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Between the Lines 12<br />
A multi-genre, thematically organized anthology that explores<br />
popular themes and provides opportunities for students<br />
to discover the world around them.<br />
Literature selections were<br />
extensively researched and selected<br />
by grade 12 <strong>English</strong> teachers.<br />
Selections are appealing, topical,<br />
real-life, and reflect relationships<br />
among family and friends.<br />
Before you read, as a<br />
class, define “eulogy” and<br />
discuss what purpose<br />
eulogies serve.<br />
As you read, imagine<br />
the emotion felt by the<br />
mourners, by the millions<br />
of Canadians watching on<br />
television, and by Justin<br />
Trudeau himself as he gave<br />
his speech.<br />
SPEECH<br />
Notes<br />
Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000) was born in<br />
Montreal and was Prime Minister of Canada from<br />
1968 to 1979, and 1980 to 1984. He is perhaps<br />
best remembered for the Official Languages Act<br />
(1969), the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and<br />
the Constitution Act (1982), which gave Canada<br />
its independence from Great Britain.<br />
Justin Trudeau is the eldest son of Pierre Elliott<br />
Trudeau and Margaret Sinclair.<br />
We knew we were the luckiest kids in the world.<br />
A Son’s Eulogy<br />
for His Father<br />
by Justin Trudeau<br />
Complete text of the eulogy given by Justin Trudeau<br />
at his father’s funeral in Montreal.<br />
F<br />
Friends, Romans, countrymen …<br />
I was about six years old when I went on my<br />
first official trip. I was going with my father and<br />
my grandpa Sinclair to the North Pole.<br />
It was a very glamorous destination. But the<br />
best thing about it is that I was going to be<br />
spending lots of time with my dad because in<br />
Ottawa he just worked so hard.<br />
One day, we were in Alert, Canada’s<br />
northernmost point, a scientific military<br />
Justin Trudeau delivers a eulogy for his late father<br />
during the state funeral at the Notre-Dame<br />
Basilica in Montreal on October 3, 2000.<br />
installation that seemed to consist entirely of<br />
low shed-like buildings and warehouses.<br />
Let’s be honest. I was six. There were no<br />
brothers around to play with and I was getting a<br />
little bored because dad still somehow had a lot<br />
of work to do.<br />
230 Memorable Moments and Influences NEL<br />
2Table Table of Contents<br />
UNIT 1: Future Considerations<br />
Shape of Things to Come—from miscellaneous<br />
sources (list)<br />
The Fun They Had—Isaac Asimov (short story)<br />
Supertoys Last All Summer Long—Brian Aldiss<br />
(short story)<br />
Which One is Yours?—Ben Wicks (cartoon)<br />
A Clone of Our Own—Gunjan Sinha (interview)<br />
Stem Cells Q & A—Amina Ali and Owen Wood<br />
(Web site article)<br />
Smart Shirt—Priya Giri (magazine article)<br />
Risk—Joanna Ross (short story)<br />
When Cars Drive You—Keith Naughton<br />
(magazine article)<br />
Logged On to the Guy Next Door—Scott<br />
McKeen (newspaper article)<br />
There Will Come Soft Rains—Ray Bradbury<br />
(short story)<br />
Fire and Ice—Robert Frost (poem)<br />
Simple Ways You Can Help Save the Earth—<br />
Earthworks Group (magazine feature)<br />
Zoo—Edward D. Hoch (short short story)<br />
Reflecting On the Unit<br />
Unit 2: The World of Work<br />
Zits (I Like to Do My homework)—Jerry Scott<br />
and Jim Borgman (cartoon)<br />
Deportation at Breakfast—Larry Fondation<br />
(short short story)<br />
Sporting That Strangely Piercing Look—<br />
Sharon Lindores (newspaper article)<br />
Four Minutes That Get You Hired—Connie<br />
Brown Glasser and Barbara Steinberg Smalley<br />
(book excerpt)<br />
The Far Side (OK, Mr. Hook)—Gary Larson<br />
(cartoon)<br />
Warren Pryor—Alden Nowlan (poem)<br />
The Hidden Songs of a Secret Soul—Bob<br />
Greene (essay)<br />
Assembly Line—Shu Ting (poem)<br />
For Laurie, Truck Driving Paved Her Road to<br />
Freedom—Danielle Bochove (profile)<br />
The World of the Stay-at-<strong>Home</strong> Dad—Andrew<br />
