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The Great

Canadian Picture Book

Prediction Challenge

The Great Canadian Picture Book Prediction Challenge

Credits:

Thank you to the publishers of these picture books, for granting permission to use the book images.

All other images and media clips (unless otherwise stated) are used with permission from Wikipedia, and Wikimedia Commons.

All these titles can be found in the Curriculum Laboratory collection. You can also get them through any book retailer or public library.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page




http://www.uleth.ca/education/resources/curriculum-laboratory

http://www.uleth.ca/education/resources/curriculum-laboratory

For Teachers Only: (Kids: Skip All This)


Most of these picture books are taken from Picture Books Every Educator Should Know About ("Bill Glaister's Bucket List Of Best Picture Books")

http://www.uleth.ca/education/sites/education/files/BillsBestPictureBooks.pdf








These picture books are useful to fulfil some of the outcomes in the Alberta Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum and are correlated to these outcomes.







http://www.uleth.ca/education/sites/education/files/Canadian%2520Identity%2520in%2520Picture%2520Books.pdf




These picture books are useful to fulfil some of the outcomes in the Alberta Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum and are correlated to these outcomes.

The two textbooks mandated by Alberta Education are: “Our Land And People,” (971 Our Gr. 5 v. 1), and “Voices of Canada” (971 Goo Gr. 5 v.1). They are linked to the information in the picture books throughout this presentation.










Check out Alberta Education’s Social Studies Literature Connections, including Canadian Symbols and Identity.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sslc/html/index.html






Throughout the presentation, there are links to the publishers and author’s websites, which usually contain activities for students and teachers, and treasures such as audiovisual clips, etc.







Throughout the presentation, there are links to the publishers and author’s websites, which usually contain activities for students and teachers, and treasures such as audiovisual clips, etc.

As well, interesting facts and images related to the picture books are included.






The books are arranged into these themes: warming up, tall tales, hidden pictures, natural resources and the environment, human rights, Canada’s biggest disasters, play and snow, our Canadian identity.


The books are arranged into these themes: warming up, tall tales, hidden pictures, natural resources and the environment, human rights, Canada’s biggest disasters, play and snow, our Canadian identity.

You could introduce the books by theme (along with your own favourites), introduce one book at the start of each new social studies class or topic, or participate in the Great Canadian Picture Book Challenge all in one or two classes (instead of getting some real work done).


Why Picture Books To Teach National Identity? (Quotes To Ponder)



Why use picture books across the curriculum? Why combine fiction and non-fiction in teaching units?

http://www.uleth.ca/edu/currlab/handoutsnew/circles/Circles_and_Cycles/Why_Use_Literature.html







“It [national identity] must be sought in pieces, and not learned in journals and policy statements but in schoolbooks, popular histories, the media, incidental statements... and a dozen other places where [people] are talking informally to themselves, often in shorthand with nuances left out.”








“It [national identity] must be sought in pieces, and not learned in journals and policy statements but in schoolbooks, popular histories, the media, incidental statements... and a dozen other places where [people] are talking informally to themselves, often in shorthand with nuances left out.”

-Chuter, D. (1998). Humanities soldier: France and international security (1939-2001). Berghahn Books: Oxford/Providence.-







“ Though a nation state is made of many identities, both individually and collectively, the singular term national identity invites members to share a common vision....central to that vision is the role of stories; stories that speak of the past, speak of the conflict unresolved and resolved, stories that speak of hope, stories that speak of an emerging national culture....children’s literature has a part to play.”



“ Though a nation state is made of many identities, both individually and collectively, the singular term national identity invites members to share a common vision....central to that vision is the role of stories; stories that speak of the past, speak of the conflict unresolved and resolved, stories that speak of hope, stories that speak of an emerging national culture....children’s literature has a part to play.”

-McKenzie, John & du Toit, Cecilia (2007). National identity and the perspective of the other: negotiating an essentialist discourse. Third South African Children’s Literature Conference: NorthWest University, Pochefstroom, South Africa-

For Students:

For Students:

Can you predict what happens next in each of these stories? (For adults: Are you smarter than a 5th grader?)

For Students:


Use the “Great Canadian Picture Books Prediction Challenge Activity Booklet” to see how well you do!

http://www.uleth.ca/education/sites/education/files/CndpicbooksActivity.pdf




For Students:


Use the “Great Canadian Picture Books Prediction Challenge Activity Booklet” to see how well you do!

WARNING: Along the way, you might accidentally learn something about the stories, events, issues and our environment, that have helped shape our Canadian identity over time.





Warming Up: “Our Alberta Accent,” Lethbridge Living Magazine, Jan-Feb 2012, p. 23-25


According to the above magazine, you may be surprised to know that there are a number of words that are distinctly Canadian.


According to the above magazine, you may be surprised to know that there are a number of words that are distinctly Canadian.

Can you predict what some of these distinctly Canadian words might be?


Definition of Eh: “An invitation to reply, but you know what I mean, eh?”


These are some of the distinctly Canadian words in the magazine article:




Eh




Eh

Back bacon




Eh

Back bacon

Canuck




Eh

Back bacon

Canuck

Chesterfield




Eh

Back bacon

Canuck

Chesterfield

ChinookDefinition of Eh: “An invitation to

reply, but you know what I mean, eh?”



Eh

Back bacon

Canuck

Chesterfield

Chinook

Coulees Definition of Eh: “An invitation to

reply, but you know what I mean, eh?”



Eh

Back bacon

Canuck

Chesterfield

Chinook

Coulees

Eavestrough




Eh

Back bacon

Canuck

Chesterfield

Chinook

Coulees

Eavestrough

Housecoat




Eh

Back bacon

Canuck

Chesterfield

Chinook

Coulees

Eavestrough

Housecoat

Loonie/Toonie




Eh

Back bacon

Canuck

Chesterfield

Chinook

Coulees

Eavestrough

Housecoat

Loonie/Toonie

Parkade




Eh

Back bacon

Canuck

Chesterfield

Chinook

Coulees

Eavestrough

Housecoat

Loonie/Toonie

Parkade

Toque




Eh

Back bacon

Canuck

Chesterfield

Chinook

Coulees

Eavestrough

Housecoat

Loonie/Toonie

Parkade

Toque

Washroom


Warming Up: Eh? to Zed: A Canadian ABeCedarium by Kevin Major, Illustrated by Alan Daniel

“Kevin Major’s caravan of words cheers our history and celebrates

our heroes.”

http://www.newcomm.net/kmajor/


http://sites.google.com/site/alanandleadaniel/alan-daniel



An “abecedarium” is a message, consisting of the letters of an alphabet.


our heroes.”







Can you predict the 4 “Z words” on this page, and why they are important to Canadians?


our heroes.”








Check your answers on the 4 detailed pages at the end of this picture book, outlining the “choice of words, the choice of images.”


our heroes.”









Try other pages in this picture book.


our heroes.”









Try other pages in this picture book.

Make your own ABeCedarium!


our heroes.”





Warming Up: “Eh? to Zed: A Canadian ABeCedarium” by Kevin Major, Illustrated by Alan Daniel (421.1 Maj)


Zamboni -- Invented in California, but seen at 6:00 a.m. in more hockey arenas in Canada than anywhere else.



Zipper -- This was invented by a Canadian under another name, but it is hard to say, “Your Talon Slide Fastener is down.”




Zinc -- Canada is the world’s 2nd largest producer of zinc, which slows steel from rusting. We have a lot of resources in Canada. Are we using them wisely?




Zinc -- Canada is the world’s 2nd largest producer of zinc, which slows steel from rusting. We have a lot of resources in Canada. Are we using them wisely?

Zed -- Rhymes with red, the colour of our flag. Not to be confused with “Zee,” the last letter in some other english alphabets.

Warming Up: A Porcupine In A Pine Tree: A Canadian 12 Days of Christmas by Helaine Becker, Illustrated by Werner Zimmermann

http://www.helainebecker.com/index.html


http://wernerzimmermann.ca/



Can you predict the missing words:







“On the ninth day of Christmas,








My true love gave to me:









Nine _____ canoeing,










Eight _____ munching,











Seven _____ dogs sledding,












Six squirrels _____ , ...












