Welcome to the 1920s, also known as the Golden Age of Sports!!! Using the resources listed below you will investigate the accomplishments of Canadian athletes during this era.
Your Assignment:
Using primary and secondary sources you are to create a collage using pictures and text that illustrates the impact and accomplishments of Canadian athletes during the Golden Age of Sports.
Your collage must be on a sheet of paper 8.5" X 11". The entire page must be covered. This means NO WHITE SPACE!!!
You will also include a one page explanation describing the Canadian athletes represented in your collage. This explanation is to be in proper sentence and paragraph form, free of spelling and grammar mistakes. It MUST be in Times New Roman, font size 12, and double-spaced.
You may use clipart, magazine pictures, and/or pictures you find from the Internet for your collage but you must also document where you retrieve your pictures and information from on a Bibliography page and attach it to the explanation of your collage.
Reminder: All entries in the bibliography must be in alphabetical order according to author's last name. Do not use headings in bibliography!!
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Follow the examples below to document your resources properly:
Bibliography
Book:
Author's last name, Author's first name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Magazine:
Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of article". Name of Magazine, Month Year of
issue, page numbers.
Newspaper:
Name of newspaper, Dates of issues you consulted Day Month, Year.
Website:
Author of site last name, Author's first name. "Title of Web Page." Date of publication (if not
known use n.d.) <http://website address> (Date retrieved).
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ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: October 22nd, 2007.
Resources:
Bobbie Rosenfeld 1
Bobbie Rosenfeld Video
Controversy at the finish line
Super Woman Athlete
Myrtle Cook
Ethel Smith
The Edmonton Grads
Edmonton Grads - Untouchable
Reigning Queens of Basketball Video
Ethel Catherwood
Ethel Catherwood Video
Percy Williams
Percy Williams - Hall of Fame
Olympic Games - Search for individual athletes or 1928 medal standings for Canada
Canadian Women in Olympic Games
1928 Olympic Games - Search for 1928 medal standings for Canada, involvement of women in Olympic Games.
Evaluation:
Your collage and explanation will be evaluated using the rubric provided by Miss Devereux.