APRIL - CANADA

CANADA

Ce mois-ci, les élèves de 4eme6 vous emmènent au Canada. Ils vous parlent de Toronto, Montreal et Vancouver, de la tour CN de Toronto, vous donnent quelques recettes pour les plus gourmands, vous racontent les histoires de Carly Rae Jempsen, Keanu Reeves, et les croyances des Indiens et du sport national, le Hockey sur glace. Sans oublier le loup gris des steppes du nord.

Bonne lecture.

Miss Kahel

CITIES

The largest cities in Canada

Toronto: Canada's largest city and financial center, the city is known for its variety of ethnic and cultural communities. Mainly populated by descendants of Europeans (the British, Italian and Portuguese), Toronto has large communities of ethnic groups from Asia (China, India, Korea, Pakistan, Philippines) and a large black community essentially Caribbean. More than 40% of the population of Toronto is the result of recent immigration.

 Montreal: The second largest French speaking city in the world. Less multicultural than Toronto, three-quarters of its population is of European origin (British Isles, French Quebec, Italian). The last quarter is the multicultural aspect of Quebec and includes many North Africans, Haitians and Asians from China and Vietnam .

Vancouver: One third of the population of Vancouver is Asian with origins both modest and very wealthy (Hong Kong). The rest of the population is mainly from the British Isles. Over 37% of the population of the city is derived from recent immigration in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, it's in the province of British Columbia. It was named in 1886 in honor of the British Navy captain George Vancouver who explored the area in the late eighteenth century. It hosted from the 12^th to the 28^th of February 2010 the 21^st Winter Olympic Games.

Alexandre & Joey

A FAMOUS LANDMARK

Creators:christopher and jason                    4°6

The CN Tower

The CN Tower, officially the Canada's National Tower is a tower of 553.33 meters located in downtown Toronto, Canada and became the emblem of the city. The tower is sometimes called the Canadian National Tour for the Canadian National Railway Company (CN)which was the owner of the tower.

It was built in 1976 by Canadian National (CN) that wanted to demonstrate the strength of the Canadian industry by building the tallest building in the world. Originally planned as an antenna for the radio and television,it is today one of the major attractions of Toronto

The CN Tower in Toronto is still the third tallest building.

The CN Tower is one of the seven wonders of the modern world.

The CN Tower was the tallest freestanding structure in the world

Canada Lands Company bought the tower. The Crown corporation has since renamed it Canada's National Tower, a name less common than CN Tower. 

FOOD

The poutine

Poutine is a quite versatile Quebec recipe. It can be served as an accompaniment (with hotdogs and burgers, for example) or as a main dish. It is also very popular after a hangover to settle the stomach back in place.
It's easy

For 2 people:
5 medium sized potatoes (for French fries)
1 packet of BBQ sauce or other gravy (or spicy or sweet)
cheese curds, hard to find in Europe, put some grated cheddar or mozzarella instead.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Waiting: 0 min
Total Time: 25 min

For medium-sized fries preferably use two batches following the Belgian fashion. The first at 160-170 ° C and the second (2 minutes) at 180-190 ° C.
In the same time, prepare the sauce by following the cooking instructions on the package.
In a plate, pour the sauce over the fries. Depending on whether you prefer your cheese raw or melted a little (possible with real cheese curds), add the cheese sauce before or after.

The apple crumble with maple syrup

6 apples, peeled, sliced
2/3 cup (170 ml) maple syrup
3/4 cup (190 ml) flour
3/4 cup (190 ml) oatmeal
1/2 cup (125 mL) brown sugar
salt
1/2 cup (125 mL) butter

Arrange apples in a square dish of 8 inches (20 cm).

Pour the syrup over the apples.

Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, salt and butter until the mixture has the consistency of breadcrumbs.

Bake for 35 minutes at 375 ° F (190 ° C). Do not cover.

Spread the first puff at the bottom of a pie pan. Prick the bottom with a fork.

Peel and coarsely chop the apples and place on the pastry.

Sprinkle generously with sugar and vanilla sugar. Finally, sprinkle with rum.
Covering the preparation of the second pastry and seal the edges.

Make a hole in the center for cooking. Sprinkle with brown sugar and bake for 30 minutes at 180 ° C (gas mark 6).

 

NATHAN.

MUSIC

Carly Rae Jepsen

She became famous with her ​​song Call Me Maybe after coming third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol in 2007.

 2008-2011

June 12, 2008, Carly released her first single, a cover of the American singer John Denver Sunshine On My Shoulders. This is the only song which is taken from her first studio album. In August 2008, Carly Rae Jepsen announced on her myspace page that the title of her album was called Tug of War and released on September 30, 2008. In May 2009, she released her second single and video Bucket Sour Candy, a duet with Josh Ramsay from the Canadian pop rock group Marianas Trench. Josh Ramsay has also helped her to produce the song Call Me Maybe. All video clips were filmed by Ben Knechtel. During the spring of 2009, she toured throughout Western Canada with Marianas Trench and Shiloh. Then she left on a tour across the country with Marianas Trench, The New Cities and Mission District.

2012

Call Me Maybe, was out on September 20, 2011, produced by Josh Ramsay and co-written by Jepsen, Ramsay and Tavish Crowe, Call Me Maybe is the first single to be number one of the digital sales by a Canadian artist since Justin Bieber's Baby in January 2010.

In February 2012, she signed to the label School Boy Records with Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun. Her first EP, Curiosity, was released on February 14, 2012. It is produced by Josh Ramsay and Ryan Stewart .

