Story Questions

STORIES - Collections	Grade 5 Language Arts
SILVER THREADS	Exploring Heritage - Page 48
	Locate Buchovyna on your world map. In which European country will you find it? Why did Anna and Ivan flee from their homeland? Who is the "Emperor" they keep talking about? Why did they choose Canada to flee to? Where did they get the expression "Land of Milk and Honey" from? What did the Canadian Government offer them for free? How does Anna's encounter with the spider foreshadow her future? What didn't the Canadian posters warn them about? What Xmas customs did they bring to Canada? Why did Ivan try to enlist as a soldier in the Canadian army? What was the official reaction to his offer? How did Ivan eventually return to her? What is the connection of the title "Silver Threads" to the story? Add your own illustrated chapter to the book Early Canada, page 76, Part 5 Settlers - either an additional related to your own family and how they made Canada their homeland or a chapter about Ivan and Anna and how they worked to make Canada their homeland
TARMA	Exploring Heritage - Page 6
	Why is it Autumn in the month of April in Peru? Why is Julian and his sister Martina concerned about their Easter holiday trip? What is the mountain range they are traveling in. Locate it on a world map. What unique custom of hospitality do the people of Tarma have? How did Martina meet a new friend? Why does she say: "Hands are magical?" (page 11) What is the main event of Holy Week? Dramatize and retell the story with song, pantomime, cartoons or a sketch or skit
THE HEROINE OF LUNENBURG	Exploring Heritage Page 30
	Why was the town of Lunenburg empty that day? Why did Sylvia have a strange sense of foreboding? What is special about the dress she is wearing? How does Miss Smith show her cruelty? What are privateers? How did two men prevent the town from burning down? What did most townspeople do after the invasion? How did Sylvia rescue the family's treasures? How did she hide the chest?
THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION	Exploring Heritage - Page 39
	HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION 1. Why is transportation so critical to Canada? 2. Do an illustrative time-line poster of the development of transportation in Canadian history…include the following headings: Cedar canoe, birch bark canoe, voyageur canoe, horse travois, Inuit dogsled, The Marco Polo, The Bluenose, Red River Cart, Cariboo Stagecoach, Horse drawn sleigh, Silver Dart, and the first Snowmobile. 3. Put your artistic imagination to work - there are many ways to picture the linear concept of traveling (roads, rail lines, etc.) Include key icons of the major events in transportation history. 4. Add to the poster your projections (include dates) of future possibilities in the future of transportation. 5. What is the most important type of water transportation in Canada's history? The canoe 6. How did the Haida canoe succeed in the ocean? High prow 7. Did stripping the birch bark off to make the birch bark canoe kill the tree? No 8. What were the advantages of such a light water craft? easy to carry and easy to navigate rapids and steer 9. How long was the voyageur canoe? 12 meters long 10. Who made it possible for the Plains Indians to switch from dog to horse drawn travois? Spanish - brought horses 11. What was Canada's most famous sailing ship and why? The Nova Scotia Bluenose - won may races 12. Why was the Red River cart so high? It could be pulled through mud 13. How rough was the Cariboo stagecoach? - broke passengers' bones 14. How were the Chinese laborers who helped build the CPR so badly treated? paid half the wage and given the most dangerous jobs
Tides of Change Faces of the Northwest	Exploring Heritage - Page 22
. Consider a travel brochure on the Pacific Northwest (Inspiration is a good source of pictures) . Consider an illustrated poster of the area which is a montage of the scenes described in the story . Do a short report on one area of the story you found particularly interesting - whales? . Create an illustrated map of the Northwest Use icons to represent the features of this beautiful area	What are the histories and images of the Northwest Coast of British Columbia? What are its people like? What are "the faces of beauty" of the area? What is radiocarbon dating and how is it used in the story? What is the Nuu-chah-nulth's version of Captain Cook's visit to Vancouver Island? Why is Skagua (now Sagway) so small today? What is the most practical form of transportation in the area? What are trollers and seiners? What is the benefit of dune grass, sedge and beach pines? Why are glaciers blue? How do they "calve?" What is the difference between resident and transient whales? What is so unique about purple sea stars? What is a barnacle? What rare bird is quite common around the Chilat River? How tall does the Sitka Spruce grow?
The Lotus Seed	Exploring Heritage - Page 59
When forced to leave her country. A young Vietnamese girl takes a lotus seed with her as a reminder of her past.	1. Who was the "Young Dragon" who had lost his "dragon throne"? 2. What war happened after he lost his throne? 3. How did her brother upset her so? 4. Why is the lotus plant so special to her? 5. How had the heroine arrived in this country? ACTIVITIES Do an illustrated family tree of your family as far back as you are able. Activities Link Resource Activity Page * Why did Ba pick up a Lotus seed? * What did the Lotus seed represent to her? * When Ba saw the Lotus blossom what did she know in her heart? * What is important to preserve in families when adapting to a new country and a different way of life? Artist - Joan Sharrock Web Page