A lot of people think Canadian history isn’t very interesting. The painting in today’s lesson was painted by an eye-witness, so we can consider it fairly accurate. When we examine the artwork carefully, we see how different the culture and life was for people back in time, which makes it exotic and exquisite and interesting…
As part of the fur trade, there was always the danger of having fractious relations with the people that you’re trading with. So both sides tried to do things to cement the relationship and make the trading successful. Intermarriage brought people together. The trapper was looking for someone to look after domestic affairs such as making…
Governments come and go—sometimes serving as protectors, other times as oppressors. They may uphold justice or fall into corruption. Yet, amid their impermanence and flaws, humanity longs for a kingdom that is eternally just, good, and peaceful. Our true hope is found in Jesus. For to us a child is born, to us a son is…
Four murals which represent courage, enterprise, labour, and justice, painted by George Southwell in 1932, were commissioned and hung in the rotunda of the beautiful B.C. legislature in Victoria, B.C. They depict native men and women, bare-chested and watching or working as clothed colonial men sign documents or supervise. First Nations complained that the murals…
The painting titled “Pocahontas” was commissioned in 1870. How can we think critically about this painting to determine if is an accurate depiction or another example of a false narrator? Mr. McMurtry looks at the history that is known about the time of the story portrayed in the painting, and clues to discover more about…
Although idealized, the painting A Late West Coast Culture Village Scene by M. Francois Girard, was carefully researched under contract with the Canadian Museum of Civilization to illustrate many of the major characteristics of Late West Coast culture. What does this work tell us about life for these people before the coming of the Europeans,…
In this video, Mr. McMurtry will expose false narratives with a look at an iconic painting titled The Scream, by Cree artist, Kent Mugman. This work is intended to be propagandist because it’s not an accurate history. It speaks volumes about the official narrative on Indian residential schools. Art Featured: The Scream by Kent Mugman…
Jim McMurtry has dedicated his life to teaching historical truths. He is a steadfast warrior standing tall in his convictions against the gasping, whimpering left who will eventually expire under the tsunami of prevailing truths. One fateful day in late May 2021, as I was teaching Calculus 12 …, news was feverishly spread about the…
Maud Lewis overcame great difficulties to become one of Canada’s foremost primitive painters. Her simple scenes of life around Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, invoke the beauty and joy with which she viewed the world. Emerging from her youth crippled with arthritis, Lewis escaped into her painting at the age of 30. She had never seen a…
Are your students having trouble remembering the names of the continents, or are you just teaching it for the first time? My grandkids LOVED the video below! Get your FREE continents printable here. Books about Continents – Click here Stories
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