W-Seminar Englisch 2009 2011

CANADA

GEOGRAPHY • Banff National Park- Nature and Tourism (Rebecca) • Natural Resources and Their Exploitation • Oil Sand Is Good Business • The Yukon- Nature and Economy • Niagara Falls- A Natural Wonder

PEOPLE • The Inuit- A Whole Different World • The First Nations- Past, Present and Future • Discrimination of Chinese Immigrants in 19th Century Canada • Stereotypes regarding Canada: Bowling for Columbine vs. South Park- The Movie • Stereotyped regarding Canada in How I met your Mother • Stereotyped regarding Canada in Men with Brooms • Niagara Falls- Little Las Vegas • Multiculturalism in Canada- PROS and CONS

POLITICS • La Francophonie- France within Canada • Acadia- Discrimination of the French

USA/ CANADA • Comparison of US and Canadian School System (Angelina) • The United States of America and Canada- Siamese Twins? • Comparison of the Health Care System in USA and Canada

HISTORY • The Exploration of Canada: A Race between France and England • The Hudson Bay Company- Past and Present • Martin Frobisher and the Northwest Passage • Canada- A Country of Immigration

SPORTS • The Olympics Come to Canada: Vancouver 2010 (Ines) • Ice Hockey- A National Hobby • Lacrosse- Canada’s National Sport

Stereotypes about Canada

Canadian with most common stereotypes about Canadians and their country [1]

"Canadian Idiot" from South Park You Tube

Rutt and Tuke from Brother Bear YouTube are truly Canadian

Provinces of Canada

Handouts of Canadian provinces for you to print out Media:Provinces.doc Media:MoreProvinces.doc

Here is an example of a handout about Alberta Media:AlbertaHandout.doc

Use pictures from your WORKSHEET. Summarize the information that you were given regarding the province/ territory (the information should not

overwhelm the reader)

The handout should present information about the course, date, name of creators and the sources that were used.

Create a PowerPoint Presentation on your repsective province on the basis of your worksheet. Use the following aspects (just pictures and

keywords, NO sentences)

1. Coat of Arms
2. Geography (Position of the province within Canada, important cities, lakes, rivers, capital)
3. History
4. Additional information /things that Province is known for)

Here is an example of a ppt on Alberta Media:Alberta.ppt

Be prepared to present your ppt in class.

Material

Media:Mindmap.doc