Goto ISSUU.COM , and create a digital magazine about Canada.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Final Task: Digital Magazine about Canada
Goto ISSUU.COM , and create a digital magazine about Canada.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Quizzes
Currently, the ten provinces are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, while the three territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.Link to map provinces and territories
INUIT 2 Task Inuit + Inuit Children and Marriage
Task:In pairs
Choose 2 aspects
Illustrate different aspects of Inuit life, write about it and illustrate it with pictures.
we will use glogster .
You must make 3 pages about the topic you choose. The pictures must be different from the ones you see on the links. You must choose information from both links.
3) http://library.thinkquest.org/3877/Generalinfo.html
WORDS FOR SNOWThe Inuit, Aivilik and Igloolik languages have over 30 words for snow - and here they are!
Traditionally, Inuit parents treated their children with patience. They did not hit them.
Ilitsijaqturvik(A place to go and learn)
Tusarvik(A place to listen or hear)
The men were traditionally hunters and fishermen. The women took care of the children, cleaned huts, sewed and cooked.
1)http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit6.html
2) http://www.saskschools.ca/~qvss/grassroots02/antifaiff/research.htm
3) http://library.thinkquest.org/3877/Generalinfo.html
WORDS FOR SNOWThe Inuit, Aivilik and Igloolik languages have over 30 words for snow - and here they are!
Traditionally, Inuit parents treated their children with patience. They did not hit them.
Ilitsijaqturvik(A place to go and learn)
Tusarvik(A place to listen or hear)
The men were traditionally hunters and fishermen. The women took care of the children, cleaned huts, sewed and cooked.
The Inuit were not strictly monogamous: many Inuit relationships were implicitly or explicitly sexually open marriages; polygamy, divorce and remarriage were common. elders. Marriages were often arranged, sometimes in infancy Family structure was flexible: a household could consist of a man and his wife or wives and children; it could include his parents or his wife's parents as well as adopted children; .
TASK 4Famous Personality Timeline
Choose a famous personality from Canada. It might be a singer, an inventor, a nobelprize winner....whatever. http://www.learningtools.arts.ubc.ca/timeline.htm
and make a timeline including the most important events in his life. Include pictures.
INUIT 1: General Introduction
INUIT
INUIT QUIZZ
THE PEOPLE
| Many groups of people live in the Arctic. Some have moved there from a southern place. Some groups have lived there for thousands of years. The largest group of people in the Canadian Arctic are the Inuit. They live along the coast and hunt seal, caribou and whales. They also trap fish. The Inuit were called Eskimos (which means "eaters of raw flesh"). The term Inuit means "the people".The language they speak is Inuktitut.There are seven different dialects of the Inuit language. TRANSPORTATION The severe cold makes it difficult to start vehicles. Air travel is often the only way to go to many northern communites. Many people have snowmobiles (also called snow machines). . Motorboats are used on the water when the ice thaws. ATV's ( all-terrain vehicles ) can drive over the ground in the summer and in snow during the winter. Dog sledding is still a means of transportation for tourists and for racing. In the summer, there are twenty hours of daylight. The sky is never totally dark. HOMES Buildings must be on stilts, about a metre off the ground. Building houses is expensive because the materials have to be brought from the south. Homes must be well built to keep out the cold winds. |
Cristel - Shenae Grimes timeline
http://learningtools.arts.ubc.ca/timeline2.0/bin/view.php?id=195649730
Inuit 3: Make your vocabulary flashcards
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National Anthem
National Anthem
fficial Lyrics of O Canada!
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Settlers 1:Make a Glogster Poster
Settlers
TASK 1: Make a glogster about the first settlers
THE FIRST SETTLERS
Some of the people settled in western Canada came from Ontario and Quebec. Some came from the United States. Others came from different countries in Europe. People who come from one country to live in another are called immigrants.
Why did people want to immigrate to Canada? There were a number of reasons why these people LEFT their homeland and cAme to a strange new land.
They were not allowed freedom of worship.
The government had control over their way of life.
Men were forced to serve in the army.
There were no jobs or the jobs were low-paying jobs.
Many were poor
Farmers wanted to own their own land.
Cities were overcrowded, dirty and polluted.
The Government of Canada was offering free land to those who were willing to settle on the prairies. For many this was an opportunity to own land and have a better life. People were also told that there were plenty of jobs. Some immigrants hoped to make some money and buy land or set up a business.
PREPARING FOR THE LONG JOURNEY
Money was required for the journey. Families had to decide what they would take with them and what had to be left behind. They took only what was really necessary and the rest was left with family and friends or sold. Money was needed to get to a port and to purchase passage on a ship. Train tickets had to be purchased when they arrived in Canada. Food and supplies had to be bought when they reached Canada.
The family had to put all their belongings into a large trunk and three or four large suitcases. Some of the things they packed were clothing - blankets - tools used to make new clothing - pots for cooking - dishes - tools needed for farming - seeds - food for the trip. Before the voyage overseas, the family had to get passports and medical checkups. Finally they were ready to board a ship and cross the ocean to a new country.
