Canada’s History in Highlights

Boiling down Canada’s history into a five-minute video post is near impossible, but if the Barenaked Ladies can reduce millions of years of evolution and world history down to a 30-second introduction for the television show The Big Bang Theory, then we’re going to give it a try.

For our commemoration of Canada’s 150^th my upper elementary Montessori students in Coquitlam, British Columbia are researching one or two key figures or events in our country’s history. Then they’ll work to find a pivotal moment or quote they can use that will sum up the event. The next steps are to script or stage the moments, find props and costumes, and suitable settings around the school or community where we can film the scenes. We’ll string them together into a short video, along with our very own “Happy Birthday, Canada” song.