Includes bibliographical references.

"Being Canadian, the second edition, is a book of interesting and relevant readings that promote language development and Canadian citizenship skills and knowledge. Using a topical approach, the book deals with the themes of social, cultural, and political history; physical and political geography; the structure of the Parliamentary system and the electoral process; and the nature of the economy. In the second edition all chapters have been updated and new material on the environment and globalization has been added. Many fresh activities are included, several of which involve the Internet. Also new to this edition are suggested grammar points for task-based focusing activities." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1: WHAT DOES CANADA LOOK LIKE?
Reading I: Canada
Reading II: A Trip Across Canada
Canadian Issue: Weather and Climate
Test Yourself: What Does Canada Look Like?

Chapter 2: CANADA'S FIRST PEOPLES
Reading I: Indians, Inuit, and Metis
Reading II: Native Values
Canadian Issue: The Native Land Claims Issue
Test Yourself: Canada's First Peoples

Chapter 3: OUR ENGLISH AND FRENCH HERITAGE
Reading I: The English and French Come to Canada
Reading II: The Acadians
Canadian Issue: One Country or Many?
Test Yourself: Our English and French Heritage

Chapter 4: CONFEDERATION
Reading I: Canada Becomes a Country
Reading II: The Constitution
Canadian Issue: Canadian Unity
Test Yourself: Confederation

Chapter 5: TYING THE NATION TOGETHER
Reading I: Building the Railway, Building the Country
Reading II: Canadian and American Relations
Canadian Issue: Chinese Canadians; Japanese Canadians
Test Yourself: Tying the Nation Together

Chapter 6: CANADA TODAY: A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Reading I: Immigration Trends
Reading II: Multiculturalism
Canadian Issue: Teenage Immigrant Angst
Test Yourself: Canada Today - A Multicultural Society

Chapter 7: WHAT DO CANADIANS DO?
Reading I: Working Life in Canada
Reading II: Leisure Life in Canada
Canadian Issue: The Changing Face of Canada
Test Yourself: What Do Canadians Do?

Chapter 8: CANADA IN A GLOBAL WORLD
Reading I: Environmental Issues
Reading II: Globalization
Test Yourself: Canada in a Global World

Chapter 9: HOW IS CANADA GOVERNED?
Reading I: The Structure of Government
Reading II: Passing a Law in the Federal Government
Canadian Issue: Taxes in Canada
Test Yourself: How Is Canada Governed?

Chapter 10: ELECTIONS
Reading I: Elections
Canadian Issue: Majority and Minority Governments
Test Yourself: Elections

Chapter 11: WHO ARE THESE CANADIANS?
Reading: Terry Fox
Famous Canadians
Test Yourself: Who Are These Canadians?

Chapter 12: WHAT IS TYPICALLY CANADIAN?
Reading: A Portrait of Canada
Canadian Symbols
Canadian Issue: Canadian Cuisine
Canadian Issue: Gun Control
Canadian Issue: The Canadian Identity: Is There One?
Test Yourself: What Is Typically Canadian?

Chapter 13: BECOMING A CANADIAN
Reading I: Canadian Rights and Responsibilities
Canadian Issue: The Role of Community
Reading II: Applying for Canadian Citizenship
Test Yourself: Becoming a Canadian

APPENDIX I: CITIZENSHIP PRACTICE TEST

APPENDIX II: USEFUL WEBSITE RESOURCES

References and Photo Credits

Full Glossary

Test Yourself Answer Keys