Our history is full of amazing men and women who I would count as Great Canadians: important in their own right for a variety of reasons: making a change in our communities or history, excelling at sports, as movie or television stars or popular musicians, being activists, inventing things, or many other reasons.
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Great Canadian Trading Cards
To help kids learn more about these people, I’ve made some easy printable trading cards.
- Print the printable. It might be worth printing these on heavier paper to make the more durable. (Tip: If you flip your page over and run through the printer again, you can print two on a page.)
- Cut out and glue the front and back together.
- On the front, draw or glue a picture of the person and add their name. (Do you like my stick people?! hehe)
- On the back, write some notes or paragraph about your Great Canadian.
- There’s a small circle on the back to put an icon about why that person is important – like a music note for a musician, or a spaceship for an astronaut, or whatever you think would be best.
In my cards, I included Buffy Sainte-Marie – an Indigenous musician, Commander Chris Hadfield – an astronaut who led a space station expedition, and Terry Fox – who, despite losing a leg to cancer ran from Newfoundland to Northern Ontario to raise money for others before he died.
Need some ideas of other Great Canadians? There’s a great list of some suggestions. (or this one.)
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