Asynchronous Academy

Written Exam: Canadian History

Suggested Duration: 4 Hours

This is your final written exam. The exam is written under secure online proctoring conditions with video verification to ensure academic integrity.

🔒 Secure Exam Guidelines

  1. Accessing the Workspace: Click "Start Secure Written Exam" in your course dashboard. You will be redirected to the secure workspace at exam.asyncacademy.ca.
  2. Lockdown Mode: Once the session begins, your browser will enter locked full-screen mode. Tabbing out, resizing the window, or using external apps will trigger a workspace lockout.
  3. Writing the Essay: You will be presented with a choice of historical prompts covering major themes from the course. You will write your essay (500–800 words) live in the text editor from scratch.
  4. Video Proctoring: You must record a continuous 3/4 side-view video of your workspace using your phone during the session, and upload the link to Google Drive on submission.

📝 Exam Structure

The exam will test your understanding of critical developments in Canadian history since World War I. You will select one of the provided prompts and write a historical essay demonstrating:

  • Historical Significance: Why specific events or decisions were turning points in Canadian history.
  • Continuity and Change: How lives and societal structures evolved over the decades.
  • Cause and Consequence: The underlying factors and long-term impacts of key historical developments.

Assessment

Pre-Submission

Before you submit, please complete the Pre-Submission Self-Assessment.

What to Turn In

  • 📤

    Your Final Essay typed live from scratch in the Secure Exam Workspace

  • 📤

    A Google Drive link to your phone camera proctoring recording

💡 A Different Way to Learn

Async Academy courses are inquiry-based. There are no rote answer keys or multiple-choice worksheets here. You learn by exploring, questioning, and building projects you care about.

Because your discovery path is completely unique, you need a human sounding board. Enroll to submit your projects and get personalized video feedback from an Ontario Certified Teacher to guide your work.

Learning Goals

We are learning to:

  • 🎯

    Apply historical thinking skills to construct a coherent argument and communicate understanding of key developments in Canadian history

Success Criteria

I can:

  • ✅

    Analyze historical events and trends to demonstrate historical thinking concepts (significance, cause and consequence, continuity and change)

    Expectations Covered: A1, A2
  • ✅

    Communicate arguments and conclusions with clarity, structure, and historical accuracy

    Expectations Covered: A1, A2

Rubric

Category Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
Application Student has demonstrated exceptional facility with the concepts of historical thinking Student has effectively used the concepts of historical thinking when constructing their essay Student has often used the concepts of historical thinking when constructing their essay Student has sometimes used the concepts of historical thinking when constructing their essay
Communication Student is able to communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions with exceptional clarity and structure Student is able to communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions clearly Student is often able to communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions Student is sometimes able to communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions
Application
Level 4

Student has demonstrated exceptional facility with the concepts of historical thinking

Level 3

Student has effectively used the concepts of historical thinking when constructing their essay

Level 2

Student has often used the concepts of historical thinking when constructing their essay

Level 1

Student has sometimes used the concepts of historical thinking when constructing their essay

Communication
Level 4

Student is able to communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions with exceptional clarity and structure

Level 3

Student is able to communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions clearly

Level 2

Student is often able to communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions

Level 1

Student is sometimes able to communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions