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Social Studies 7
Chapter 6
ASSIGNMENT
Your job is to plan out your dream vacation - of
historical points of interests from Chapter 6 of our
textbook. Grab your passport and fill up the car -
youre going road tripping! This assignment is
independent - partners and groups are off-limits.
Your road trip must last at least 9 days include at least 7-8 major event locations during our
events of Chapter 6: The American War of Independence, The Loyalist Migration, and The War
of 1812. You will have to create an itinerary that gives a brief summary of the event and location
along with your road trip map. You will use Google Maps to plan out your road trip. Once you
are done, you will share your map and Google Doc or itinerary with me. Your path is up to you.
RESOURCES:
http://www.outdoorblueprint.com/read/plan-a-road-trip-route-with-google-maps/
www.google.ca/maps
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-plan-a-trip-itinerary-using-custom-google-maps-144058498
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Your textbook, notes, and class powerpoints and materials
Google maps, web resources for older maps
GRADING:
Dimensions of Thinking:
Geographic Thinking (reading and interpreting maps; prepare my own map)
Historical Thinking (organizing the sequence of events; explaining the context the
historical events of a given time period; use technology tools to organize
information)
Decision Making and Problems Solving (identify appropriate materials and tools
to accomplish a plan; articulate clearly a plan of action to use technology to solve
a problem)
Communication
Oral, Written, Visual Literacy (present information electronically and visually)
Knowledge
7.1.6 (explore and explain the political, economic, and military events that
contributed to the foundations of Canada)
GUIDE TO COMPLETION:
STEP 1:
Make a timeline of 5 major events and the places that they occurred (also called landmarks) that
you believe would help someone understand the events that took place during the two wars and
the Loyalist Migration.
STEP 2:
Map out the locations of your chosen events, using the textbook as your starting your point, and
then find the more precise locations on google maps.
STEP 3:
Use this guide to help you if you are lost on making your trip map
STEP 4:
Write a summary for each event about why it is important to know. Include the date of the event.
STEP 5:
Create an itinerary for your adventure by answering the following questions:
How long will your road trip take in days?
How many kilometers will you travel from your first location to the last?
What major bodies of water do you pass by? (Everyone loves a beach day)
What provinces and states do you travel to?
Rubric for Chapter 6/7 Project
Name: ___________________________
Thinking Dimensions
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