– Investigate how artistic and literacy expression reflects the following aspects of Canadian Identity:
Landscape Climate History
Citizenship
Challenges and
Opportunities

1. Pick a partner and select a
Canadian Song:
• O Canada
• God Save the Queen
• Farewell to Nova Scotia by the
Irish Rovers
• The Hockey Song by Stompin Tom
• The Last Saskatchewan Pirate by the Arrogant Worms
• Prairie Town by Randy Bachman
• Wheat Kings by the Tragically Hip
• Life is a Highway by Tom Cochrane
• Canadian Railroad Trilogy by
Gordon Lightfoot
• RCMP Song by the Arrogant
Worms
• I Believe by Nikki Yanofsky
• One Dream by Sarah McLachlan
• Canadian Dream by Sam Roberts

2. Listen to the song for the first time with the lyrics in front of you
– Listen to the song and follow along with the lyrics.
– Think about what the song means or try to put yourself in the artists place and imagine what they are thinking.
– Visualize the meaning of the song.
3. Make an initial response to the song
– Write down a short paragraph as a response to the song.
– Comment on what the song means and the group’s response to the song.
– Think about what you want to write before you write

4. Write a summary of the work
– Write a summary of the song about its meaning, the ideas that were discussed, and the group ’ s personal opinion.
– Take your time and think through what you intend to write.
– Your summary should include an introductory paragraph that states:
• The song, the artist, members of the group and what the intended meaning of the song
• Provide examples from the song to demonstrate the message
5. Submit assignment to your supply teacher
Approximate Time to Complete: 30 minutes

• First Nations and Inuit from coast to coast to coast used, and continue to use, a variety of art forms, or media, to represent various aspects of their cultures and beliefs.
• Some of these are traditional, and some are modern.
– West Coast people use wood to make masks and totem poles
Stanley Park
Vancouver, British Columbia

• Inuit Stone Carving
– Sculpting A Polar Bear by
Inuit Artist Alec Lawson
Tuckatuck
• Inuit Antler and Bone
Carving

• The Innu are known for their beadwork and the painted patterns with which they decorate clothing.

• The Anishinabe make petroforms, boulders that are arranged on the ground in the shapes of different animals
Turtle Petroform in Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba

• The Maliseet (Wolastoqiyik) and Mi ’ kmaq people paint, etch, and embroider on birchbark. Many Maliseet and Mi ’ kmaq artists are skilled porcupine quillworkers, and make wampum belts from shells.
Mi ’ kmaq Mocassains
Mailseet
Birchbark Flower Basket

• What do you see in the image?
Describe details in each part of the photo.
• Who is in the painting? What are the people doing? What is happening?
• Where do you think this picture was taken? When? How can you tell?
• Why do you think this painting was painted or this photo taken?
• What emotions might the artist have been trying to create in the viewer?
Robert Harris - 1885
A Meeting of the School Trustees
• Has the artist emphasized or omitted anything in order to strengthen the message he or she wants to convey?

• There are many examples of painters, sculptors, architects and other visual artists including:
– Alex Colville
Infantry, near Nijmegen,
Holland 1946
Horse and Train, 1954

• There are many examples of painters, sculptors, architects and other visual artists including:
– Maud Lewis
Untitled School House in Winter Fall Buggy Ride, 1961

• Simply saying "I like this painting because of its vibrant colors
and creative use of shapes and varied patterns." is already a form of analyzing the painting as you're describing some of its elements its colors, shapes and patterns.
• Paintings can be very personal items, what you say more often than not reflects something about you rather than the painting!
• In general, there are two ways to analyze of an artwork the
tangible and the intangible .

• We read paintings the same way we read people by its physical attributes.
– Identify the title of painting, the artist who created it, when the artwork was created, and the medium that was used
• Describe the physical attributes of the painting
– Identify the objects found on the painting like trees, mountains, bodies of water, etc.
– Describe the size or dimension of the painting, as well as its orientation whether it's landscape or portrait

• Personal interpretation of the painting
• Ask yourself these questions:
– What do I think of this piece of art?
– Am I able to connect' with it or the artist?
– Do I want it in MY home?
– What do you like about the painting?
• Art in itself is a very social and human experience. It affects each and every one of us in various ways and at many different levels.

• Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are unmarried siblings who live on their farm, Green Gables, in the Avonlea in Prince Edward Island.
• Matthew is sixty, and since he is getting too old to handle the farm work on his own, the
Cuthberts decide to adopt an orphan boy to help him.
• Matthew, who is terrified of women, arrives at the train station and finds a girl orphan instead of a boy; the orphanage sent the eleven-yearold Anne Shirley by mistake. Anne’s talkativeness and spirit charm Matthew, who shyly tells Marilla that he wants to keep her.
Marilla hesitates at first, but after a trial period, she agrees to let Anne stay on.