Six squirrels _____ , ...

(You can fill your predictions out on “Great Canadian Picture Books Prediction Challenge Activity Sheet”)







... Five _____ _____ ,







... Five _____ _____ ,

Four calling _____ .







... Five _____ _____ ,


Three _____ tails,







... Five _____ _____ ,


Three _____ tails,

Two _____ ,







... Five _____ _____ ,


Three _____ tails,

Two _____ ,

And a _____ in a _____ _____.”






Check your predictions:









Nine loons canoeing,










Eight Mounties munching,











Seven sled dogs sledding,












Six squirrels curling ,













Five Stanley Cups,













Five Stanley Cups,

Four calling moose .













Five Stanley Cups,


Three beaver tails,













Five Stanley Cups,


Three beaver tails,

Two caribou,













Five Stanley Cups,


Three beaver tails,

Two caribou,

And a porcupine in a pine tree.”













Five Stanley Cups,


Three beaver tails,

Two caribou,

And a porcupine in a pine tree.”

Make your own Nine Days of Christmas book, using your favourite Canadian symbols.






What can you tell us about these 3 Canadian symbols?

See page 291 of the textbook “Voices of Canada” for more information on these, and other, Canadian symbols.

Scholastic’s website on this book includes a video (and a porcupine toy!)





http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Loons.ogg



http://www.scholastic.ca/titles/aporcupineinapinetree/



The Loon is on what Canadian coin? The loon is common and well known in Canada. It is Ontario’s provincial bird. (Click on the loon picture to download its haunting sounds.)















The Stanley Cup has served as a valuable morale booster for Canadian troops and their NATO allies.















The Stanley Cup has served as a valuable morale booster for Canadian troops and their NATO allies.

The beaver was very important to our Canadian economy and history, thanks to the Hudson’s Bay Company, starting with their first cargo of fur to Europe in 1669. See their Young Explorer pages.








http://www2.hbc.com/hbcheritage/learning/explorers/

http://www2.hbc.com/hbcheritage/learning/explorers/






Tall Tales: The True Story of Trapper Jack’s Left Big Toe by Ian Wallace

Meet a real character in Trapper Jack (and his left

big toe), with his colourful phrases such as

“warm as spit and just out of bed,”

and “a shovel

wouldn't make a dent on a bear’s

butt in January.”

http://www.ian-wallace.com/



Trapper Jack is from Dawson City in the Yukon, and he only has nine toes. The other is stored in the Sourdough Saloon in a tobacco tin.




and “a shovel


butt in January.”





If you go there, you can embrace the spirit of the Yukon, and kiss it. As of 2002, 18,000 people had done it.




and “a shovel


butt in January.”






Can you predict:




and “a shovel


butt in January.”






Can you predict:

What caused Trapper Jack to lose his toe?




and “a shovel


butt in January.”






Can you predict:


What was Dawson City famous for?




and “a shovel


butt in January.”




Dawson City, 1900 A.D, during the gold rush





Frostbite from the cold. According to Trapper Jack “Two o’ my my dogs ‘n one o’ my toes din’t make it home.”







According to the Yukon government website, “Yukon has a sub-arctic continental climate with temperatures reaching as high as 36.1 degrees celsius in the summer and as low as minus 60 degrees celsius in the winter.”




http://www.emr.gov.yk.ca/agriculture/yukon_climate.html







The Gold Rush. At its peak, there












were 40,000 people living there.













Now, it has a population of 2000














people, and 60,000 tourists each year.















Many communities in Canada began,
















and grew, because of the wealth of Dawson City, 1900 A.D, during the gold rush















and grew, because of the wealth of

natural resources. See pages 26 and 181 in the textbook Voices of Canada for more information on Dawson city and the impact of Canada’s natural resources.






