The Prime Ministers of Canada

After correcting your writing on what you would do without electricity it is on to your Prime Minister project. Remember to use the links at the top to pick your Prime Minister and to find your information. See the teacher with your choice. After you have chosen your Prime Minister, gather facts on him/her. Make sure you note where the facts and pictures, sound files, etc, came from. Use this source here to do that- Cite your sources!!!!!!!

Information needed

Some Basic personal information- Such as where he lived, language spoken, church attended 2
Some Basic information about him as Prime Minister-such as years elected, political party 2
Some interesting Facts about PM that aren't that important-such as 100m Champion, 2
Major events during his/her tenure at Prime Minister AND what the PM did about those events- Such as the Depression, War,  Baby Boom. 6
How your Prime Minister change the country-such as a National Railway,  a Free Trade Agreement 6
A variety of properly cited sources 2

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After handing in the above information, you will create your movie about your PM. The movie will include the facts above along with pictures. Try and include a sound track that will enhance your movie.


When finished, put onto your kidblog account, instructions are here

Canadian Citizenship

Attempt 2!!
Canadian Citizenship is offering another chance to see if you can pass the citizenship test. There is only a week left in the challenge. How well can you do?

Again, go to this link here   and login with your password from last term.

Last Fall's challenge attempt is below. 

Canada is one of the most prosperous, peaceful countries on Earth. Canadian citizenship is something that some people from other parts of the world want, and Canada needs immigrants to maintain our prosperity. Here are some questions to see what it takes to be a Canadian citizen. Try it out with different combinations.

1. If you are born in Canada, are you likely to be a Canadian citizen?
2. If one of your parents is a Canadian citizen, are you likely to be a Canadian citizen?

People who wish to become Canadian citizens have to show a knowledge of Canada. At the following link, we have from the government examples of the questions that they ask.
To sign up, you have to use an email and create a password

Email: username@sjasd.ca

Password: computerpassword

The 1920s

The Great War had ended. The Spanish Influenza had also ended. Women had gained greater rights, Prohibition ended in most provinces and the shortages from the war had ended. People were looking for a way to celebrate life.

For Winnipeg though, the great growth period before the First World War stopped and the 1920s was a time of decline. The after effects of the 1919 strike, the settlement of the West winding down, and the building of the Panama Canal, put Winnipeg into a freeze.

Technology advancements during this time made a lasting impact on the lives of Canadians. Cars and telephones became much more common. If you lived in Manitoba during the 1920s, you probably lived in a town or on a farm, and the 1920s is when many of those places became electrified.

After correcting your Water sheet, describe how your day would have been without electricity. How would you have clean clothes to wear in the morning. Warm water to wash up with. How would you be able to keep the food you plan to eat today either cold or hot. Other things to consider is lighting in the classroom, entertainment after school, and then lighting after dark. Post this on your kidblog account. At least a 100 words, and remember to use sentences!

The (Hockey) Sweater

For the story above, fill out below and blog in in the comments on the bottom.
Setting: 
Protagonist: 
Antagonist: Society (the Priest, coach, boys who love the Habs)
Conflict: The Boy vs Society (see above)

Initial Action: 
Rising Action: 
Climax: 
Falling Action: 
Resolution: 

The Structure of a story

Story Structure:

1. Initial Action: The event that starts the conflict rolling.

2. Rising Action: The series of events that lead to the climax.

3. Climax: The part of the story with the most action/suspense.

4. Falling Action: The wrapping up of loose ends after the climax.

5. Resolution: The conclusion of the story; how the conflict was settled.

Within the above structure, stories contain a:

Setting-where the story happens  

Protagonist-the main character in the story

Antagonist-the main character that opposes the Protagonist

Conflict (5 main types)-Character vs self, Character vs society, Character vs Another Character, Character vs Nature, Character vs Supernatural

As a class, lets examine Little Red Riding Hood
Setting: Woods and at Grandma's House
Protagonist: Litte Red Riding Hood
Antagonist: The Wolf
Conflict: Little Red Riding Hood vs The Big Bad Wolf

Initial Action: Little Red Riding Hood taking a trip in the forest to Grandma's house
Rising Action: Meeting the wolf, The wolf going to Grandma's house, Little Red Riding hood asking why Grandma has such big eyes, nose, etc.
Climax: What big teeth you have, then Little Red Riding hood being devoured
Falling Action: The rescue by the Hunter who was nearby and got help from the reaper. The sewing of stones in the wolf. 
Resolution: Wolf drowned, Grandma and Little Red Riding Hood recovered from the trauma, Little Red Riding Hood learns a lesson. 

           

Parts of a story

The water we drink

1919 was not only the year of the General Strike and the tail end of the Spanish Influenza, but the year  also saw Winnipeg getting a new source water. Here is an article about the creation of the Shoal Aqueduct.

Here is a newer article about Shoal lake and our source of water.  Read at least up to "A Bridge not Built."

With the readings above and the class discussion, fill out the sheet Winnipeg's Water. Below are some more resources.

Winnipeg to Shoal Lake