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Whose president is he again?; Ridiculous!
Topic Started: Jan 20 2009, 02:24 PM (390 Views)
dolmansaxlil
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During the last Canadian election when I had a classroom, I tried to get a whole bunch of schools to do Student Votes - which is essentially a program that teaches kids about the election, and then you hold a mock election with official ballots and ballot boxes from Elections Canada. It's such a cool activity, and my kids love it. They also *gasp* learn how the Canadian political system works.

I was told that it took up "too much class time" for grades where learning about Canadian government wasn't specifically covered (grade 6), and that the couldn't support a Board wide initiative. I still did it in my own classroom and school.

Today, both schools I was in had the inauguration playing on the big screen in the gym, and the students all filed down to watch it.

Um... does anyone else see a problem here?
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Dol, didn't you get the memo? About the annexation?

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dolmansaxlil
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Damn. I knew I should check my spam folder more often. I must have missed that one.
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dolmansaxlil
Jan 20 2009, 02:24 PM
Today, both schools I was in had the inauguration playing on the big screen in the gym, and the students all filed down to watch it.

Um... does anyone else see a problem here?
Good grief. :rolleyes2: And we wonder why we have voter apathy.


I'd be real pissed, if I was a parent of a kid who had to sit through that.
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Are you able to teach American history, Dol?
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hey dol, notice who's missing from this list? Where's our dude? reaction to the historic inauguration
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dolmansaxlil
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R2 - we do some American history. In grade 6, there is a unit where Canada and the US are compared and we talk about international relations in the same year, so obviously the US takes up a good chunk of that. In the grade 7 history curriculum, we cover the American Revolution (more from the British point of view, but we discuss the 13 colonies etc) and the War of 1812. There isn't as much in grade 8 history, though we do touch on it when we talk about westward migration. I'm not as familiar with the highschool curriculum, but I know they cover WWI and WWII in grade 10, so obviously the US would be discussed in some depth.

I did a lot of things about current events in my geography class, so there was always some reason to talk about the US. Unfortunately, US politics is more "sexy" than Canadian, and because the elections drag on for two years take longer than our Canadian federal elections, my kids know more about US politics than Canadian. Sigh.
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dolmansaxlil
Jan 20 2009, 03:08 PM
R2 - we do some American history. ... In the grade 7 history curriculum, we cover the American Revolution (more from the British point of view, but we discuss the 13 colonies etc) and the War of 1812.


That is a popular misconception. There was no American Revolution. There was however an unlawful colonial revolt against legitimate monarchial and parliamentary rule. Not all of the North American colonies particpated nor allowed themselves to be coerced into the insurrection and its armed insurgency.
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Jan 20 2009, 04:19 PM
dolmansaxlil
Jan 20 2009, 03:08 PM
R2 - we do some American history. ... In the grade 7 history curriculum, we cover the American Revolution (more from the British point of view, but we discuss the 13 colonies etc) and the War of 1812.


That is a popular misconception. There was no American Revolution. There was however an unlawful colonial revolt against legitimate monarchial and parliamentary rule. Not all of the North American colonies particpated nor allowed themselves to be coerced into the insurrection and its armed insurgency.
Maybe you forgot, the victors get to write history. :ermm:
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Jan 20 2009, 04:32 PM
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Jan 20 2009, 04:19 PM
dolmansaxlil
Jan 20 2009, 03:08 PM
R2 - we do some American history. ... In the grade 7 history curriculum, we cover the American Revolution (more from the British point of view, but we discuss the 13 colonies etc) and the War of 1812.


That is a popular misconception. There was no American Revolution. There was however an unlawful colonial revolt against legitimate monarchial and parliamentary rule. Not all of the North American colonies particpated nor allowed themselves to be coerced into the insurrection and its armed insurgency.
Maybe you forgot, the victors get to write history. :ermm:
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Funny stuff.

DOL, I was being snarky. After the annexation, you'll need to go with our version of history. ; )

Seriously, your situation is bizarre. I love mock elections in the grade schools. Kids often vote differently than their parents.
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Jan 20 2009, 04:39 PM
After the annexation, you'll need to go with our version of history. ; )
It's taken you chaps 6 years to quell some funny little third-world country the British Empire mastered in a couple of weeks. You'll be lucky if you can even find Quebec, what with all those confusing French sign-posts.