Tall Tales: Northern Lights: The Soccer Trailsby Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, Illustrated by Vladyana Krykorka

“A Teacher’s Guide for this book is available free at www.annickpress.com. Click on “For Teachers. and Librarians.”

http://michaelkusugak.com/


http://www.vladyana.ca/


http://www.annickpress.com





Kataujaq is a little Inuit girl. A big sickness came, and Kataujaq’s mother dies. Kataujaq’s grandmother tells here a legend that comforts her.






http://michaelkusugak.com/wordpress/?page_id=10








Can you predict:














Can you predict:

What comforts Kataujaq about the northern lights?














Can you predict:


What the northern lights mean in the Inuit language?














Can you predict:


What the northern lights mean in the Inuit language?

In the story, what was the soccer ball made out of?













See Chapter 6, page 98 of the textbook “Our Land And People” for more information on the Arctic region.






What comforts Kataujaq about the northern lights? Book Trailer from the Annick Press website.






http://blip.tv/annick-press/northern-lights-the-soccer-trails-2269889






“Maybe you will see the northern lights way up in the sky. They really are the souls of people who have died and, like us, they like to go out and have a good time. They love to play soccer...If you look closely, maybe you will see someone special whom you thought had gone away forever. That special person has not really gone away at all. It is the most wonderful thing.”













What do the northern lights mean in the Inuit language?














“Soccer trails”














“Soccer trails”


A walrus head, a caribou skin stuffed with dry moss and fur.










Tall Tales: The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service. Paintings by Ted Harrison.

“Harrison’s illustrator’s notes on each page enhance both poem and illustrations by adding valuable historical background.”

http://www.robertwservice.com/


https://tedharrison.com/



“There are strange things done in the midnight sun







“There are strange things done in the midnight sunBy the men who moil for gold;








The Arctic trails have their secret tales








The Arctic trails have their secret talesThat would make your blood run cold;









The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,









The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,But the queerest they ever did see










Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge










Was that night on the marge of Lake LebargeI cremated Sam McGee.”







“Harrison’s illustrator’s notes on each page enhance both poem and

illustrations by adding valuable historical

background.”






Can you predict:



background.”






Can you predict:

What the narrator saw when he opened up Sam’s crematorium?



background.”





Tall Tales: The Cremation of Sam McGeeby Robert Service. Paintings by Ted Harrison.

And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar;And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: “Please close that

door.It’s fine in here, but I greatly fear you’ll

let in the cold and storm— Since I left Plumtree, down in

Tennessee, it’s the first time I’ve been warm.”

“Sam McGee was a real person, a customer at the Bank of Commerce

where Service worked. The Alice May was a real boat, a derelict on Lake

Laberge.”





Tall Tales: The Cremation of Sam McGeeby Robert Service. Paintings by Ted Harrison.

What did the narrator see when he opened up Sam’s crematorium?

And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar;And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: “Please close that

door.It’s fine in here, but I greatly fear you’ll

let in the cold and storm— Since I left Plumtree, down in

Tennessee, it’s the first time I’ve been warm.”

“Sam McGee was a real person, a customer at the Bank of Commerce

where Service worked. The Alice May was a real boat, a derelict on Lake

Laberge.”





Hidden Pictures: A Mountain Alphabetby Margriet Ruurs, Illustrated by Andrew Kiss

http://www.margrietruurs.com/index.html


http://www.kissfineart.com/



Can you predict:






Can you predict:

There are 14 things in the picture starting with the letter G. How many can you name?






Can you predict:


Can you find the hidden letter G in the painting?






Can you predict:


Can you find the hidden letter G in the painting?

Read the whole book, and try this on all the other pages.






There are 14 things in the picture starting with the letter G:






There are 14 things in the picture starting with the letter G:

glacier, grasses, granite, grizzly bear, groundhog, ground squirrel, these birds: geese, gray jay, grouse, great gray owl, and these flowers: gentians, goldenrod, geranium, gumweed.






Margriet’s website, above,

includes activities for teachers and

readers. Tundra Books

website includes a wealth of Teacher

Resources.

