VIRTUAL CHAN: BC History Road Trip Assignment

"On the Road Again" - BC History Road Trip

Your task is to design a road trip through BC highlighting interesting historical sites in BC's early development (pre-1914).

Here's what you'll need to include:

1) Choose 10 historical sites in BC that would help visitors understand the development of BC History. There also needs to be a sequence of when you see them.

Include sites that exemplifies BC's:

Fur Trade History
Gold Rush History
CPR History
Beginnings of Vancouver
Racial Discrimination around the turn of the 20th Century
Resource Economy (Coal, Lumber, other primary resources)

2) Start your research:

For each site, find at least one 19^th Century (or close to) picture and one current photo of the site. Make sure you cite the photo in your presentation.
For each site, find information about:
1) How did the site begin? (when created? why? economic reasons? by whom?)
2) Changes throughout history. (from creation to now, what has happened?)
3) What would we find at the site today? (what is it's current purpose?, what would we see?, what's interesting? map and tour?)

3) When information is put together, it should be organized with an interactive map.

4) Cite your sources using MLA standards.

*Bonus

Add in logistics to make the road trip even more realistic - itinerary, transportation, meals and amenities, lodging, etc

	Does not meet	Minimally Meets	Meets	Exceeds
Development of BC (x3)	No demonstration of understanding the history of the site OR major misunderstandings of the sites	Missing 1 of the topics, or understanding of the significance to BC's development not shown for some sites, or lacks details of the site's history	Has included each of the 6 topics, shows an understanding of the significance the site plays in the development of BC	Includes all 6 topics, significance of the site in the development of BC history is clear, can make connections to historical figures and historical context
Presentation	Difficult to read or follow, interface is not user friendly, cut and pasted work, no citation	Simple layout with text, visuals are not chosen with a specific purpose, uses language that is not suitable, sources cited but not MLA standards	Clear user interface, neat presentation that is easy to follow, relevant and purposeful visuals, clearly in your own words, sources cited properly	Clear user interface, neat presentation with thought given to aesthetics, relevent and purposeful media, clearly in your own words, reputable sources cited properly
Bonus (up to 5 extra marks)	Based on quality and quantity of extra travel information	Based on quality and quantity of extra travel information	Based on quality and quantity of extra travel information	Based on quality and quantity of extra travel information