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Farewell
Project type: Assignment
Related topic:
John Diefenbaker: Dief the Chief
John Diefenbaker: Dief the Chief
Subjects
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Political Science
Visual Arts
Political Science
Summary
Students create a work of visual art that shows how they might have reacted to Diefenbaker’s death if they were a Canadian citizen at the time.
Duration
2 – 3 lessons
Purpose
To express feelings through art
Before Exploring
Ask students to discuss in small groups their feelings when some event in the news moves them. Have them talk about those times on the news that they have seen men and women lying in state with thousands of people paying their last respects. What emotions do they have? How do they express those emotions?
Outline the Opportunity
Have students listen to clip 11 on Dief the Chief on the CBC Radio and Television Archives Web site. Ask them to respond to the clip as if they were a Canadian citizen at the time. How might they have felt? Why did so many, including adversaries, pay their respects in this way?
Follow by asking them to sketch or paint a picture that shows the personal response they imagine.
Follow by asking them to sketch or paint a picture that shows the personal response they imagine.
Revisit and Reflect
Display students’ work in the class for viewing and discussion
Extension
Students can extend their response through writing a poem, song, or prose paragraph.
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