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Free
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ba.com/

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wbrunswick.ca/

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• Official Tourism Site: http://www.tourismpei.
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• Motto: Seek ye first the
Kingdom of God
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andlabrador.com/

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• Motto: None however locals refer to it as the land of the midnight sun
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• Motto: Our land, our strength
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Category
Capital City Iqaluit (ee-kal-oo-weet)
Created as a Territory
Premier
Population
Size
Language
Activities
People and Places
Two Interesting Facts
Information
April 1, 1999
Eva Aariak – sworn into office on November 19, 2008
29, 474 (2006 Statistics Canada)
Largest territory and makes up one fifth of Canada ’ s land mass
Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English and French
Winter activities include dog sledding, snowmobiling and ice-fishing
Susan Aglukart is a singer-songwriter and the first Inuit recording artist
• Nunavut was once part of the Northwest Territories
• Groceries are very expensive because everything is flown in or brought in by barge

• Your provincial group has been asked to identify the history and culture of your province.
• Find answers for the questions listed on the right.
• Assignments will be shared with the class.
• Value – 15 marks
• Answer the following questions about your province or territory:
1.
What is the Capital City? (Value 1)
2.
When did it join confederation? (Value 1)
3.
Who is the Premier? (Value 1)
4.
What is the population? (Value 1)
5.
What is the area of the province or territory?
(Value 1)
6.
Explain the geography of the area including location, land and major rivers and lakes. Provide a map. (Value 3)
7.
What is the time zone? (Value 1)
8.
What are the principal industries? (Value 2)
9.
Name a famous person from your province or territory and explain what they do. (Value 2)
10. Add two additional interesting facts  (Value 2)

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8
5
6
3
4
1
2
A
B C D E

1
A
How many oceans border
Canada?
Answer: 3
B
What is the Capital of New
Brunswick?
Answer: Fredericton
2
In 1958 who designed the modern snowmobile?
Answer: Joseph-Armand
Bombardier
3
In 1992 and 1993, which baseball team won the World
Series?
Answer: Blue Jays
4
In what New Brunswick community is the largest covered bridge in the world?
Answer: Hartland
What is the Capital of
Northwest Territories?
Answer: Yellowknife
What is the Capital of Nova
Scotia?
Answer: Halifax
What is the Capital of
Nunavut?
Answer: Iqaluit
5
What Canadian goalie is known for inventing the goaltender mask?
Answer: Jacques Plante
6
What Canadian Prime Minister was responsible for the building of the national railway?
Answer: John A. MacDonald
7
What are Canada’s national sports?
Answer: Hockey & Lacross
What is the Capital of
Ontario?
Answer: Toronto
What is the Capital of Prince
Edward Island?
Answer: Charlottetown
What is the Capital of
Quebec?
Answer: Quebec
C
What is the oldest walled city that exists north of Mexico?
Answer: Quebec City
What is the only official bilingual province in Canada?
Answer: New Brunswick
What is the population of
Canada?
Answer: 34 Million
D
In 2005 which Canadian won
3 Juno Awards for Fan Choice
Award, Artist of the Year, and
Pop Album of the Year?
Answer: Avril Lavigne
What Canadian co-starred with Sandra Bullock in the comedy The Proposal?
Answer: Ryan Reynolds
Which comic character did
Canadian Joe Shuster invent?
Answer: Superman
E
What is the Capital of
Manitoba?
Answer: Winnipeg
What is the name of a dry and warm southwest wind in
Southern Alberta?
Answer: Chinook
Where does the novel Anne of Green Gables take place?
Answer: PEI
What major Canadian sporting event is being held in Halifax now?
Answer: Canada Winter
Games
What major sporting event was held in Canada in 2010?
Answer: Winter Olympics
What year was the longest bridge in the world crossing ice-covered water opened?
Answer: 1997
When did O, Canada officially become the national anthem?
Answer: 1980
What Canadian played for the Edmonton Oilers and LA
Kings?
Answer: Wayne Gretzky
What famous Canadian played the lead role in The
Grinch?
Answer: Jim Carey
Who wrote Anne of Green
Gables?
Answer: L.M. Montgomery
Where is Canada’s biggest shopping mall?
Answer: Edmonton
What year was Canada’s national flag was officially proclaimed?
Answer: 1965
What is the Capital of British
Columbia?
Answer: Victoria
What is the Capital of Yukon?
Answer: Whitehorse
In what province did Terry
Fox start the Marathon of
Hope?
Answer: Newfoundland
8
What is the Capital of Alberta?
Answer: Edmonton
What is the Capital of
Saskatchewan?
Answer: Regina
Where can you see the world’s highest tides?
Answer: Bay of Fundy
Which Alberta City hosts an annual world-famous stampede?
Answer: Calgary
Who wrote the Paper Bag
Princess?
Answer: Robert Munsch