The introduction

contains useful

information on the

importance of

mountains, as well as

factual information

on each page at the end of

the book.





http://www.tundrabooks.com/teacher_resources/index.html




Hidden Pictures: Very Last First Timeby Jan Andrews, Illustrated by Ian Wallace

http://web.me.com/janandrews/books/very_last_first_time.html




Hidden Pictures: Very Last First Timeby Jan Andrews, Illustrated by Ian Wallace

Eva Padlyat lives in the Inuit village on Ungava Bay in northern Canada. Today, for the very last first time, Eva would walk on the bottom of the sea alone, under the ice, to collect mussels. Will she finish before the tide comes in?





Hidden Pictures: Very Last First Time

by Jan Andrews,

Illustrated by Ian Wallace








by Jan Andrews,


Can you predict:








by Jan Andrews,


Can you predict:

What the”strange shadow shapes” are, under the ice?








by Jan Andrews,


Can you predict:


What happens to Eva?








by Jan Andrews,


Can you predict:



Read the whole book and find more “strange shadow shapes.”








by Jan Andrews,









by Jan Andrews,


What are the”strange shadow shapes”, under the ice? Bear, sea monster, wolf







Natural Resources and the Environment: Boy Of The Deepsby Ian Wallace




This book is set at the turn of the century in the oldest coal mining area in North America: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (First mine opened in 1720). It is James’s first day going into the “dangerous deeps,” with his dad. He is told by a seasoned miner that “the mine shaft drops a thousand feet boy. If you don’t fall out of the steel cage, you’ll arrive at the place where the Atlantic rests over your head.” They make it down the shaft. He swears he can hear the layers of rock shifting and creaking, and the ocean, way above him. Suddenly, the ceiling “crumbles like a black waterfall.” James and his dad are trapped.




This book is set at the turn of the century in the oldest coal mining area in North America: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (First mine opened in 1720). It is James’s first day going into the “dangerous deeps,” with his dad. He is told by a seasoned miner that “the mine shaft drops a thousand feet boy. If you don’t fall out of the steel cage, you’ll arrive at the place where the Atlantic rests over your head.” They make it down the shaft. He swears he can hear the layers of rock shifting and creaking, and the ocean, way above him. Suddenly, the ceiling “crumbles like a black waterfall.” James and his dad are trapped.

Can you predict what happens next?





I am not telling. You will have to read the story!



Natural Resources and the Environment: Lord Of The Skyby Linda Zeman-Spaleny, Illustrated by Ludmila Zeman

Tundra Books website includes a wealth of Teacher Resources.

This picture book is based on the award winning animated film.

http://www.tundrabooks.com/authors/author.pperl?authorid=90171


http://www.ludmilazeman.com/




http://www3.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/index.php?id=26099







“Out of the darkness came the Great Raven who brought the sun to the children of the North

Pacific Coast.” Thus begins the Canadian story told on a totem pole, a “wooden picture book

from Canada.”














“Out of the darkness came the Great Raven who brought the sun to the children of the North

Pacific Coast.” Thus begins the Canadian story told on a totem pole, a “wooden picture book

from Canada.”

Legend tells of a boy who befriends the ravens in his village, but one of the other boys carelessly kills a raven. Darkness descends on the land, so the kind boy bravely decides to travel to the Lord of the Sky to restore the sun. On his journey, the boy discovers a baby bird that has fallen from a giant nest atop a rocky tower. He decides he must place the chick back in the nest. This is

where we pick up the story...












...“The boy began to climb, always looking above, not ever below. He felt stones crumble beneath his feet, but never heard them hit the ground. Stiff

with fear, he pushed on, knowing that he must help the little bird. As he lowered it to safety, a horrendous rolling rumble descended from above.”






...“The boy began to climb, always looking above, not ever below. He felt stones crumble beneath his feet, but never heard them hit the ground. Stiff

with fear, he pushed on, knowing that he must help the little bird. As he lowered it to safety, a horrendous rolling rumble descended from above.”

Can you predict:

What happens next in the story?

What the moral of the story might be, for the kind boy and his village, and all the rest of us?