For the people who came from Europe, the journey to Canada was a long one. The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean often took two weeks by steamship, and even longer by sailing ships. The steamship was faster than a sailing ship, but most of the steamships were overcrowded and dirty. Many passengers became seasick.
THE OCEAN VOYAGE
The poorer families could not afford a cabin, so they had to sleep below with hundreds of other families. The steerage was a large area under the deck of the ship. Since so many families had to live together there was no privacy. It was damp, crowded and noisy. There was no fresh air to breathe.
In bad weather. People became seasick Many brought their own food. Food spoiled and was unsafe to eat. There were only a few toilets and washbasins provided. The passengers couldn’ t wash themselves or wash their clothes. They wore the same clothes for days. People fell ill because of the cold and the dampness in the steerage. Diseases spread among the passengers. Some did not survive the voyage.
Crossing the ocean took anywhere from ten days to a month depending on the weather and the type of ship. To pass the time, the immigrants went up on the deck when the weather was nice. They played cards, sang and talked with others.
After the ship finally docked at the ports of Halifax, Montreal or Quebec City, the immigrants could not leaveI immediately
They were given medicals and their travel papers were checked over. During this time, they stayed in large buildings called immigration halls. Their next journey was by train to the prairies.
HEADING WEST
The immigrants travelled in train cars called "colonial cars". The journey by train from Quebec to western Canada took from four to six days. The trains were often overcrowded and without heat. There were many delays. Passengers had to bring their own food or buy food during the trip.
OthHER SETTLERS
Families who came to Canada from the United States often travelled in covered wagons. The wagons were made of wood and metal and were pulled by horses or oxen. All the belongings were packed in the wagons - cooking pots, clothing, tools and furniture. They also brought along a cow and some chickens.
TRAVELLING IN COVERED WAGONS
In the wagon was everything that family would need - bedding, clothing, pots, pans and dishes, food and water, butter churn, washtub and pails. The pioneers also brought hunting gear (guns and ammunition) and some furniture. Tools (crow-bar, axes, shovels, hammer) and other supplies were hung on the sides of the wagon.
Mounted Police
A BIT OF HISTORY
- Sir John A. MacDonald ( Prime Minister ) wanted to create a mounted police force to maintain law and order in the west and to encourage settlement.
- Some traders were trading whiskey, guns and ammunition with the Indian people for furs.
- Large numbers of bison were being killed and the Indian people feared that their way of life was changing.
- There was fighting between the Indian people and the whiskey traders and fur traders.
- An Act of Parliament was passed in 1873 to set up the North West Mounted Police force.
Canada Symbols and Emblems
http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/canada/emblems/ca.html
ANIMAL: THE BEAVER
- The beaver played an important role in Canada's history.
- It is a symbol of the fur trade of the early days.
- Beaver pelts were needed for fur hats.
- English and French fur traders trapped many beavers.
- The fur traders explored large parts of Canada and fur trading posts were built.
- There were six million before the start of the fur trade.
- The beaver was in danger of being wiped out.
- It was also on the first stamp in 1851.
- The beaver officially became an emblem of Canada in 1975.
- The beaver appears on the nickel .
The Bison
Task: Decorate the different uses of parts of the bison with appropiate images.
THE BISON HUNT
Thousands of years before the guns and horses arrived in North America the Plains Indians hunted the bison on foot. They used spears and later bows and arrows for the hunt. They had many ways to capture the bison.
The bison was very important to the Plains Indians. They used every part of the animal
- meat - roasted on the campfire, boiled, for sausages
Danna Moreno
Cristel Zepeda
- hides with the hair left on - winter clothing, gloves, blankets, robes, costumes for ceremonies or for hunting.
- Danna Moreno
- hides - ropes, blankets, shields, clothing, bags, tipi covers, bull boats, s, drums
- sinew (muscles) - bowstrings, thread for sewing, webbing for snowshoes
- bones - for making, shovels, tools, knives, pipes, scrapers, arrowheads
- horns - spoons, cups, bowls, containers to carry tobacco, medicine or gunpowder, headdresses, arrow points, toys
- hair - rope, pillow stuffing, shields,
- beard - decoration on clothes and weapons
tail - fly swatter, whip, tipi decoration
- hoofs - rattles, boiled to make glue
- fat - paint base, hair grease, for making candles and soap
- dung - fuel for campfires and smoke signals
- teeth - for decorating, necklaces
- stomach - containers for water and for cooking
- bladder - medicine bag, water container,
- skull - ceremonies and prayer
Monday, February 1, 2010
Montreal's under the ground city
With over 30 km of tunnels spread over a 12 km area, this subterranean network is the largest underground complex in the world. Some 500,000 people pass through its winding corridors every day on their way to work, school,looking for something from any one of the 1,500+ stores along the way .The city stretches across 20 miles underground—if you know your way around it you can get to almost anywhere in Montreal without going to street level.
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