Canadian+Cuture+1914+to+1929

Culture is most often defined by the arts. In looking at the treatment of this topic in the approved grade 10 text "Canadian History: A sense of Time", it would then appear that Canada did not have much in the way of culture during this time period. This is obviously not the case, but as the text only allows 2 pages for this topic, it is not given much weight or significance. To be fair it does cover a number of of Canadian Artists and athletes (Emily Carr, the formation of the National hockey league etc.) that were contributing to the cultural scene at the time, but the information is broad and without detail on the impact these Canadians had on our sense of identity.

In order to do an effective lesson on this topic, it would most definitely be necessary to delve deeper into these artists and icons. Using a website like www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com or a text like "Canadian theatre History" By Don Rubin, I could elaborate on the works of these artists and cultural icons and more clearly outline the effect they have had on our sense of "nationhood".