Grade 8 Residential Schooling Assignment

Hello Class, 

Now that you have a brief understanding on the history of Canada's residential schooling, it is your job to put yourself in a key characters shoes of this time period.  Residential schools were introduced in the Indian Act of 1867 and you will now write a 1 page letter from the perspective of someone who either attends, who once attended, or someone involved in residential schools.

"Chiricahua Apaches Four Months After Arriving at Carlisle," black-and-white photographic portrait of a group of Apaches at the Carlisle boarding school. Image courtesy of the Richard Henry Pratt Papers, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chiricahua_Apaches_Four_Months_After_Arriving_at_Carlisle.jpg

Creating a Mineral Ad

Creating a Mineral Advertisement 

Advertisements are often used to encourage people to buy certain products.  They use different images, slogans, headings and colours to attract a certain audience into buying the product.

Your job is to research one of the minerals produced found on this site and then use the information create an advertisement.   Here are some good choices, but you are not limited to them. Do not waste time picking, however because there is limited time on the computer.

1.     Diamond

2.     Gold

3.     Amethyst

4.     Pyrite

5.     Flourite

6.     Jade

7.     Lead

8.     Limestone

9.     Marble

10. Iron

11. Agate
Use this website to find the required information for your advertisement:

Rocks and Minerals for Kids

When researching look for the following to use for your ad:

1 1) Where is it found? 2) What is it used for? 3) Anything else interesting?

Good Luck!

Example

Here is an example I did. Please make yours more exciting!

Researching Saints

In order to become more involved in our faith it is important for us to recognize some of the many saints of the Catholic Church.  Today you will all have the opportunity to do this by researching with a partner one of the saints.  Using one of the websites below you will create a mini information sheet on your chosen saint on the computer using Microsoft Word.  To focus the task please do the following.

Copy and Paste a Photo of your Saint, and then answer the following Questions:

1) What did they do that was important?

2) What are some interesting facts? (patron saint, what is their feast day, a prayer)

3) How can we live in similar ways of this saint, or what lesson can we take from their life?

Websites:

Catholic Online
 

Loyola Press
 

Good Luck!