Humanities Year End Project
Bring History Alive at Heritage Park
Overview: Working in groups of 3 or pairs, you will design an expansion to Heritage Park that will “bring
history alive” for its visitors. You will present your design to the “Board of Directors.” Your goal is to impress the
board with your proposal so they will award you with the one million dollar contract. This project, will be part
your final mark for Humanities.
Instructions:
1. Heritage Park has areas that focus on different themes such as the fur trade, the railway, Western
settlement, etc. Choose a theme for your expansion from the list below that you will use as your
focus for all your projects.
2. Remember that visitors from all over the world, including Quebec and France, will be coming to
Heritage Park to explore the expansions. As a result you should try to make some features, such as
signs, instructions, and menus, bi-lingual (in English and French)
3. Come up with a plan of action. Use the “Long Range Calendar Plan” (see attached) to
organize your time and your expansions so that you can get your work done on time.
4. You must fill out your “Daily Work Log” (see attached) each day that you work on the project.
5. Practice so you have a polished presentation when proposing your ideas to the Board of Directors for
Heritage Park. They will be judging your presentations and will make a decision on who to award
the 1 Million dollars to.
6. Good luck!
Themes:
• Confederation
• Fur Trade
• Deportation of the Acadians
• Explorers
• Immigration
• French/English Interactions
• First Nations/Metis
• Red River Rebellion
• The Underground Railway
• Women’s Rights (The Person’s Case/Suffragettes)
• 1837 Rebellions
• CPR
• War of 1812
• Battle of Quebec
• Historical Personalities (choose a theme, like Prime Ministers or Military Leaders)
• Other – please talk to your teacher first for approval of other ideas
PART B: Interpretive Station
You have taken on the role of Historian for Heritage Park and they have asked you to create an interpretive station
that focuses on the theme/historic event you selected. This display should be interactive, so visitors are entertained
and informed.
• Your interpretive station must meet the following requirements:
o Research your theme/historic event in detail. You will be encouraged to gather resources from
a variety of sources including books, websites, magazines, videos and other media. You must
have a minimum of 5 sources. (at least 3 different types)
o Create research notes for your research. These must be in your own words.
o Select your interactive display components. You must choose a minimum of 3 different
components to include in your interpretive station. Each group member should be assigned
a component and they are INDIVIDUALLY responsible for the write up.
o Write (must be word processed) a paragraph report (minimum) on each of the display
components that you have chosen to include.
" Each write-up will include an explanation of the component and why it is important
to the theme of your display. You must identify the historical significance you’re
your topic had on Canada and how your topic affected the Canadian identity. It
must be edited!
o Create your interactive interpretive station by combing all of the components.
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Interactive Display Possibilities:
o Video and/or images
o Maps
o Audio
o Matching game
o Create website
o Role playing, puppet show
o Tell a story of a real person or real people
o Questions and answers
o Quizzes
o Flash animation
o “What if” Game. Visitors make predictions of what Canada would be like if this
historic event had not happened or if the results of the event were different.
o Video Game – http://www.yoyogames.com/
o Food samples
o Artifacts and museum card
o Comic strip
o Diorama
o Sculpture
o Costumes – authentic costumes for staff to wear while interacting with visitors
o Other – please talk to your teacher for approval of other display possibilities
By the end of Part B, you have:
 Ensured the information related to the theme/historic event is clear and detailed, including its impact on
Canadian history
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Created detailed research notes that are in your own words
Used at least 5 different and various sources (books, websites, videos, magazines, etc)
Completed the Interpretive Station Planning Sheet to help you plan your components
Included at least 3 different components to illustrate your theme/historic event
Word processed a half page report minimum, on each of the display components that you have chosen to
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Presented your information in an interactive, creative, engaging, and entertaining manner
Provided a word processed copy of your resource list in proper format
As a group you will need to decide a plan of action for this project. After
choosing a topic and familiarizing yourself with it, I would first decide
on what different components you would like to do. Fill in the chart
below with what you will accomplish each day.
You need to consider the following elements when planning:
 planning time
 researching information for your expansion sites
 planning the expansion site
 creating / designing the expansion sites
 working on the expansion sites
 completing the write ups required
Long Range Group Plan
June 2:
June 3:
June 4:
June 5:
June 6:
June 9:
June 10:
June 11:
June 12:
Daily Log
Name:
Dates: June 2,3
Goal:__________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
What I accomplished today: ______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Resources I used:
Self Assessment: 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
I used all of my class time effectively:
1 2
3
4
5
I stayed on task throughout the periods: 1 2
3
4
5
Daily Log
Name:
Dates: June 4,5,6
Goal:__________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
What I accomplished today: ______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Resources I used:
Self Assessment: 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
I used all of my class time effectively:
1 2
3
4
5
I stayed on task throughout the periods: 1 2
3
4
5
Daily Log
Name:
Dates: June 9,10
Goal:__________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
What I accomplished today: ______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Resources I used:
Self Assessment: 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
I used all of my class time effectively:
1 2
3
4
5
I stayed on task throughout the periods: 1 2
3
4
5
Daily Log
Name:
Dates: June 11,12,13
Goal:__________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
What I accomplished today: ______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Resources I used:
Self Assessment: 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
I used all of my class time effectively:
1 2
3
4
5
I stayed on task throughout the periods: 1 2
3
4
5