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Fall 2007

ello Teachers!

It has been a busysix months since our last edi-tion but we hope you are eager or the curriculum

and resource ideas introduced in this issue. Our ocus iselementary level teachers although many teachers will stillnd benet rom knowing more about Canadas nationalanthem and symbols.

Since our last edition, we introduced teachers rom acrossthe USA to a wide variety o curriculum and resource ideasor teaching about Canada through workshops and displays.Our annualSTUDY CANADA Summer Institute: Experience BC

rom the 5 Themes o Geography to the 2010 Olympics wasa resounding success and, in celebration o the workshops30th anniversary in June 2008, we anticipate that thebest is yet to come! It is never too early to register, so wehope youll learn more about the program by visiting www.k12studycanada.org/scsi.shtml.

The Jackson School o International Studies Title VI and Out-reach Centers held their annual Summer Seminar entitled,Teaching World Religions at the same time. Participantswere introduced to Canadian aboriginal spirituality andculture by Proessor Charlotte Cot, who gave educatorsan insight into the Nuu-chah-nulth whaling traditions onVancouver Island.

And, last spring, Visiting Northwest Qubec Scholar, Dr.Thierry Giasson, Universit Laval, oered the annual pro-essional training to UW in the High School French Educa-tors. Enseigner le ranais: La socit qubcoise commeoutil didactique trained Washington State educators orteaching UW accredited high school courses and was agreat success. It eatured presentations by UW CanadianCenter graduate aliates Natalie Debray, Tim Pasch andCody Case and included a special visit by Denis Turcotte,Qubec Government Representative in L.A.

K-12 STUDY CANADA outreach has been growing. Iyou attend the 2007 National Council or Social StudiesConerence in San Diego, or example, you will nd K-12STUDY CANADA represented in the International Alley othe Exhibit Hall, in a Sunday workshop session, at theInternational Film Festival (where a series o short lmsrom Qubecincluding The Sweaterwill be eatured).We have also been working closely with NCSS to increaseCanadas prole with its general membership so you canexpect an even higher prole at the 2008 NCSS Coner-ence in Houston.

Additional regional outreach is ongoingrom Wash-ington to Texas and New Hampshire to Minnesotaviaour network o K-12 STUDY CANADA Teacher Associates.Having regional teachers give presentations on Canada

and serve as local contacts or educators interested inteaching about Canada is an invaluable extension o our ownwork. A ull list o T-As is online at the www.k12study-canada.org site but wed like to thank the newest recruitsor joining our network: Richard Delamater (Windermere,FL), Kay Geiger (Lubbock, TX), Jan Hertel (Hastings, MN),Jessica Winkelaar (Minneapolis, MN), Deb Blake (Hampton,NH), and Karen Boschker (Issaquah, WA). Wed also liketo congratulate Karen Boschker, French language teacherat Liberty High School, or receiving a 2007 Summer Schol-arship to Qubecaward rom the American Association orTeachers o French, unded by the Ministre des Relations

Internationales du Qubec.

And nally, we also encourage teachers to make regionalconnections with the Embassy o Canada in Washington,DC or one o the twenty Consulates General or Consulateso Canada oices http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/oces/deault-en.asp or the completelist]. The Government o Canada is supportive o outreachto K-12 teachers and can share many useul resources orthe classroom with you. We all hope that, as global aware-ness grows increasingly important, we can help Americanstudents be more knowledgeable about our northernneighbor.

Tina Storer, Western Washington UniversityNadine Fabbi, University o Washington

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The National Anthems of Canada and the U.S. Teaching History through Music by Nadine FabbiThe U.S. national anthem has a signicant connec-tion to Canada-U.S. history. In 1812, near the endo the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the U.S. declaredwar on Great Britain and struck out at Britains onlypossession on the continent Canada! The U.S.was rustrated with Britains heavy-handedness onthe high seas (Britain, in an eort to stop supplyships to France, intercepted many non-French ships,particularly American ones). This, in part, led to theWar o 1812 and the inspiration behind the Star-

Spangled Banner.