What happens next in the story:







The huge bird thanks the boy for his kindness, and helps him restore the sun to his village.








What might the moral of this story be, for the kind boy and his village, and all the rest of us? We move to the end of this picture book:









“This is a story of things that happened in the past. But it is still true today that to remain in light, our home, our world, must be cared for. IT IS IN YOUR HANDS!










In our resource rich country, we must not take those resources for granted. Some are renewable, some are not, but as we use them to improve our quality of life, we must be concerned about the impact we are making on our environment.










In our resource rich country, we must not take those resources for granted. Some are renewable, some are not, but as we use them to improve our quality of life, we must be concerned about the impact we are making on our environment.

The textbook “Voices of Canada” contains chapter 12, “Caring For Canada.” It includes interesting questions such as “What would happen if some of Canada’s resources ran out?” and “How do Canadians care for their environment?”






Totem Poles, “wooden Picture Books,” are large wooden sculptures carved from trees by the First Nations peoples of the Pacific

Northwest coastal region.





Human Rights: “Flags” or “Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden”

by Maxine Trottier, Illustrated by Paul Morin

Fitzhenry and Whiteside contains a wealth of teaching units for their books.

Maxine’s website, above, contains a study guide for Flags.

http://www.execulink.com/~maxitrot/guides.html


http://www.paulmorinstudios.com/books/books_f01.html


http://www.fitzhenry.ca/detail.aspx?ID=8647






What would it be like to be forcibly removed from your home? This is the

story of Mr. Hiroshi, a Japanese Canadian, who, with many others,

had their homes and businesses taken away, and relocated to isolated

internment camps during World War II.











What would it be like to be forcibly removed from your home? This is the

story of Mr. Hiroshi, a Japanese Canadian, who, with many others,

had their homes and businesses taken away, and relocated to isolated

internment camps during World War II.

We enter the story in the middle, where Mr. Hiroshi and a young

neighbour worry about his beautiful garden, with his fish pond and blue flag iris flowers, knowing he is being

removed from his house in the morning.









Can you predict:

What the young neighbour will do once Mr. Hiroshi is gone, before his house taken over by others?









“The night before he left, we sat in his garden on a low, stone

bench....”It is strange,” said Mr. Hiroshi. “I was born in this

country. I have lived in this house all my life. How sad that I may not

be able to finish this garden.”

Can you predict:

What the young neighbour will do once Mr. Hiroshi is gone, before his house taken over by others?







Human Rights: “Flags” or “Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden”by Maxine Trottier, Illustrated by Paul Morin

What will the young neighbour will do once Mr. Hiroshi is gone, before his house taken over by others?

You will have to read the story yourself to find out, but it has something to do with the pictures on this page:

The Author’s Note at the end of the book gives you more information on the relocation of Japanese

Canadians .





Human Rights: Shi-shi-etkoby Nicola I. Campbell, Illustrated by Kim LaFave

Nicola, on her website, above, has an audio interview about her book:

“You know, the goal of the Canadian government was, "to kill the Indian in the child," was, "to sever all ties" that our people had from the time

they were children, from their parents, from their culture,

languages, and their way of life and to destroy all of that.”

The Forward in her book gives you more information on Residential

Schools.

http://www.lookingforwardlookingback.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=102


http://www.klafave.com/








Schools.

A different time and place from our previous story, but we can ask the same question: What would it be like to be forcibly removed from your home?











Schools.

A different time and place from our previous story, but we can ask the same question: What would it be like to be forcibly removed from your home?

Shi-shi-etko is a young First Nations girl, who is being sent away with the other children to a residential school, far from her rural home. It is the law. She won’t see her parents for

months, she will lose her name, and she will be forced to speak only in English, a language she does not know.






As the truck comes to take Shi-shi-etko and

the other children away, she gathers her memories close to her

heart. Can you predict:









What sorts of memories she will take with her of her rural home?









What sorts of memories she will take with her of her rural home?

You will have to read the book to discover them all!





Human Rights:

Human Rights:

What do you think are the most important human rights?

Human Rights:


Does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms agree with your list?

