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Nine different conversation cards about various sides of Canadian society and history.
Try to use the keywords on each card when discussing the different topics.

WAR
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HISTORY
Peacekeeping
Intercolonial Wars
North-West
Rebellion
WWII
King William’s War

POLITICS
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Head of State
The
Commonwealth
Governor General
Democracy
Constitutional

monarchy

GEOGRAPHY
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Appalachian
Mountains
Pacific Ring of Fire
10 provinces and 3
territories
Baffin Island
Natural resources

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Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
The Charter of
Rights and
Freedoms
Klondike

The Vikings

MUSIC STARS
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Neil Young
Leonard Cohen
Céline Dion
Joni Mitchell
Crash Test
Dummies

LITERATURE
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MYTHS ABOUT CANADA
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SPORTS
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NHL
Lacrosse
Maurice Richard
Wayne Gretzky
Terry Fox

Life of Pi
Margaret Atwood
Topic: Frontier life
The English
Pasient
Alice Munro

“Canada does not
have a film industry.”
“They all live in
igloos.”
“Everyone in Quebec
speaks French.”
“Canadians all say ‘eh’
and ‘aboot’.”
“Canadians have
fewer guns than

CANADIAN SLANG
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Canuck
Two-four
Loony
Eh?
How’s she
bootin’er?