19th Century Canadian Social History: Movie/Game Pitch

Movie/Video Game Pitch

  1. Pitch the concept of your project
    • What is the general idea? (Type of movie? Type of game? What makes it special? Who is the target audience? Theme? Build interest in the idea)
    • What is the general plot of the story? (think of a plot graph, characters, setting, conflict, conclusion)
    • Story needs to include these major 19th century settings: rural Canada, urban Canada, Ireland, slave states
  2. Show and explain how the “Checklist” terms will be incorporated into your game/movie
    • It’s important to explain why you’ve chosen to show the term this way, explain using the historical context
  3. Submit a written version of your presentation for marking

Real Video Game Pitches

Sample Movie Pitch for Last Samurai

Hypothetical Movie Pitch Example

 

  Does Not Meet Minimally Meets Meets Exceeds Checklist

compare the roles and daily activities of men and women

− in urban society

− in pioneer life

Does not describe elements of economic activities or social attitudes applied to men and women.

Does not describe the economy and societal organization in urban and pioneer areas.

Can describe economic activities and social attitudes as they apply to men and women with little detail.

Can describe the economy and societal organization in urban and pioneer areas in little detail.

Can fully describe economic activities and social attitudes as they apply to men and women.

Can fully describe the economy and societal organization in urban and pioneer areas.

Can fully describe and show economic activities and social attitudes about men and women based on primary evidence.

Can fully describe and show economic and societal organization in urban and pioneer areas based on primary evidence.

Clearing land

Barter

Land speculators

Absentee Landlords

Reserve lands

Loyalty to Britain

Class (Democracy vs hierarchy)

 

HBC

Metis

Voyageurs

Portages

pemmican

 

Marriage

Domestic

Guides

Survival

Interpreters

relate the status of ethnic minorities in Canada (Irish famine refugees, African-American slavery refugees) to the societal attitudes of the time

 

Cannot connect societal attitudes to life of ethnic minorities

OR

Cannot describe life of ethnic minorities and/or societal attitudes

Can show some elements of life for the Irish and African Americans OR

An unclear connection between societal attitudes and its effects on ethnic minorities.

Can fully explain how life for the Irish and African Americans were affected by societal attitudes. Can fully show and explain how life for the Irish and African Americans were affected by society attitudes with specific references to primary evidence.

Catholics vs Protestant

Discrimination

 

Acceptance of African Americans and Irish

 

Social Darwinism

describe significant events and trends affecting immigration to Canada from 1815 to 1914

 

Cannot describe why immigrants chose to come to Canada and/or how they got to Canada. Description on causes and components of immigration to Canada lack details. Can fully describe the details causing immigration to Canada and experiences getting to Canada. Can fully describe and show the details causing immigration to Canada and experiences getting to Canada with references to primary evidence.

Potato Famine

Absentee landlords

Evictions

 

Coffin ship experience

 

Slavery (auctions, whipping, passes)

 

Underground Railroad (Fugitive Slave Act, Safe Houses, Tubman, Brown, Crafts)

 

  0 1-5
Bonus

Only speaking

does not explain visuals

reading

Trailer

Visuals enhance communication

Enthusiasm

Creativity/Uniqueness

Plausibility

Clarity

Captures interest

 

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