Olscher (essay)<br />
Weird, Odd, and Unusual Jobs and the<br />
People Who Love Them—Charlene Rooke<br />
(Internet article)<br />
Cold Missouri Waters—James Keelaghan (lyrics)<br />
When Choosing Your Path, Follow Your<br />
Heart—Elizabeth Newton (newspaper article)<br />
The Dignity of Work—Charles Finn (essay)<br />
Reflecting On the Unit
U N I T 4<br />
Technology evolves so much<br />
faster than wisdom.<br />
– Jennifer Stone<br />
Other than life experience,<br />
nothing left a deeper imprint on<br />
my formative self [than media].<br />
– Letty Cottin Pogrebin<br />
You can tell the ideals of a<br />
nation by its advertisements.<br />
– Norman Douglas<br />
Each theme unit opener begins<br />
with a collage to draw the<br />
student into the readings.<br />
Questions help students focus on<br />
the reading and literary quotes<br />
complement the topic.<br />
NEL<br />
We live in a technology-centred world, constantly<br />
responding to new innovations and media images.<br />
The quotation by journalist Jennifer Stone suggests that<br />
there may be a time lag between the introduction of new<br />
technologies and our adjustment to them; it may take time for<br />
us to understand how they affect us.<br />
Columnist Letty Cottin Pogrebin suggests that media, such<br />
as movies and television, affect us significantly and change our<br />
values and the way we see ourselves, others, and the world.<br />
As you look at the advertisements in this unit, think about<br />
British writer Norman Douglas’s words and the influence of<br />
advertising on Canadians’ ideals and personal values.<br />
As you read the selections<br />
and examine the visuals<br />
in this unit, think about<br />
the following:<br />
1) How do media,<br />
technology, and<br />
advertising affect<br />
our values and quality<br />
of life?<br />
2) What are some of the<br />
issues and concerns<br />
raised about our “brave<br />
new world”?<br />
3) What are some of the<br />
benefits brought about<br />
by media and<br />
technology?<br />
UNIT 3: Leisure, Dreams, and Happiness<br />
Slam, Dunk, & Hook—Yusef Komunyakaa (poem)<br />
Runyan’s Vision? To Inspire the Best in<br />
Others—Tom Barrett (profile)<br />
The Hockey Song—Stompin’ Tom Connors (lyrics)<br />
Herman (Are They Playing Overtime?)—Jim<br />
Unger (cartoon)<br />
Just Once—Thomas J. Dygard (short story)<br />
Pow Wow—Vickie Sears (poem)<br />
On the Right Track—Dorothy Chisholm (short<br />
story)<br />
Field of Dreams a Real-Life Gem—Wayne<br />
Coffey (newspaper article)<br />
Dreams—Langston Hughes (poem)<br />
Why Don’t You Carve Other Animals?—<br />
Yvonne Vera (short story)<br />
Triumph on Mount Everest—Stacy Allison<br />
(memoir)<br />
Out of this World—Chris Hadfield (memoir)<br />
Four Who Make a Difference—Jennifer Burke<br />
Crump (profiles)<br />
Coyote’s Morning Cry—Sharon Butala (memoir)<br />
Reflecting On the Unit<br />
UNIT 4: Media & Technology<br />
Dilbert (Press “One”)—Scott Adams (cartoon)<br />
Cellphones—Rex Murphy (TV editorial)<br />
Not Like the Movies: Hollywood and<br />
Tragedy—Fred Topel (Web page article)<br />
The Far Side (Don’t Worry, Jimmy)—Gary<br />
Larson (cartoon)<br />
Finding Forrester—Sebastien Pharand (online<br />
movie review)<br />
Pearl Harbor, Al, Apollo 13 Movie Posters—<br />
various agencies (movie posters)<br />
Sony Clie, Forest Stewardship Council, Lycos<br />
Advertisements—various agencies (print ads)<br />
Yonge Street, Willowdale, #4, 1995—Robin<br />
Collyer (colour photograph)<br />
Buy Nothing Day Provokes Pause for<br />
Thought—Liane Faulder (newspaper column)<br />
Television’s Child—Glen Kirkland (poem)<br />
Calvin and Hobbes (It Says Here)—Bill<br />
Watterson (cartoon)<br />
What Colour Is a Rose?—Drew Hayden Taylor<br />
(essay)<br />
Zits (My Dad is Low-Tech)—Jerry Scott and Jim<br />
Borgman (cartoon)<br />
Turning the Generations Upside Down—Ellen<br />
Goodman (newspaper column)<br />
Be Specific When Searching the Web—Andy<br />
Walker (technology column)<br />
Reflecting On the Unit<br />
continued…<br />
Table of Contents<br />
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