Forestry Assignment
You have learned about forestry and how it has contributed to the development of Canada.
The areas you learned about each include:
- How forestry encouraged immigration to Canada.
- How forestry helped to shape Canada.
- How the forestry industry has changed over the years and continues to shape Canada.
You will have several choices for an assignment. Complete one choice and upload in the submission area below. If you have your own idea that you would like to do for this section, please discuss it with your teacher.
Assignment Choice A - Write a letter or diary entry
Instructions:
Write a letter home or a diary entry that discusses daily life of an early logger. Make sure to talk about what your job is specifically and what life is like working in a logging camp. Use your notes from the video and information in the History of Logging sections to help you imagine what it might have been like to be an early logger. Your writing should be at least three paragraphs long.
Marking:
Your letter/diary entry clearly indicates:
- who you are and where you are from
- what your job is
- what the life of an early logger might have been like
OR
Write a letter home or a diary entry that discusses daily life as a tree planter. Make sure to talk about what your job is specifically and what life is like working as a tree planter. You will have to do a bit of research for this writing. A quick internet search will show many images and several tree planters have written about the experience. Your writing should be at least three paragraphs long.
Marking:
Your letter/diary entry clearly indicates:
- what your job is like specifically
- what the life of a tree planter is like
Assignment Choice B - Draw a commemorative stamp honoring early loggers
Design a new Canadian stamp that shows one of the jobs of an early logger. You may need to look up what a typical Canadian stamp looks like if you have not seen one before. Follow the basic format from the example you find.
Marking:
Your stamp clearly shows:
- an early logger at work
- attention to care and detail
Take a picture of your stamp. Make sure you submit a large enough file so that all the details can be seen clearly.