Communication

ASSIGNMENT 1.8: PROJECT

 Learning Target(s):

  • Recognize and understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies, as represented in text
  • Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform writing
  • Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understandings and extend thinking



Task:

For this final project, you will explore the topic of Aboriginal Reconciliation in Canada.  Your research and final product will be done under your specific course umbrella, as detailed in the course specific handout to follow.  In other words, students who are enrolled in either Composition, Creative Writing, Literature Studies, New Media, or Spoken Language will each have a different approach to this topic. 

All students will be required to:

        • Use the skills that you have developed in this course

        • Research the given topic so that you become an expert on it

        • Keep an MLA-style works cited list that will be turned in with your final product

        • Develop an expository product that informs its reader of the topic.



The Topic:

The following resources will help you gain a basic understanding of Aboriginal Reconciliation in Canada.  In order to deepen your understanding so that you are able to effectively complete this project, you are required to conduct your own research as well, exploring avenues of the topic that are most relevant to your course.