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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I. Background

  1. Canada Fact Sheet with a Spotlight on the Province of Québec
    Blank Fact Sheet
    Completed Fact Sheet
  2. Big Maps
  3. The Canadian Flag with a Spotlight on the Flag of the Province of Québec
    Flag Terminology Handout
  4. Canada's National Anthem
  5. History of Canada with a Spotlight on the Province of Québec

II. Music

  1. Mauvais Sort
  2. Instrument Making for Students and Adults
  3. World and American Music Links
  4. World Culture Links

III. Canadian Culture

  1. Québec's Native Peoples Board Game
  2. History of Canadian Circus
  3. French Canadian Folk Songs from Québec and Other Provinces
    Folk Tales Values Survey
  4. Culinary Culture: Maple Syrup

IV. Here and Now

  1. Exploring Francais Québécois and Current Events through Journalism
  2. The Great Canada Zoo
  3. What's New in Canada?

V. Community Connections

  1. Before and After Questions
  2. Intercultural Connections
  3. The Heritage Project and Oral History
  4. The Student Curator Project
  5. Class Newspaper or Web site
  6. Culture on Parade
  7. Student Participation in Arts Midwest World Fest

This curriculum was written by Jeanne Paliatka and Olaf Nelson for Arts Midwest.

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V: COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Part 2: Intercultural Connections

Overview:
Students will benefit from getting to know their peers in other parts of the world. The links below provide information on forming intercultual connections with students in other parts of the world through pen pal relationships, virtual travels, and Internet based collaborative projects for students from around the world.

Resources:
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Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections (IECC) is a free service that links teachers with partners in other cultures and countries for email classroom penpal exchanges. Teachers from 82 countries, including Canada, participate in this program.

SIGNAL Worldwide Penpal Directory is "One of world's largest and oldest mail advertising publications for penpals, collectors, correspondence clubs, mail traders."

Kidlink.org gives "youth better control over their lives, help them mature, get friends, create social networks, and collaborate with peers around the world individually or through their classrooms."

The Odyssey: World Trek for Service and Education is an "interactive world trek" that will link students in classrooms with volunteers traveling around the world for two years learning about different cultures and volunteering with local grassroots organizations. During 2003, this organization is hosting a Peace Trek through Iraq, designed to "focus on the political conflict between the United States and Iraq. Educational content will highlight the relationship between environmental, historical, and global issues."

I*EARN is a "non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world."