A gift at birth will get you enemies for life. When two sisters are exiled from their native home, they embark on an epic journey throughout the mythological world of Ancient Canada. Using Lavender's unique ability to see life and death, she and elder sister, Marigold, must stay within the narrow margins of survival in an alternate Arctic Circle. Ancient Canada is told by the various characters and creatures Lavender and Marigold encounter along their journey. The revolving narrators not only bring you the story of the two sisters but those of a stone giant, a tremendous bird-warrior, a fugitive bog man, a spoiled prince, and the assassins sent to hunt down Lavender and Marigold. Drawing from classic literature but told from a modern mythological perspective, Ancient Canada may be unlike anything you've read in a thousand years.
Fourteen reconstructions of peoples, events and landscapes based on archaeological excavations carried on across Canada. The places discussed range from the coast of Labrador to the northern Yukon, and from Vancouver Island to the islands of the arctic archipelago.
A gift at birth will get you enemies for life. When two sisters are exiled from their native home, they embark on an epic journey throughout the mythological world of Ancient Canada. Using Lavender's unique ability to see life and death, she and elder sister, Marigold, must stay within the narrow margins of survival in an alternate Arctic Circle. Ancient Canada is told by the various characters and creatures Lavender and Marigold encounter along their journey. The revolving narrators not only bring you the story of the two sisters but those of a stone giant, a tremendous bird-warrior, a fugitive bog man, a spoiled prince, and the assassins sent to hunt down Lavender and Marigold. Drawing from classic literature but told from a modern mythological perspective, Ancient Canada may be unlike anything you've read in a thousand years.
Fourteen reconstructions of peoples, events and landscapes based on archaeological excavations carried on across Canada. The places discussed range from the coast of Labrador to the northern Yukon, and from Vancouver Island to the islands of the arctic archipelago.
Passion and science blend in this remarkable, readable book, as Freeman takes us along on his patient and exciting discovery of a 5000-year-old Temple in the plains of Alberta.--Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize winner.
Annotation The Native people of the Canadian prairies have been living on the land for at least 12,000 years, finding sustainable lifestyles from the grasslands and the aspen parklands. Our knowledge of these people is limited: they had no writing, no large settlements, and very little in the way of lasting material things. Before the arrival of Europeans, they had no guns, no horses, and no hard metals. What clues we have come primarily from the work of archaeologists sifting through the buried evidence-little bits of stone, bone, and pottery, refuse heaps and firepits, ancients villages and burial sites, fingerprints, and prehistoric blood. Liz Bryan takes the clues from decades of archaeological research and presents an immensely entertaining and informative account of these ancient people. First published by University of Alberta Press in 1991, this revised and updated edition of the book features photographs, maps, and line drawings to help illustrate this amazing story.
Pt. 2 includes worksheets, maps, an evaluation form, an answer key, plus two colour pages called "Explorer Portraits" and "Explorer Ships." It is reproducible and suitable for elementary students, ESL students, home schooling and students with special needs. The pages can be used for teaching, reviewing or testing. They may be used consecutively or randomly at different age levels. The first half of the book teaches students the most important discoveries and achievements of the explorers by using maps, charts and illustrations. The second half of the book reinforces and tests students by using pictures, games, maps and word search puzzles to make it fun. Most of the pages have a section called Brainwork, which requires research by the students and encourages creative thinking and problem solving.
Canada Ancient time. The People and History. Former American president John Adams once declared, "Canada must be ours; Québec must be taken," during the 1776 Continental Congress. However, the United States never did take Québec or the rest of Canada, which instead grew into an amazing independent nation with its own distinct cultural identity. Although Canada may appear at first glance to be merely a colder, friendlier offshoot of its American neighbor, its locals will quickly point out all the things which make their country unique. Many people immediately think of the beaches along Atlantic Canada's coast, the magnificent Rocky Mountains, or miles of isolated forests where caribou roam when conjuring up visions of Canada's landscape. However, Canada also includes some of the world's most sophisticated cities, from multicultural Toronto to scenic Vancouver. Québec City contains nearly as many centuries-old buildings as several European staples, with Montréal being the planet's most populous predominantly French speaking city outside of Paris. Most of Canada's tourists arrives in the summer months simply for warmer temperatures and greater variety of activities, but those who brave Canada's cold winters will be rewarded with some of the world's finest skiing in the Rocky Mountains, which form much of the boundary between Alberta and British Columbia. Winter is also the season for some of Canada's most famous festivals, such as the world's biggest winter carnival in Québec City and the Winterlude celebration in Ottawa, Canada's national capital. Accommodations in Canada vary drastically in terms of location, availability, and affordability. Historic landmark hotels are just as plentiful as luxury hotel chains in most Canadian cities, also offer plenty of budget options in the forms of university residences and bed and breakfasts. Cottage rentals, campgrounds, and fully-equipped log cabins are all popular places to stay in rural Canadian regions. Poutine, tourtière,
