1. We began class with an essay writing contest that students are elligible to apply for. The first prize is $1000 with the same amount being awarded to the school library. The essay question is whether or not students feel the legal system still has fair and equal practices of whether they believe that is a thing of the past.
2. We continued with our reading, which detailed in the Ferguson way, the provinces in the west and north. This passage was as equally entertaining as the first.
3. Once finished reading, with little time left, we watched a few Canadian culture videos on the laptop. (See below.) The students were especially impressed or surprised by Rick Mercer’s video, Talking To Americans, where he asks American people ridiculous questions and shows their poor knowledge of Canadian topics. An example being when he was able to convince them that our national parliament building, made out of ice, was melting because of global warming so Canada was petitioning to build a giant protective dome over the igloo. Americans believed this!
   It was a fun class and they enjoyed both the reading and videos quite a bit.

Here is the link to the youtube clip of the Talking To America video.

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This is a funny 'fake' commercial making fun of the dialects of language as you cross across Canada.[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/2hXy3Qm7QKU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

Click here to learn about a recent development that American political satirist, Stephen Colbert, has discovered and found offensive: the Canadian dollar is worth more than an American one. Can you imagine?!