Symbols Of Canada
Canadian commercials can reveal an awful lot about Canadian identity. Using the commercials assembled here answer the following questions.
- What are the various symbols used to explain Canadian identity?
- Which of the commercials do you think were aired in the United States for the benefit of Americans?
- What makes the commercials for Americans different than the commercials meant for Canadians?
- Do you think that this use of symbols of Canadian identity is fair or honest? Do they really give you an idea of what being a Canadian is all about?
- What would be a better symbol of Canadian identity?
- (These flags may help.)
- Dream up a symbol (picture, animal, or whatever) that completely and utterly original that symbolizes Canada.
- Make a picture of that symbol using crayons, construction paper, a computer drawing, or whatever. Be prepared to present it to the class.
The image below is an example of what a symbol might be look like.
"The goose is a famous CANADIAN animal. It is in the shape of a maple leaf - the Canadian leaf. The goose has a RED tongue…Canada's national color. The design is simple, therefore if this symbol is used people would be able to recognize it and be like, "Whoa! That's a CANADIAN GOOSE AND A MAPLE LEAF AND A RED TONGUE! IT MUST BE CANADIAN!" So therefore this symbol is amazing." (Debbie Wiersema, copyright 2007)
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