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/charter/


Human Rights:



Does the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights agree with your list?



http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/


Human Rights:




See pages 276 to 284 of the textbook Our Land and People, and join the discussion of the importance of rights and freedoms, and how Canada is doing in that area, including Aboriginal Peoples’ rights.





Human Rights:




See pages 276 to 284 of the textbook Our Land and People, and join the discussion of the importance of rights and freedoms, and how Canada is doing in that area, including Aboriginal Peoples’ rights.

See also pages 304-305 in Voices of Canada.





Canada’s Biggest Disasters


According to Canadian Disasters: A Historical Survey, can you predict any of the “top 7” Canadian disasters? These pictures will provide some hints:

http://web.ncf.ca/jonesb/DisasterPaper/disasterpaper.html



According to Canadian Disasters: A Historical Survey, can you predict any of the “top 7” Canadian disasters? These pictures will provide some hints:




The seven most reported Canadian disasters (not including airplane crashes):



The Frank Slide, Turtle Mountain, Alberta (1903);




"Empress of Ireland" and "Storstad" Collision near Rimouski (1914);





Halifax Explosion (1917);






Burin Peninsula Tsunami (1929);







Hurricane Hazel (1954);








"Ocean Ranger" Sinking (1982);









Ice Storm in Eastern Canada (1998)









Ice Storm in Eastern Canada (1998)

We will highlight 3 books that talk about natural (not man-made) disasters.

Natural Disasters: The Dust Bowlby David Booth, Illustrated by Karen Reczuch

http://www.karenreczuch.com



From 1929 to 1937, the prairies were hit by the Big Dry.





Can you predict what things characterized the Big Dry?





Can you predict what things characterized the Big Dry?

See page 248-256 of the textbook Our Land And People, to find out more about The Big Dry, or The Dirty Thirties, and how it was part of the Great Depression in Canada.




“The wind blew for two solid weeks,

blowing from the four

corners of the world,

blowing the land from under our

feet.”



Natural Disasters: C Is For Chinook: An Alberta

Alphabetby Dawn Welykochy, Illustrated by Lorna

Bennett

The Frank Slide Interpretive Centre

website contains a wealth of images, videos, and

information on the slide, including a Turtle

Mountain Flyover video.

The Gale Schools Site for this book contains a

comprehensive Teacher’s Guide.

Author’s You Tube video for this book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDb053gm9g


http://www.lornabennett.net/index.php




http://history.alberta.ca/frankslide/default.aspx




http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=k12&titleCode=SBCNA&type=4&id=195582

http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=k12&titleCode=SBCNA&type=4&id=195582





Natural Disasters: The Strongest Man This Side of Cremonaby Georgia Graham

This book is dedicated

to the Reids, whose

barnyard was

devastated by the

tornado of 1965.

http://www.georgiagraham.com/books.htm


Natural Disasters: The Strongest Man This Side of Cremonaby Georgia Graham

“The funnel grew into a demon that

hovered over the earth,

reached down and

ate everything in its path.”

This book is dedicated

to the Reids, whose

barnyard was

devastated by the

tornado of 1965.



Play and Snow:

Play and Snow:

According to YourCanada.ca, Canada’s temperature can be

extreme, typically from 35 C in the summer, to -25 C in the winter.

(The hottest day in Canada was +45 C in Saskatchewan, and the coldest

day was -77 C in Yukon.)

http://www.yourcanada.ca/climate/


Play and Snow:





“Canada’s climate and environment are one of the main reasons that

Canada is such a successful country. The blend of natural

resources and climate sustains us.”



Play and Snow:





“Canada’s climate and environment are one of the main reasons that

Canada is such a successful country. The blend of natural

resources and climate sustains us.”

We have been called “the great white north,” so let’s talk about 3 picture books focusing on snow

and play...



Play and Snow: Perfect Snowby Barbara Reid

http://www.barbarareid.ca/



Jim, a young student, sits

impatiently in class as he realizes:





impatiently in class as he realizes:“At last!

