Questions for Discussion

Part I: The Golden Dream

Chapter 1: A Lonely Sound

Think of someone you know who works at a skilled trade like William Pender did. Tell your group about that person. You can include this list of details. Include more of your own.

• The person's hands.
• The tools and materials s/he uses.
• How s/he feels about his/her work.
• What his/her work is used for.
• How the community values his/her work.
• How his/her work is in danger. Is it being replaced or shut out by "progress?"

Listen as each person in your group tells about a tradesperson he or she knows.

Make a class list of feelings and words that tell what you have shared about these people who work with their hands.

Can these feelings and words be used to talk about the fishers and plant workers of Newfoundland's inshore fishery?

What would you add to your list to discuss workers in the fishery?

Chapter 2: William's World

This chapter tells how things change in one place over time. Choose a site in your community that has something new on it. What used to be there? See how many "scenes" you can go back to in time on that one spot. Ask people in the community. If there is a town hall, check old maps and plans of the area. When you have found all you can, make maps or drawings of the area as it was at different times. Label what is there and write the date when it was like that. Label each map with every detail you find out. These can include the following:

• What the site was used for.
• What the building were made of and how big the place. personal memories people have about the place.
• conflicting facts or puzzles about what happened on the site.
• what is still there from the past.
• feelings associated with each "scene" on your chosen site.