Mr. Tucker's Classroom



Part 1: The Land God Gave To CainListen to the song and read the lyrics. Use the song to answer the questions that follow:The Land God Gave to CainThe Land God Gave to Cain(music trad.; words by Pat and Joe Byrne and Clyde Rose)Long before the white man cameTo haul the shining codWhen the wild and stately caribouTraversed the snow-clad sodThe native man he walked these hillsAnd he fished the silvery lakesContent with what the land would yieldNot one bit more would takeBut soon the word it was put outTo every countryFor to find a northern passage fromThe sea to the shining seaAnd the first to come were trappersThen the men of God who preachedThat they would return in hundredfoldAn equal share to eachFor years the men of NewfoundlandThose fishermen so poorSent down each year in springtime forTo fish on the LabradorBut soon the fish they were all goneWith the fur it was the sameAnd the native suffered silentlyIn the land God gave to CainThe years went by, and as time passedThe companies moved inFor ore, and wood, and the hydro powerThe struggle it did beginAnd the working men on both sidesTried to live their lives the sameAnd the native suffered silentlyIn the land God gave to CainBut now it's for the futureBoth sides do shed a tearFor the old ways they are passing likeThe caribou and hareAnd now they all are wonderingIf it was all in vainAnd the native suffers silentlyIn the land God gave to CainDescribe the influence that Europeans had on the First Nations populations in Newfoundland and Labrador.What were some pull factors that drew Europeans to Newfoundland and Labrador?Describe the influence that Europeans have had on the environment in Newfoundland.Do you think Europeans need to take responsibility for changing the traditional lifestyle of the First Nations people in Newfoundland and Labrador.In your opinion how does this song link in with the idea of a Canadian Identity?Part 2: Canadian Railway Trio: Gordon Lightfoot"Canadian Railroad Trilogy"right36231Verdant: ?Green with grass or other rich vegetation4000020000Verdant: ?Green with grass or other rich vegetationThere was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not runwhen the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sunLong before the white man and long before the wheelwhen the green dark forest was too silent to be real?But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no boundsas to this verdant country they came from all aroundThey sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tallbuilt the mines, mills and the factories for the good of us all?And when the young man's fancy was turnin' to the springthe railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ringTheir minds were overflowing with the visions of their dayand many a fortune won and lost and many a debt to pay?For they looked in the future and what did they seeThey saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the seaBringin' the goods to a young growin' landall up through the seaports and into their hands?Look away said they across this mighty landfrom the eastern shore to the western strandBring in the workers and bring up the railswe gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trailsOpen 'er heart let the life blood flowgotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow?Bring in the workers and bring up the railswe're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trailsOpen 'er heart let the life blood flowgotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slowget on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow?Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin'The stars, they come stealin' at the close of the dayAcross the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleepingbeyond the dark oceans in a place far away?We are the navvies who work upon the railwayswingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sunLivin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskeybendin' our backs 'til the long days are done?We are the navvies who work upon the railwayswingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sunLayin' down track and buildin' the bridgesbendin' our backs 'til the railroad is done?So over the mountains and over the plainsinto the muskeg and into the rainup the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspeswingin' our hammers and drawin' our payLayin' 'em in and tyin' 'em downaway to the bunkhouse and into the towna dollar a day and a place for my heada drink to the livin' a toast to the dead?Oh the song of the future has been sungall the battles have been wonOn the mountain tops we standall the world at our commandWe have opened up the soilwith our teardrops and our toil?For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not runwhen the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sunLong before the white man and long before the wheelwhen the green dark forest was too silent to be realwhen the green dark forest was too silent to be realAnd many are the dead men too silent... to be realHow does Gordon Lightfoot Describe Canada before the railway?What are some pull factors mentioned in this song?What is the meaning of “Open 'er heart let the life blood flow” in this song? What impact does it have on the message?How would you describe the life of the people who worked on the railway?What evidence is there in this song that work on the railway was often dangerous?-31093533643000Part 3: Create a song, poem, or image that you feel is relevant to the early settlement history of Canada. ................
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