenting that day. If we need to make adjustments for absences, we will do that. Those with longer absences may need to present a speech instead of being part of a group.

Ms. D will be giving you class time for all of the steps for this project, but you can also do some practicing of your part at home or make props at home. You can also bring in items from home to serve as props, rather than making them.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

This project is meant to offer a fun and engaging way to make sure we understand these four, significant events in our history, and how these major problems were made right or not by Canadians.