During the War o 1812, British and Canadian troopsattacked Washington, D.C., burning the White Houseto the ground. The next month, in September o1814, the troops moved into Baltimore to attack FortMcHenry. The night o the attack a D.C. lawyer, FrancisScott Key, was aboard a British ship negotiating orthe release o a civilian prisoner. When he awoke theollowing morning he was surprised and deeply movedto see a huge American fag raised over the Fort. Hepulled a letter out o his pocket and on the back oit wrote a poem, The Deense o Fort McHenry thatwould later become the Star-Spangled Banner.Congress passed a law making the song the ocialnational anthem on 3 March 1931.

Canadas rst national anthem (it was never ocial)

was The Maple Lea Forever. It was written undermuch less exciting conditions than The Star-SpangledBanner. In 1867, the year that Canada was ounded,a patriotic contest was held or a national poem. Aschool principal rom Toronto, Alexander Muir, wantedto submit an entry but he was at a loss or an inspira-tional idea. Just days beore the competition closed,Muir was out walking with a riend, George Leslie, when a maple lea foated down roma tree and stuck to Leslies coat sleeve. There Muir! Theres your text! The maple leais the emblem o Canada! Build your poem on that, exclaimed Leslie. (The maple treethat shed that amous lea still stands in Toronto and is now part o a city park.)

Like Francis Scott Key, Muir, in a moment o considerable inspiration, composed hispoem almost on the spot, submitted it to the contest and The Maple Lea Foreverbecame Canadas celebrated song. Until the early 20th century The Maple Lea Foreverand God Save the Queen vied or rst place as the nations anthem. However, neitherwas popular in French Canada God Save the Queen or obvious reasons and TheMaple Lea Forever because it mentioned the Conquest o New France by the British.

Instead, O Canada would emerge as the most popularnational song beginning in Qubec.

In 1880 the Lieutenant Governor o Qubec wanteda special song or the June 24th Saint Jean-Baptistecelebrations in Qubec City. He asked composer CalixaLavalle to write the music or a poem by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The song was entitled, O Canada!In 1901 O Canada was sung or the rst time as thenational anthem by a group o school children wel-

coming the Duke and Duchess o Cornwall to Canada(later to be King George V and Queen Mary). The lyr-ics were originally written in French and, while therewere several English translations, the one that tookhold was written by Robert Stanley Weir in 1908.(Like Scott Key, Weir was a lawyer and amateur poet.)By the mid-20th century O Canada was accepted asthe national anthem and ocially adopted on 1 July1980 (Canada Day).

It is interesting how interpretations o the nationalanthems have impacted culture and history in bothcountries. For example, there have been many creativeinterpretations o The Star Spangled Banner. Theseinclude the bluesy rendition by Jose Feliciano and therock version by Jimi Hendrix, both perormed in the1960s, and the more recent 1991 Super Bowl interpreta-tion by Whitney Houston that put the national anthem

on the pop charts or the rst time in history.An historic rst occurred in Canada just this lastFebruary when a 13-year-old Cree girl rom Albertasang the national anthem in an aboriginal languageat a National Hockey League game. Traditionally thesinger will alternate between French and English toacknowledge the linguistic duality o the country. But

in this case, Akina Shirt opened the game with a antastic rendition o O Canadain Cree to a sold-out crowd at the Saddledome in Calgary. The perormance was alsoviewed by hundreds o thousands o Canadians tuned in to Hockey Night in Canada ontelevision and was a hit across the country.

Exploring the history o our national anthems can tell our students much about Canada-U.S. relations (the War o 1812), how inspiring moments created enduring symbolism(Scott Key and Muir), and how a nation sees itsel (in the various renditions o theanthems all available on YouTube!). National symbols or songs are an excellent startingpoint or teaching students about history and culture in North America.

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K-12 STUDY CANADA is a biannual publication o the Pacifc NorthwestNational Resource Center or Canada (NRC) - a joint center linking theCanadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School o InternationalStudies, University o Washington to the Center or Canadian-AmericanStudies, Western Washington University. The NRC oers quarterlyworkshops on specifc Canadian topics; the annual, week-long STUDYCANADA seminar held the last week o June, and; an extensive ResourceLibrary or the use o local educators. The NRC is unded through a TitleVI Grant rom the U.S. Department o Education and an annual ProgramEnhancement Grant rom the Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.