HODGi F0RiNE.

FAMOUS PEOPLE - CANADIAN INDIANS

Indian beliefs in Canada

It comprises most often large Amerindian tribes settled in: North East, North West (subarctic, Northwest), Great Plains, Southeast, Southwest, Eastern Woodlands.

The living conditions were very different depending on the environment.

The diversity of the Amerindian people is also expressed in beliefs.

We can nevertheless identify some common points to many Native American tribes:

Among lesser gods or "spirits Auxiliaries" there are the spirits of the wind, fire, thunder, or Wakantanka the god of hunting.

American Indians are animists giving offerings to Mother Earth.

Shamanism is the reading of signs with drugs or devices.

Symbolism: each animal and sacred element must be represented as a totem or signs (circle, cross, triangle).

Native Americans also shared common rituals: A single creator God called "The Great Spirit" which the Indians give the name of Wacondah.

For rites of purification before prayers and ceremonies, they use tobacco and sage.

They also have prayers and trance circles such as:
The Pow Wow
The Dance of the Spirits (The Ghost Dance): Participants repeated the verses to the sound of drums. Incantations can lead to trance.

The Sun Dance is in the Great Plains, to worship the sun during the summer solstice.

It was accompanied by bodily mutilation for volunteers to show their courage and trance.

Wendy.

CINEMA

Keanu Charles Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves is an actor born on the 2^nd of September 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon to an English mother and an American father of Hawaiian and Chinese origins. Keanu Reeves came to stardom with Point Break, Speed. With the fame recognition, he became a global star for his role as Neo in Matrix. Alongside his acting career, he was the bassist in Dogstar, a grunge band from 1991 to 2002, and more recently in the band Becky.

Keanu began his acting career at the age of nine. He appeared in the production Damn Yankees. At fifteen years old, he played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet,

A romantic tragedy in Leah Posluns's theater. Keanu made ​​his screen debut in a comedy series on CBC Hangin'in. In the early 1980s, he appeared in commercials (including one for Coca-Cola), short films including a NFB drama One Step Away and finally, the cult hit Brad Fraser's Wolf Boy. In 1984, he starred in the series Going Great.

The first notable movie was for Keanu, a film about ice hockey Youngblood Peter Markle, alongside Patrick Swayze and Rob Lowe, which was shot in Canada. He played a “Québécois” goalie. Shortly after the film's release, he moved to Los Angeles in his Volvo 1969.After a few minor roles, a more important one was in 1986 in River Edge.

In January 2009, we learnt that Keanu Reeves would act in the role of Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Beebop, a manga adaptation, scheduled for 2011.

Tiffany & Leyla

SPORT

Ice hockey

Hockey is the favorite sport of the Canadians. It has been an Olympic sport since 1920. It's a sport which takes place on the ice with two teams, it is very dangerous.
The necessary equipment for the goal keepers are:There is a mask,a plastron,a shield, skates, mitts , a butt and boots.

The necessary equipment for the player are:There is a helmet, plastron, elbow pad, glove, warmers,skates and a « butt ».

The objective is to score goals by sending a disk of vulcanized rubber, called slice or puck, in the opposite net, placed at the other end of the ice rink. The team consists in six players, among whom is a goalkeeper. The hockey is native from Canada and developed at the end of the XIXth century in North America .The ice hockey takes place on an ice rink. The players manipulate the disk by means of a hockey stick .

Five field players are generally three attackers (a central player, a left winger and a right winger) and two defenders. The group of three attackers forms an advance guard and a pair of defenders form a line of defence. There are also specific lines in the situations of digital inferiority or numeric superiority

The changes of line can intervene during the time break, but also during the game We speak then about a flying change.
A hockey team counts about twenty players (four attackers' lines, four to six defenders and two goalkeepers).
Certain responsibilities)and certain contacts are authorized on the carrier of the disk. It is a question, above all, of hampering the opponent, of destabilizing him during next contacts, of tiring him and of making him lose the disk. It is a basic technique in hockey. We speak then about « putting in check ». However, the dangerous or opposite actions in rules, are sanctioned by penalties or punishments. The player then has to go out of the game for a certain duration, without being replaced. 

Cécile & Laura

CANADA - ANIMALS

The Canadian Wolf

The grey Wolf (Canis lupus) is the most prevalent species of canids. Also called common or vulgar wolf, the common name is wolf, although shared by many canids.
The species have evolved throughout history to differentiate into several sub-species such as the common European grey wolf (Canis lupus), the Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus arctos) and many other sub-species of wolves . It is also the origin of the dog (Canis lupus familiaris) and humans domesticated subspecies returned to the wild life that are the Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) and singer Dog (Canis lupus hallstromi).
In its wild forms, the grey wolf was eradicated gradually by man in many areas of its native range, especially in the nineteenth century. It is mainly present in the twenty-first century in areas of "open spaces" such as the steppes of Siberia and Parks in Canada. It is now protected in many countries where we are trying to preserve the remaining populations, some backup programs have allowed the grey wolf back on areas where it had been eradicated, especially in North America.
In contrast, the subspecies Canis lupus familiaris is globally widespread. Of rights, it evolved into the domesticated dog, itself diversified into many breeds created to adapt to roles assigned to them.

Wolf packs have three to seven individuals among whom are a dominant male and his wolf breeding. It begins to reproduce at the age of two or three years old. Gestation lasts 63 days, the female gives birth to a litter of about seven pups (4 to 13) in a den, a burrow or a natural shelter. The pack protects the mother during lactation and brings her food.

Timothy - Gaétan - Francky