Modern+Day+Torch+Bearers

Resources to Assist

**[|Meet the torch bearers]**

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Patricia Duffy’s father once told her that she could do anything, that she could change the world. She knows now that she is making a difference by assisting with today’s environmental crisis. She is one of 275 Canadian Climate Messengers spreading the word of climate change. For seven years, Duffy was Bathurst City Councillor and was passionate about the environment and environmental issues. She believes that everyone has a role to play and it is possible to change things one person at a time. She encourages everyone to share their stories so we can find new ways to incorporate environmentally conscious living into our lives. Throughout her life, Jaclyn MacMillan has lived active. She is involved in many sports and martial arts. This year, she received a red sash in Kung Fu and the ‘first princess of Perth Andover’ award. With these titles and her many volunteer hours with children, she hopes she can inspire more youth to get active. Growing up, she adopted an active lifestyle from her father who has a black sash in Kung Fu. He inspired her to believe in herself and embody the spirit of an athlete. Without his guidance, she would not be the healthy, active person she is today. MacMillan feels the gratification of success through hard work, it reminds her that she is strong, she is an athlete and she inspires. Gordon Pitre has been involved in the Special Olympics for 25 years after becoming interested because of his intellectually challenged son. In 2007, he was the chairperson for the winter games held in Bathurst with over 200 athletes and 300 volunteers. Presently he is the head coach of the snow shoeing and track and field team. Pitre has also been involved in Beavers for over 25 years and has coached minor hockey and baseball for over 15 years. Additionally, Pitre is a 12 year member of United Commercial Travellers Council 827, whose main focus is the intellectually disabled, Special Olympics, cure for cancer fundraising, and youth drug prevention and community building
 * //Some Examples of Torch Bearers://**
 * //Patricia Duffy//**
 * //Hometown: Bathurst//**
 * //Carrying Torch: Beresford//**
 * //Jaclyn MacMillan//**
 * //Hometown: Arthurette//**
 * //Carrying Torch: Grand Sault/Grand Falls//**
 * //Gordon Pitre//**
 * //Hometown: Bathurst//**
 * //Carrying Torch: Campbellton//**

Jason Kucherway Cassie Campell-Pascal

Group Project Expectations


 * ** Project One ** || ** MODERN DAY TORCH BEARERS ** ||
 * ** PROJECT GOAL: ** || A PRESENTATION ABOUT MODERN DAY TORCH BEARERS. HOW AND WHY THEY [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/editor/insert_table.gif]]ARE CHOSEN THAT INCLUDES AN ON-GOING LEARNING COMPONENT FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF CLASS. YOU MUST SHARE THIS PRESENTATION ON THE TORCH BEARERS WIKISPACE. YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO JOURNAL YOUR ACTIVITIES THROUGH [|THE CLASSROOM BLOG] ||
 * ** TIME: ** || 2 LANGUAGE PERIODS ||
 * ** PROJECT MEMBERS: ** || Project leaders: You take on a leadership goal by ensuring all members have an important task

Technology Instructor: You ensure that All equipment is safe, well taken care of and returned.

Organizer: You ensure that your equipment and resources are organized. Keep track of funds.

Information Seeker: You can seek information from teacher, other members of class, library. ||
 * ** EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: ** || **Computer, Powerpoint or Google Doc Presentation software**
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 * ** INSTRUCTIONS ** || **Your Group will create a media Presentation, POWER POINT or ANIMOTO displaying the Olympic Torch Bearers. Think of this media presentation as a commercial about the Olympic Torch Bearers. You are TELLING THE WORLD why they are so important. Why they were chosen. What makes them so special**

Research 3-4 Modern Day Torch Bearers. Discuss with your group why they were chosen. What Character Traits did they possess?
 * Before you are ready to start your presentation, you need to think of your MESSAGE. What is it that you want your audience to feel, understand or think after watching your presentation. You are NOT going to simply tell information about the torch bearers. Youa are going to tell information and explain what makes them so special.

Your group should create a Smart-Ideas Web on all the of these Torch Bearers and use the QUESTION CHART PROVIDED (appendix). The web should be saved on the Wikispace when finished so other students can add, continue the web.


 * Your Group will upload the presentation, on the WIKISPACE.

In the context of the modern Games, the Olympic flame represents the positive values that Man has always associated with fire. The purity of the flame is guaranteed by the way it is lit using the sun’s rays. The choice of Olympia as a departure point emphasizes the link between the Ancient and Modern Games and underlines the profound connection between these two events (From the Olympic Museum, The Olympic flame and torch relay) || Technology Instructor: You ensure that All equipment is safe, well taken care of and returned. Organizer: You ensure that your equipment and resources are organized. Keep track of funds. Information Seeker: You can seek information from teacher, other members of class, library. || (If students have class bucks from other projects, they may combine, for extra resources) Available Equipment for project: Camera, Video-camera, Laptop Computer, Bristal Board, Microphone for podcasting, Markers, Crayons, Bristal Board, WebCamera, Internet Access, document camera, Wikispace page...and more. || Peer Evaluation Group Work Checklist ||
 * Create an assessment activity for the other students using [|Google Form Application]. Upload this form to the Wikispace.** ||
 * ** ASSESSMENT ** || Presentation Rubric, Peer Evaluation, Group Work Checklist ||
 * ** Project Two ** || ** The Olympic Flame – Dramatic Media Presentation **
 * ** PROJECT GOAL: ** || You will create a **DRAMATIC presentation** about how fire has always played a very important role in the life of Humans. Your presentation will RETELL the Myth of Prometheus. You may choose to do a Comic Life presentation, a Podcast Radio Play, a Stop Motion Animation, or use the Blue Screen Application to put yourselves directly in the story. When completed your presentation MUST be added to the Wikispaces. Your group must also contribute to the [|Classroom Blog on this topic] ||
 * ** TIME: ** || 3 LANGUAGE PERIODS ||
 * ** PROJECT MEMBERS: ** || P roject leaders: You take on a leadership goal by ensuring all members have an important task
 * ** EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: ** || ALLOCATED MONEY TO PURCHASE RESOURCES FOR PROJECT: $500.00
 * ** Instructions ** || **Meet with your group and decide on the FORMAT (comic life or [|bitstrips], radio play, stop motion animation [|(example)] or Bluescreen Movie Maker application) of your presentation so that you know what equipment you will need. Regardless of the choice of presentation, all INFORMATION must be included on the WIKISPACE.
 * READ the story of [|Prometheus] with your group
 * CREATE a Storyboard for your presentation that Re-Tells the Prometheus story by using this template: [|Storyboard]
 * Create an assessment activity for the other students using [|Google Form Application]. Upload this form to the Wikispace. ||
 * ** Assessment ** || Presentation Rubric