Echoes 11
Updated 08/16/2005
Unit 1 Poetry
Reach Out and Touch
CBC Backgrounder on Africville
January Morning
The Earle Birney website.
I Lost My Talk The biography
of Rita Joe and a collection of her poems.
A Speech At The Lost-And-Found
This is the Wislawa Szymborska home page.
In Exile The Barbara Kingsolver web
site.
A Consecration
The art of David Blackwood.
Sonnett 55 Links
to all Shakespeare's sonnetts.
The Good Morrow
Selected poems of John Donne.
The
Titanic Use the web links to research sites that relate to the sinking of
the Titanic.
Coyote Goes
To Toronto A collection of coyote stories and poems.
Unit 2 Drama
Once Upon A Greek
Stage
The Confession of Many Strangers
Internet links for research on the Hiroshima bombing.
One Ocean A PBS
website called "The Gate of Heavenly Peace".
Unit 3 Short Fiction
The Lottery
Ticket 201 short stories and biography of Anton Chekhov.
Wing's Chips
Canadian Chinese Historical Photo Exhibit
Twins Mystery Links
Two Words Isabel Allende's web site.
For Mataji
Justin Trudeau's eulogy for his father.
Unit 4 Personal Writing
Hockey Dreams
Within Reach Create a photo essay about
climbing Mount Everest.
A Month And A Day: A Detention Diary Investigate human rights organizations.
Amnesty International
PEN Canada
The United Nations
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Letters Across Centuries
I Can Speak! Visit the Globe and Mail's
book site for book reviews, news, interviews and articles.
Unit 5 Essays
The Sprinters Use the Internet to investigate
a specific sport in which you are interested. Select a poem or some photos which
represent why you are interested in this sport.
Humans and Other Animals
Use Inspiration software to create an idea web to explore the relationships
we have with animals
Young People Research
Greenpeace
Sierra Club
Earthfirst!
Ducks Unlimited
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Loose Ends
Media Awareness Network
Adbusters
CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council
CRTC
Advertising Standards Canada
Neilsen Media
The Truth About Lying
How To Paint A Fresco Visit the
Louvre to view more paintings of fresco artists.
Wonders Of The World
My Canada
Unit 6 Nonfiction
A Walk In The
Woods An interview with Bill Bryson.
The Urban Indian
The Search For
The Perfect Body This outstanding AADAC web site examines the issue of body
image.
Proclamation
Of The Canadian Constitution, 1982 A collection of articles about Pierre
Trudeau.
The Fire Of The
Human Spirit Read other political speeches to compare their style with Mandela's.
O Siem
Susan Aglukark biography.
The Amazing Vikings Visit
the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History to view the exhibit: Vikings-The North
Atlantic Saga.
A Whack On The Side Of The Head
Visit Creative Think, Roger Von Oech's web site.
Unit 7 Media
Persuasion
In Advertising Teaching lessons and units dealing with advertising and marketing.
Shampoo Planet
Frankenstein
Dot-Com This! Examine
on-line writing style by visiting WIRED magazine.
e-zines A list
of e-zines suitable for elementary and secondary students arranged by subject.
What
is a Magazine? Canadian Magazine Publishers Association list of magazines in
a searchable index.
Landscapes and Images
CBC4Kids W.O. Mitchell web site on CBC.
Courtney Milne
W.O. Mitchell Theme Page