Webquest:
Famous Canadians - Acting as reporters for a newspaper, students research the lives of famous Canadians.
Canadian Heroes and Heroines - Students work in teams of three to design a webpage about the Canadian of their choice.
Websites
General Information:
Paths of Heroes - Watch videos, listen to audio clips, look at maps, panoramic pictures and text on this interesting website about famous Canadians.
Heroes of Yore and Lore - Short paragraphs on several Canadian heroes, both real and fictional make this site user-friendly for most reading levels.
Memorable Canadians - This site houses an extensive index of Canadian biographies organized by name, endeavour, subject or resources. The biographies include quick facts and more detailed information which makes it useful for many reading levels.
Great Canadian Scientists - Biographies on several scientists can be found here with quick facts clearly listed and interesting stories of their discoveries.
Celebrating Women's Achievements - An extensive collection of biographies of famous Canadian women divided into the areas of the arts, sports, activism, book trade, politics, science, librarianship, and society, music and literature.
Canadian Scientists - The biographies of five Canadian scientists: Roberta Bondar, Monique Frize, James Gosling, David Levy, and Michael Smith are here, along with good explanations of the kind of science they are engaged in, and activities to try. This site is written for younger children.
Famous Canadians Theme Page - This page by the Community Learning Network has several links to sites about famous Canadians.
Well Known People Who Happen to Be Canadian - There is an extensive list of biographies at this site organized into actors, authors, astronauts, artists, athletes, business people, comedians, directors/producers, entertainers, journalists, musicians, scientists, miscellaneous.
A Million Lives - This is a page from the special collections section of the larger biography site. It has a list of links to biographies of famous Canadians. There is also information on specific Canadians at the bottom of the page.
Canadian Inventors and Inventions - This list of famous inventors may be a good place to get a name from but many of the links to the specific biographies are broken.
Prime Ministers of Canada - This is a list of the Prime Ministers and a bit of biographical data on each.
Specific People:
Frederick G. Banting - A page from the Nobel E-Museum, the text at this site is better suited to older readers.
Paul Martin - This is a short biography from the Prime Minister's website.
Life and Times of Dr. James Naismith - There is lots of information on Dr. Naismith at this site, along with activities for kids and classroom ideas.
Milton Acorn: The People's Poet - There is a lot of information at this site but it is more suited to older readers.
The Pioneer Exploits of Scotch Boy John Tod - This site has the history of John Tod, pioneer fur trader and founding member of B.C. There are teacher notes as well as pictures, maps and information written for children.
George R. Pearkes - This site has information on George Pearkes, Lieutenant-Governor of B.C. from 1960 to 1968.
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last update April 2003 - H. Lloyd
