Music ProgrammesCanadian History is Alive!Shawna Audet, a high school social studies and music teacher, has found a way to make history lessons come alive. Recognizing the power of music as a teaching tool, she began writing and singing history songs in her classroom. This idea has now expanded beyond the classroom into a project that is designed to teach Canadians about their past in exciting and informative ways. The programme is called Canadian History Is Alive! As part of the project, Shawna and her band, "The Overlanders," have created a song CD called "Beaver Tales." They have also combined the songs with historical skits creating a show that they perform for schools and communities. The third part of the project involved creating a teaching resource (CDROM) that contains historical personality quizzes, songs, stories, biographies, and over 300 pages of lesson plans. You can listen to songs, and view samples of skits and lesson
plans on the website: The CD is available by contacting: Taima ProjectElisapie Isaac, the daughter of an Inuk mother and a father from Newfoundland was adopted at birth by an Inuit family and was raised according to Inuit tradition. Music was always a part of her life and included singing in church and in the Salluit Band - a folk-rock-gospel group. At 15, she was the host and producer of a radio show for teenagers broadcasted by TNI in Salluit. After taking communications studies in Montreal she acted as host and journalist for Peoples of the Circumpolar. Her work on this fi lm allowed her to visit many of the Circumpolar regions. As a result of her travel and experiences Elisapie wished to share her culture through her art. The result is the debut of her CD Taima. "Taima" means Enough! It’s over. Let’s move on... It carries with it the idea of renewed and better relationships between Whites and Inuit people... a vision of a better tomorrow." For more information visit: |
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