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Canada – Multiple Identities are Influenced by:

1. Place – landscape, climate

2. Community – region, province

3. Language – ethnic background

4. History – local and national and personal

5. People – politicians, leaders, heros

6. Government – type of government, democracy

7. Opportunities and challenges in Canada

How do you think our artists, authors, musicians show Canadian

Identity?

What does Canadian Identity mean to you?

You wrote a paragraph to introduce yourself:

• What parts do you think identify you as Canadian?

• Are there any things you wrote about that are unique to here and would not be part of life in Colombia or Scotland?

Provincial and Regional IdentityWarning – Not your type of music

• Farewell to Nova Scotia• Red River Valley• Four Strong Winds• Donkey Riding• Tillsonburg• Squid Jigging Ground• Blue Canadian Rockies• How are the seven influences on Canadian Identity

reprented through these songs?

Canadian LiteratureChildrens’ Stories

This one needs to be in your notebook!!! The  Hockey Sweaterhttp://www.nfb.ca/film/sweater/

Historical BalladPeter Emberleyhttp://agora.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitDa.do;jsessionid=58A432E0FB58AD7DB89E5126F30D77C5?method=preview&agora=1&id=1527&lessonId=188&lang=EN

Cremation of Sam McGee Robert Servicehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yIqwyR1ays&feature=PlayList&p=BB59AA17AE6F5930&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10

Modern StorytellingNorthwest Passagehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th-WDf42rG0 

• Artists

• Musicians

• Writers

• Actors

Pick two:

You have chosen two fields. For each:

• Choose an artist or writer or musician or actor.

• Research information about the artist. Use Wikipedia as a start but you must use two non-Wikipedia websites

Collect information and put into a Word Document:

– Name– Medium– Style (genre)– Birthplace– Where they live in Canada– URL’s you used (with the date you accessed them)– Save one example of their artwork, writing or example

of acting to your folder (do not embed it into the Word Document)

Your opinion

• Chose one piece of work. If art describe the art piece, if music describe the music etc.

• Explain how the artist has used one or more of the seven influences on Canadian identity

• Write how you think the artist has reflected Canada or showed being Canadian in their artwork.

• If you don’t think they have done this, write why you don’t think they did.

• Either way…. Give examples to back up your opinion. See Rubric

Stereotypes:• are a single statement or attitude about a group

of people that does not recognize the complex, multidimensional nature of human beings

• can be either positive or negative, but they are all unfair and misleading. Stereotypes reduce individuals to a rigid, inflexible image; without unique attributes.

• suggest that people or groups of people are the same, when, in fact, they are quite different.

Brainstorm Canadian Stereotypes based on:

1. Place – landscape, climate

2. Community – region, province

3. Language – ethnic background

4. History – local and national and personal

5. People – politicians, leaders, heros

6. Government – type of government, democracy

7. Opportunities and challenges in Canada

Send a message about Canadian Identity

• Create a story based on Canadian stereotypes

• Include dialogue eh!

• 500 words

• Three sentence paragraphs

You wrote a paragraph to introduce yourself in the forum:

•What parts do you think identify you as Canadian? •Are there any things you wrote about that are unique to here and would not be part of life in Colombia or Scotland?

Example Test Question: