Famous+Canadian+Project

Canada is a country of many great achievers, including some who are internationally famous. However, since Canada has a small population and is sometimes overlooked, not everyone realizes that these achievers are Canadians!
 * //Social Studies: Famous Canadian Project//**


 * Task:** Working alone or with a partner, you will draw a number from a box. The person or group with the lowest number will be the first to select a name from the following list of famous Canadians. The person or group with the next lowest number will choose next and so on.


 * VERY IMPORTANT: NO DUPLICATE PROJECTS.** Once a name is chosen, no one else can pick it.
 * Dan Aykroyd (movie actor; Elwood of "The Blues Brothers")
 * Bryan Adams (musician and songwriter; Grammy award winner; writer of international hit "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You")
 * Louise Arbour (Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal, The Hague)
 * Margaret Atwood (writer; author of "The Handmaid's Tale")
 * Donovan Bailey (sprinter; 100m Olympic Gold Medalist, 1996)
 * Justin Bieber (teen international singing sensation)
 * Roberta Bondar (space shuttle astronaut)
 * Kurt Browning (figure skater; four-time world champion)
 * James Cameron (director of movie "The Titanic")
 * John Candy (comedic actor; police officer Burton Mercer in "The Blues Brothers")
 * Jim Carrey (actor; star of such movies as "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective")
 * Leonard Cohen (poet, singer, and songwriter)
 * Romeo Dallaire (general; commander of Rwanda international peacekeeping mission)
 * Celine Dion (ballad singer; many huge hits including "Where Does My Heart Beat Now")
 * Drake (Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist)
 * Michael J. Fox (television and movie actor; star of "Family Ties" and "Back to the Future")
 * Nelly Furtado (singer and songwriter)
 * Marc Garneau (space shuttle astronaut)
 * Ryan Gosling (Hollywood actor; star of "Crazy Stupid Love")
 * Nancy Greene (skier; 1968 Olympic gold medalist)
 * Wayne Gretzky (hockey superstar)
 * Monty Hall (host of television show "Let's Make a Deal")
 * Douglas Henning (magician, and advocate of Transcendental Meditation)
 * Gordie Howe (hockey superstar)
 * Peter Jennings (ABC television news host)
 * Lynn Johnston (creator of "For Better or For Worse" comic strip)
 * Margot Kidder (actress; Lois Lane of "Superman" movies)
 * K'naan (musician; writer of World Cup anthem "Wavin' Flag")
 * Diana Krall (best-selling jazz singer)
 * Guy LaFleur (hockey superstar)
 * k.d. lang (rock/country singer and songwriter)
 * Avril Lavigne (rock singer and songwriter)
 * Stephen Leacock (comedic writer)
 * Mario Lemieux (hockey superstar)
 * Lewis MacKenzie (general; commander of Sarajevo international peacekeeping mission)
 * Howie Mandel (comedic actor; host of "Deal or No Deal")
 * Rachel McAdams (movie actor; Regina of "Mean Girls")
 * Sarah McLachlan (rock singer and songwriter; Lilith Fair organiser)
 * Mike Myers (comedic actor; writer and star of "Wayne's World" and "Austin Powers")
 * Joni Mitchell (folk singer and songwriter)
 * Lucy Maud Montgomery (author of "Anne of Green Gables")
 * Alanis Morissette (rock singer and songwriter; won 7 Grammy awards)
 * Farley Mowat (author and conservationist; writer of "Never Cry Wolf")
 * Anne Murray (pop singer of e.g. mega-hit "You Needed Me")
 * James Naismith (inventor of basketball, 1892)
 * Steve Nash (NBA basketball star and two-time MVP)
 * Leslie Nielsen (comedic movie actor; starred in "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" series)
 * Sandra Oh (actress; Dr. Cristina Yang on "Grey's Anatomy")
 * Michael Ondaatje (author of "The English Patient", later made into a movie)
 * Bobby Orr (hockey superstar)
 * Ellen Page (movie actress; 2008 Academy Award nominee)
 * Julie Payette (space shuttle astronaut)
 * Lester Pearson (originator of U.N. Peacekeeping Forces; winner of 1957 Nobel Peace Prize)
 * Matthew Perry (actor; Chandler of T.V. show "Friends")
 * Russell Peters (stand-up comedian)
 * Christopher Plummer (actor; co-star of movie "The Sound of Music")
 * Jason Priestly (television actor on "90210")
 * James Randi, a.k.a. "The Amazing Randi" (magician and skeptic)
 * Keanu Reeves (movie actor; star of "The Matrix")
 * Ryan Reynolds (movie actor; star of "The Proposal" and "Green Lantern")
 * Maurice "Rocket" Richard (hockey superstar)
 * Stan Rogers (folk singer and songwriter)
 * William Shatner (actor; Captain Kirk of "Star Trek")
 * Martin Short (comedic movie actor)
 * Joe Shuster (creator of "Superman" character, 1938)
 * Elvis Stojko (figure skater)
 * Donald and Kiefer Sutherland (father & son acting stars)
 * Alex Trebek (host of television show "Jeopardy")
 * Pierre Trudeau (politician and statesman)
 * Shania Twain (country singer and songwriter)
 * Nia Vardalos (writer and star of movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding")
 * Mike Weir (golf champion)
 * Neil Young (singer, musician, and songwriter)

You will create a **__Photo Story or Movie Maker__** project highlighting the life and accomplishments of the Canadian of your choice. The project must include **images, text, narration and music.**

Using the internet, do research on your famous Canadian. You will need to know much about this person in order to complete the assignment.


 * The project must include the following information. **
 * First Name **
 * Last Name **
 * Date of Birth **
 * Date of Death (If applicable) **
 * Place of Birth (City and Province) **
 * Family and childhood Information **
 * Education ** **Accomplishments**: what the person did that made him/her a famous Canadian? These are all of the things he/she did in his/her lifetime that are important.
 * Impact ** : in other words, what difference did the person’s accomplishments make to Canada or the world? For instance, Terry Fox's accomplishments were that he attempted to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. He did this with only one leg, after having lost his other leg to cancer. Examples of the impact of this are that he made Canadians more aware of cancer and the need for research, he inspired many Canadians to think about how lucky they were, and that if he could do it, they could.
 * Fascinating facts and trivia: ** Any information that you think is interesting if not particularly important that you would like to add to the project.
 * Quote: ** a quotation said by this person or a quote about this person made by someone else. (Optional)

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