Conditions are perfect to build

my totally massive,

indestructible Snow Fortress

of Doom.”







my totally massive,


of Doom.”

Can you predict:







my totally massive,


of Doom.”

Can you predict:

What the snow in this image is actually made of?




Barbara’s website, above,

includes art projects, and a

student/teachers activities.




Click on the author’s name, above, for more hints.







Click on the author’s name, above, for more hints.

Some have called Barbara Reid “The Plasticine Lady.”






Play and Snow: Baseball Bats For Christmasby Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, Illustrated by Vladyana Krykorka

Annick Press contains many lesson plans for teachers on their website.





http://www.annickpress.com/about.html



This is a true story from the author’s

childhood in Repulse Bay, Nunavut. There

are no “standing ups” there. “The

land is as bald as the belly of dog with

puppies.” At Christmas time in the year 1955, 6 “standing ups” arrive by plane.














Can you predict:














Can you predict:

What “standing ups” are?














Can you predict:

What “standing ups” are?

What the kids do with the 6 “standing ups” that arrive at Christmas?








Play and Snow: Baseball Bats For Christmas

by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, Illustrated by

Vladyana Krykorka









Vladyana Krykorka

What are “standing ups?”









Vladyana Krykorka


Trees









Vladyana Krykorka


Trees


HINT: Check out the title, or this illustration from the book.







Play and Snow: M Is For Maple: A Canadian Alphabetby Mike Ulmer, Illustrated by Melanie Rose

http://www.sleepingbearpress.com/authors_illustrators/mike_ulmer.htm


http://www.sleepingbearpress.com/authors_illustrators/melanie_rose.htm



Can you predict:






Can you predict:

What “H” stands for, in the above alphabet book?






Can you predict:

What “H” stands for, in the above alphabet book?

HINT: Something to do with “Play and Snow.”





Play and Snow: M Is For Maple: A Canadian

Alphabetby Mike Ulmer,

Illustrated by Melanie

Rose












Rose

What does “H” stands for?












Rose

What does “H” stands for?

One of the facts noted on the “H” page: 2/3 of NHL players are born in Canada









Play and Snow: The Hockey Sweaterby Roch Carrier, Illustrated by Sheldon Cohen

Link to N.F.B movie of the book

“The best Canadian short story ever written.” -The Globe And Mail-

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cpm/catalog/cat2208e.shtml&sa=U&ei=n1MoT800hKmIArvq8KwB&ved=0CAUQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNGVL1tfKVdqIkNMDSVa-ckhN_ddjg




http://www.nfb.ca/film/sweater



It is winter 1946 in Quebec. All the boys wore the same hockey sweater as Maurice Richard, a star player on the Montreal Canadiens, “the best hockey team in the world.” Roch’s hockey sweater was falling apart, so his mother ordered him a new one from the Eaton’s catalogue. To Roch’s horror, the sweater that arrived in the mail was a Toronto Maple Leaf sweater. His life, and the universe, had come to an end.











Can you predict:











Can you predict:

What Roch prayed for that day?










T. Eaton Canada was once one of Canada’s largest department store retailers, and included a catalogue that was found in most Canadian homes. It existed from 1869 to 1999. You could even order a complete house through the catalogue! For more info., click on the Roch Carrier

link, above.






What did Roch pray for that day?


link, above.






What did Roch pray for that day?

“I asked God to send me right away, a hundred million moths that would eat up my Toronto Maple Leaf sweater.”


link, above.





Our Canadian Identity


Can you predict what things we have talked about that make Canadians, well, Canadian?



Inventions (our human resources = you!), natural resources, our languages, unique animals and plants, our symbols, sports, climate, physical environment, history, First Nations peoples, stories and legends, the arts, sports, unique history, disasters, to name a few.




The textbook “Voices of Canada” contains a “wrapping up” section on page 332, where it proposes this formula for what makes up the ingredients for our Canadian identity:




The textbook “Voices of Canada” contains a “wrapping up” section on page 332, where it proposes this formula for what makes up the ingredients for our Canadian identity:

Six regions + physical geography + natural resources + diverse people = Canada

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