Canada and Culture

Two Languages… Ey!

• French and English

• Originally colonized by French

• Battle of Quebec ended French occupation, but the French (and their customs) never left.

Very Patriotichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk

For some reason, Canadiansonly let terrible singers singthe national anthem athockey games. At least itseems that way.

Canada in one word…

• Hockey!

• Canadians love hockey.

• Hockey is national sport, pastime, and what everyone does.

• Very cold so able to play outside for many months of the year.

• Many hockey players are the biggest celebrities in Canada.

• Many of Canada’s greatest moments involve hockey games!

Top 10 Americans vs. Canadians

• Top 10 Americans

• Abe Lincoln

• Martin Luther King Jr

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• John F. Kennedy

• Oprah Winfrey

• Elvis Presley

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Ronald Reagen

Greatest Canadians- top 10

• Tommy Douglas (father of Medicare)

• Terry Fox (inspiration story)

• Pierre Trudeau (Prime Minister)

• Sir Frederick Banting (scientist, created insulin)

• David Suzuki (activist, geneticist)

• Lester B. Pearson (Nobel Prize winner)

• Don Cherry (Hockey analysis)

• Sir John Macdonald (1st Prime Minister of Canada)

• Alexander Graham Bell (created the telephone)

• Wayne Gretzky (hall of fame hockey player)

Pierre Trudeau• Canada’s Prime

Minister during the 1960s and 70s.

• Brought very radical ideas into Canada

• Supportive of gay rights (first country to ever do so)

• Nationalized healthcare

• Considered Canada’s greatest leader.

Lester B. Pearson• Prime Minister of

Canada during 1950s

• War hero

• Helped form NATO

• Drafted idea for medicare

• Won Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Suez Crisis (1957)

• Could have ended in global nuclear war

Who is Don Cherry?A hockey commentator known for his loud comments, pro-Canada discussions, and his ugly suits!

Don Cherry

• Pro-Canada, Pro-America

• Host of “Hockey Night in Canada”

• Every Saturday broadcast of the Toronto Maple Leafs or Montreal Canadians hockey team games.

• Runs a segment in between the 1st and 2nd periods called “Coach’s Corner”

• Segment is about 5 minutes long

• Uses this segment to talk about his views on hockey, politics, praise good citizenship, and upset the guy seated next to him.

• Don Cherry's Best Moments

Don Cherry

Don Cherry

Don Cherry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8LcwJfuGEg&feature=related

The Rest of the Greatest Canadians…• Hockey is important

• 8 of the Top 30 Canadians are hockey players (most of any profession)

• One never even played in the NHL• Paul Henderson scored the game

wining goal in the 1972 Summit Series, Canada vs. Russia. Wining this game is considered the greatest moment in the history of Canada, ranked ahead of getting independence from Great Britain!!

• Americans knew where they were when Kennedy was shot and when the towers fell on 9-11, Canadians know where they were when the Summit Series was on!

Henderson Goal

Check for Understanding

• What is the most common profession of the list of Greatest Canadians?

• Who is Pierre Trudeau and why is he a great Canadian?

• Why did Lester B. Pearson win a Nobel Peace Prize?

• Who is Don Cherry?

• What are Canada’s 2 legal languages?

Terry Fox- Canada’s Number 2

• Canadian olympian athlete, lost his leg to cancer (amputated)

• With a prosthetic leg, ran to raise awareness for cancer.

• Cross country race to raise money for cancer.

• Died before he could finish.

• Beloved and inspiring.

• Terry Fox Documentary

Terry’s Path

Canadian Culture

• There are other Canadians on the Greatest Canadian list.

• Musicians like Celine Dion and Neil Young.

• Writers like Leonard Cohen.

Hallelujah

• “I’ve heard there was a secret chord

• That David played and it pleased the Lord

• But you don’t really care for music, do you?

• It goes like this: the forth the fifth

• The minor fall, the major lift;

• The baffled king composing Hallelujah…”

• Vancouver Winter Olympics Ceremony

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-bj4TccyKk&feature=related

Current Events

• Vancouver Riots

• Vancouver Canucks up 2-0 in Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins 2011.

• Been 18 years since Canada has won a Stanley Cup (won 2 Olympic gold medals though)

• End up losing in game 7 and playing very poorly throughout the last 5 games.

• Angry Canadians empty into the streets and riot, burning businesses, houses, cars, and fighting the cops.

• 150 hurt, millions in damage

Vancouver 2011

Check or Understanding

• Who was Terry Fox?

• Who is Canada’s greatest poet?

• What started the Vancouver Riots of 2011?