Canada's Changing Boundaries

Canada hasn't always looked the way it does today. From Confederation in 1867 until 1999, Canada's external and internal boundaries have gone through a series of changes. You are going to create a stop motion video that shows those changes. You will do it in the style of a Common Craft video, similar to those shown below. It will be done with drawings and colored bits of paper placed on a background. Pretty simple, huh?
You should do this in a small group (2 or 3). You'd be well advised to work with someone currently doing stop motion animation in AICT.

Maps from the National Atlas of Canada

So how do you do it?

Using a big sheet of paper and an abundance of pencil crayons you are going to start by creating an outline map of Canada (no borders).
You should try getting a suitable map from here or here.

Or from me if I actually managed to get a big one printed.

When you've got a suitable outline map set up, start creating the provinces and territories that get added to it.

Base these on the maps on the left. (You get a larger view if you click on them.)

Once you have your various map pieces colored, you'll film them going in and out using the program Stop Motion Animator.

In this program, 15 frames is one second of filming.
Your total video, with all the provinces and territories moving in and out, should be about one minute.

That means it should be about 900 frames.

You'll need to use your flash drive to save your clips on.

Under the Options Menu, Pick Preferences, and then the Files tab.
Set the Scratch Drive to the same letter as your flash drive.
Press START to commence taking shots.
Then click on GRAB (which is the same button as the START button) to keep taking shots.

Every time you press DONE, it creates a new clip which you save. You'll stitch these clips together in Movie Maker.

In Movie Maker you can add captions and credits so people can understand what your animation is doing.

Since we want to post these videos to YouTube, do NOT add your last name to the credits.

When you are done filming, stitching your clips together, and adding captions and credits,

Evaluation

Length: At least one minute
Historical Accuracy: Do the changes boundaries reflect what really happened in a way that's easy to understand?
Captions: Do the captions help you understand the process of changing boundaries?