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Canada in the Classroom: K-12 ResourcesA Musical Journey Across Canada

by Canadian songwriter and teacher KimSoleski Ward

Sing a Song of Canada (songbook with activities andCD with 26 songs)

Sing a Song o Canada is a wonderul classroomtool or teaching Canada through music in GradesK-6. Kim Soleski Ward (a Canadian who teachesmusic at Gates and Merriam Elementary Schools inActon, Massachusetts) created it at the request oa 4th grade teacher to help with the social stud-ies unit on Canada mandated in state curriculumguidelines.

Ten years in the making, Sing a Song o Canadadraws upon Kims background in both musictherapy and music education. Kim earned botha B.A. (Music) rom the University o Kansas

and M.Ed. rom Cambridge College and workedas a Registered Music Therapist beore becom-ing a classroom teacher. Even when she moved intotraditional music education where music knowledgeand skills are the primary objectives, Kim alwaysincorporated extra-musical objectives in curriculum.Thus, Sing a Song o Canada has a two-old designorthe music teacher, the music improves skills such assinging, playing instruments, writing musical symbolsand reading notes; or the classroom teacher, thelyrics help teach the history, geography and cultureo Canada and songbook activities reinorce learning

through drawing, writing, puzzlesand various orms o musical expression.

All o the students in Kims school district now learnthe names o Canadas provinces, territories andcapitals by singing Can Can Canada in their socialstudies classrooms while music specialists expand onthe material musically with Or arrangements andrecorders as instruments. What a un way to teach tolearn! Other titles include First Among Equals (aboutthe prime ministers o Canada), Train Dogs (basedon a poem by Canadian First Nations poet PaulineJohnson), and My Dewlap (a un look at the annuallie cycle o the moose).

The compilation oers up a complete curriculum unit.The CD makes the music come alive and teachers canreproduce the activity pages and sheet music in thesongbook. The CD includes 21 original compositionsby Kim, 4 Canadian olk songs, and the Canadiannational anthem. Because Sing a Song o Canada hasbeen kid-tested in music and social studies classrooms(and can cross-over into other curriculum units suchas habitats, Native culture, and French language), wehave added it to our K-12 STUDY CANADA ResourceValise loan-kits and are happy to recommend its pur-chase or your own classroom!

To order: Email moosikim@aol.com or write to KimSoleski Ward, 5 Crescent Lane, Sudbury, MA 01776.

Cost: $30 Songbook; $10 Music CD; $3 Shipping.

Fall 2007 Presentationsand Displays on CanadaWorld Affairs Council: Classroom on the WorldTrade & Immigration with Mexico and CanadaOctober 9 (4-7pm) at Bates Technical College(Tacoma, WA)

Washington Association for Language TeachersLa Langue, La Culture et la Socite QubcoisesOctober 11-13: Coast Wenatchee Center(Wenatchee, WA)

Washington State Council for the Social StudiesCanada in the ClassroomK-12 STUDY CANADA ExhibitOctober 13: Edmonds-Woodway HS (Edmonds, WA)

Texas Council for the Social StudiesWhat Do You Know About Our Neighbor to the North?

Oct 19-21: Marriott Hotel (El Paso, TX)

New Hampshire State Council for theSocial StudiesNational Resource Centers or Canada ExhibitOctober 30: Center or New Hampshire(Manchester, NH)

Association for Canadian Studies inthe United StatesNRC Outreach and Building a Teacher-TrainingNetwork in the USNovember 14-18: Westin Harbour Castle(Toronto, ON)

National Council for the Social Studies2 Borders; 3 Nations: Learning about our N.

American Neighbors

National Resource Centers or Canada Exhibit(International Alley)

International Film Festival (eaturing short flmsrom Qubec)November 29-December 2: Convention Center(San Diego, CA)

MN Humanities Commission/ConsulateGeneral of Canada, MinneapolisCanadas Cultural MosaicJanuary 14-15: (Minneapolis, MN)

International Studies Schools AssociationNorth American StewardshipFebruary 7-9 Westin Northwest Chicago Hotel(Itasca, IL)