What would it look like if one of the Prime Ministers of Canada had had his/her own page on Twitter?
Prime Minister |
Party |
Prime Minister |
Party |
John A Macdonald
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Liberal-Conservative |
Louis St. Laurent
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Liberal |
Alexander Mackenzie |
Liberal |
John Diefenbaker |
Progressive Conservative |
John Abbott |
Liberal-Conservative |
Lester Pearson |
Liberal |
John Thompson |
Conservative |
Pierre Trudeau |
Liberal |
Mackenzie Bowell |
Conservative |
Joe Clark |
Progressive Conservative |
Charles Tupper |
Conservative |
John Turner |
Liberal |
Wilfrid Laurier |
Liberal |
Brian Mulroney |
Progressive Conservative |
Robert Borden |
Conservative/Unionist |
Kim Campbell |
Progressive Conservative |
Arthur Meighen |
National Liberal and Conservative/Conservative |
Jean Chretien |
Liberal |
William Lyon Mackenzie King |
Liberal |
Paul Martin |
Liberal |
Richard Bedford Bennett |
Conservative |
Stephen Harper
Justin Trudeau |
Conservative
Liberal
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- You can pick any Prime Minister except Justin Trudeau.
- It's easier to pick a major prime minister, but the choice is up to you.
- You need to have 10 tweets from your Prime Minister. They should be dated and appear in reverse chronological order.
- The events you pick should be significant and show you know something about your prime minister.
- You're trying to show that you understand what events in his life were important so try to include only those.
- For example, pick a time when he won an election, or he had a debate with an opponent.
- Do not pick the time his dog died (unless it's Mackenzie King), or he graduated from elementary school.
- Each tweet should reveal one or two interesting facts about your Prime Minister.
- Each tweet should be short and sweet, not more than 280 characters long.
- You should make your tweets look like a Twitter page, possibly using the template attached to the bottom of this web page.
Evaluation
- Each tweet = One mark for a total of 10 possible marks.
- Each tweet will be looked at for historical significance beyond the obvious. Did this event shape the prime minister's life in a substantial way (or Canada's destiny)? The prime minister's birth or death are fairly obvious. Did a bit deeper than that.
- The tweets should be in reverse chronological order (newest at the top) or one mark will be deducted.
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 Updating...
James Dykstra, Feb 7, 2011, 8:05 AM
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