FRENCH AND ENGLISH CANADA

INSTRUCTIONS

- Form a group of 3-4 students.

- Use Gateway to Canada to answer the 12 questions about Quebec on your worksheet.

1.HOW IS QUEBEC DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PROVINCES IN CANADA? (P. 85)

- separate legal system- separate laws- separate education system- French language

2. WHAT HAPPENED IN QUEBEC IN 1970? HOW DID THE GOVERNMENT RESPOND? (P. 85)

- The Quebecois terrorist group FLQ (Front de Liberation du Quebec) com-mitted crimes (bombing, kidnapping)

- PM Pierre Trudeau declared an emer-gency, sent people to jail without charge

- Many Quebecois were angry with the government

3. WHAT ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH CANADA’S BILINGUAL STATUS? (P. 85)- Other Canadians feel French isn’t

part of their lives- Government spends a lot of money

keeping the two languages- All government documents need to

be published in English and French

4. WHAT LAW WAS PASSED IN QUEBEC IN 1977? HOW DID CANADIANS REACT? (P. 86), (P. 172)- Quebec’s government declared that

all shop signs must be in French only- Signs can’t be posted in English or

other languages- Many English-Canadians were angry,

felt unsupported by Quebec

5. WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION IN QUE-BEC? (P. 160)

Roman Catholic

6. WHAT IS THE SLOGAN ON QUEBEC LI-CENSE PLATES? (P. 161)

Je me souviensI remember

7. WHAT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM BETWEEN FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE AND QUEBEC? (P. 162)- Most First Nations in Quebec speak

English, not French- They worry that, if Quebec be-

comes an independent country, the Quebec government will not protect First Nations rights the way Canada’s government tries to do

8. NAME FIVE INDUSTRIES IN QUEBEC’S ECONOMY. (P. 162)- Mining- Electrical power- Iron- Metal refining (copper, bauxite, zinc…)- Hydro-electricity- Forestry- Pulp and paper- Aerospace technology

9. WHAT IS SAINT JEAN BAPTISTE DAY? (P. 170)

- June 24th

- Celebrates St. John the Baptist (Saint Jean Baptiste), the patron saint of Quebec

10. WHAT ARE GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS? WHAT DO STUDENTS GET TO DO? (P. 171-2)- government-sponsored student programs- Quebecois high school students are part-

nered with a student from an English-speak-ing province

- The students visit each other for two weeks to learn about French/English Canadian cul-ture

- Bursaries help students take some univer-sity classes in Quebec

11. WHAT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 1995 IN QUEBEC? (P. 172) (P. 244)

- The government of Quebec held a ref-erendum

- They asked the people in the province to vote on whether they wanted to separate from Canada and be inde-pendent

- The vote was very close, but it was a NO

12. WHY ARE SOME CANADIANS UN-HAPPY ABOUT LANGUAGE LAWS? (P. 242)- French/English language laws

cost a lot of money, which people fund through taxes

- Immigrants who already speak another language don’t want to be forced to learn English and French

NEXT LESSON: BON COP, BAD COP (2006)

A dead body is found on the border between Ontario and Quebec. Police from both provinces need to work together to solve the crime.