Author: Andrez, Paul

Post– 1945 Trading Card Assignment

What is a Trading Card
A trading card provides important highlights, stats, accomplishments, and other information about a person or an important event.

Ideas that can be Incorporated into Your Card:

People	Events	Things
Personal Info / Accomplishments / Failures / Quotes / Legacy/impact on history	Canadian Involvement / Description / Impact on History, Canada or Canadian people	Description / Canadian Involvement / Impact on History, Canada or Canadian people

Michael J Fox Exemplar

Michael J Fox

Born: June 1961, Edmonton AB Film and Television Career: Family Ties, Spin City, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf, Secret to My Success, The American President Awards: 2010 Grammy, 4 Golden Globe, Canadian and Hollywood Walk of Fame Legacy: Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991. He created the Michael J Fox Foundation to help advance every promising research path to curing Parkinson's disease Quote: The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am

Task:
You have been hired by a top trading card company to create a post-1945 trading card that will become part of a collection celebrating the most significant historical events and figures of the 20th century
Steps
Select a topic that you are interested in learning about
Your topic must be a person, thing or event
Success Criteria
_____ I have created a colourful creative trading card
_____ I have had another person proofread my card and make corrections
_____ The ideas below have been incorporated into my card
_____ The impact or significance of the person/event has been outlined in the card