Stamps issued by countries often celebrate famous citizens who have made unique, interesting, or important contributions to their country or to the world in general. The stamp is sometimes just a head shot of the individual, but other times shows them in action doing whatever it was they became famous for.

Your job is to pick a famous Canadian and then make a postage stamp that shows him or her in action.

• It could be a man, or a woman.
• He or she could be living or dead.
• He or she could be a politician, judge, soldier, inventor, or whatever sort of person is worth celebrating.

What will your stamp look like?

• Your stamp will be done on a single 8.5*11 sheet of white paper.
• It will about a single individual.
• It will show this individual in action, doing whatever it was that made him or her famous.
• It will be colorful.
• It will be tidy and drawn to the best of your ability.
• It will be tasteful. Certain topics are not worth celebrating. You know what the difference between tasteful and tasteless is.

You will

• work on your own.
• create only one stamp.
• have fun with what you are doing.
• not use a computer to do this assignment.