As far as Northern Ontario goes, all I can tell you to do is read up on Stalingrad and make sure your mummies pack some thermal underwear.
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dolmansaxlil
Jan 20 2009, 02:24 PM
During the last Canadian election when I had a classroom, I tried to get a whole bunch of schools to do Student Votes - which is essentially a program that teaches kids about the election, and then you hold a mock election with official ballots and ballot boxes from Elections Canada. It's such a cool activity, and my kids love it. They also *gasp* learn how the Canadian political system works.

I was told that it took up "too much class time" for grades where learning about Canadian government wasn't specifically covered (grade 6), and that the couldn't support a Board wide initiative. I still did it in my own classroom and school.

Today, both schools I was in had the inauguration playing on the big screen in the gym, and the students all filed down to watch it.

Um... does anyone else see a problem here?
What you experienced in the first instance the uniquely Canadian affliction of nation self deprecation. It'll take several more Pierre Trudeau's to enable us a nation to overcome it.

The second, today's inauguration, was what I would call a "teaching moment". Well worth the time and attention- a bit like the Cuban Missle Crisis, the Kennedy assassination or even the infamous first Canada Cup hockey series in 1971 in my day. We all remember where we were on those days.

Savour it.
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John D'Oh
Jan 20 2009, 04:35 PM
QuirtEvans
Jan 20 2009, 04:32 PM
Renauda
Jan 20 2009, 04:19 PM
dolmansaxlil
Jan 20 2009, 03:08 PM
R2 - we do some American history. ... In the grade 7 history curriculum, we cover the American Revolution (more from the British point of view, but we discuss the 13 colonies etc) and the War of 1812.


That is a popular misconception. There was no American Revolution. There was however an unlawful colonial revolt against legitimate monarchial and parliamentary rule. Not all of the North American colonies particpated nor allowed themselves to be coerced into the insurrection and its armed insurgency.
Maybe you forgot, the victors get to write history. :ermm:
It ain't over 'til it's over.
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Oh, wait. We just sunk them. Never mind.
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Renauda
Jan 20 2009, 05:41 PM
The second, today's inauguration, was what I would call a "teaching moment". Well worth the time and attention- a bit like the Cuban Missle Crisis, the Kennedy assassination or even the infamous first Canada Cup hockey series in 1971 in my day. We all remember where we were on those days.

Savour it.
Do you really think so? I can perhaps see the election itself as being a 'teaching moment'. I don't see the multi-million dollar hollywood style spectacle today as being much more than that.
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I thought this was going to be a thread complaining about the invocation/prayer stuff going on.

Then I remembered Canada wasn't a state Dol was Canadian. :)
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Renauda,
I don't necessarily have a problem with the teachers talking about the election, or even showing the kids the swearing in ceremony and such. My issue more lies with the fact that when I wanted to hold a Board-wide event about Canadian politics (using a realistic simulation - the best teaching strategy other than actually doing it), I was told I was "wasting instructional time", but for this, they shut down program so they could watch it on TV.

R2 - the Student Votes event is held Canada-wide from grades 4-12, and the results are always very interesting compared to the "real" election.
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sue
Jan 20 2009, 05:55 PM
Renauda
Jan 20 2009, 05:41 PM
The second, today's inauguration, was what I would call a "teaching moment". Well worth the time and attention- a bit like the Cuban Missle Crisis, the Kennedy assassination or even the infamous first Canada Cup hockey series in 1971 in my day. We all remember where we were on those days.

Savour it.
Do you really think so? I can perhaps see the election itself as being a 'teaching moment'. I don't see the multi-million dollar hollywood style spectacle today as being much more than that.
My point exactly. We all be there too when the time comes for Charles' or William's coronation. Today was as close to a coronation as any republic can muster- hell, even Tsar Putin will be hard pressed to match it when he returns after the current Medvedev interregnum.

Just think that all along we thought that the mythical kingdom of Prester John was in Asia or Africa. :D
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dolmansaxlil
Jan 20 2009, 06:10 PM
the Student Votes event is held Canada-wide from grades 4-12
Since when? "Not in my day." ;)
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Riley - your school board probably thought it was a waste of instructional time. :P
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Mikhailoh
Jan 20 2009, 05:51 PM
'The British are coming! The British are coming!'

Oh, wait. We just sunk them. Never mind.
Not to worry, if we ever do get our act together, I'm sure you can rely on the French to bail you out again.
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And I suppose David f'ckwit Beckham and his nasty wife are the first shot over the bow? :veryangry: Take 'em back!! Take 'em back!! :weeping:
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