This document discusses concepts of national and individual identity through the lens of two brothers photographed at a Canada Day parade. It explores factors that influence and define national identity such as shared history, culture, language, relationship to the land, and political autonomy. The document also examines debates around whether Canada should be defined as a nation or country, and whether it constitutes a civic nation based on shared democratic values and freedoms rather than ethnic traits.

1. Competency 1

2.  Read this section. After you finish reading,
briefly answer the following questions:
 In what ways is a national identity similar to and
individual identity?
 What are some of the factors that influence
national identity?
 We will discuss as a class.

3.  With a partner, discuss responses to
the following questions:
 What does the photograph tell us
about Canada’s national identity?
 What does it tell us about the fans’
individual identity?

4. NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL

5.  Keenan and his brother, Matt, wear their finest
Canadian apparel for the 2007 Canada Day parade in
Montreal. Many Canadians feels a source of pride in
their country. Some express their pride openly,
while others simply enjoy a sense of belonging.
 Have you participated in Canada Day celebrations?
Did you dress up?
 Are people who dress up more patriotic than those
who don’t?

6.  Nation
 Latin meaning “people” or “race”
 People who feel a sense of belonging together
 They want to control their own destiny
 A nation may not have official borders or
__________________
 EX:

7.  Country
 The world has over 190 official countries
 A country is a geographic area with specific
borders
 The borders and government of a country are
_______________ by other countries
 EX:

8.  Is Canada mainly a country or mainly a
nation?
 Does it matter if Canada is defined as a nation
or country?
 How might a person’s idea of nation affect his
or her identity?

9.  Historica Minute
 Before this battle, Canadian army divisions
had always fought __________.This was the
first time they fought as a single unit.
 They were successful and captured a vital
military position that the armies of Britain
and France couldn’t.
 Created a sense of _________________.

10.  Nation-State
 Means “___________”
 International
 ____________ countries or nation-states
 Nationalism
 ____________ for a country

11.  Johann Gottlieb Fichte
 Shared ___________; people who share the same
ancestors, culture & language
 BenedictAnderson
 A _________________ that is imagined

12.  Ernest Renan
 Nation begins with shared __________, but you
also need the peoples’ soul
 ClementChartier
 Métis nation has its own identity, language,
culture, way of life and ______________________

13.  Explorations, Pg. 22
 Complete Questions 1 & 2 on loose leaf and hand
it in at the back (make sure to answer in complete
sentences)
1. Which idea most closely matched with your
thinking about nation? Explain.
2. Which idea most closely matches your
understanding of Canada? Explain.

14.  Using terms like “we”, “us” and “our” shows
that we are thinking ____________
 Although it is good to think in terms of a
collective identity, it may also cause “us” to
think of other groups as “them”

15.  Patriotism
 _________ of country or nation
 May spark _________ nationalism or heroism
 Q:Would you die for your country?

16.  Brainstorm a list of words and phrases that
describe nation.

17.  Brainstorm ideas individually, then share
them as a group.
 Rate ideas individually on a scale of 1 to 5
 1 = this idea matched my idea of Canada
 5 = this idea does not match my idea

18.  Language
 English is ______ language for 480 million people
 In Quebec, French is first for 80%
 November 2006 – the Canadian government
recognized Quebecois as a nation (the
__________ not the province)
 Q:Why is this important?

19.  Ethnicity
 Racial, cultural, national or linguistic
___________________
 Culture
 The _________ of life that people share
 First Nations may have ___________ cultures,
which help form their identity as a nation

20.  _______________
 EXAMPLE
 Israel is the embodiment of Jewish continuity; the
only nation on Earth that inhabits the same land,
bears the same name, speaks the same language
and worships the same God as it did 3000 years
ago

21.  Geography
 Mountains, oceans & deserts are physical barriers
that isolate people, causing them to
____________ their own ways
 Relationship to Land
 Different areas provide different ___________
which influence the way people live
 Q:What examples can you think of from Canada’s
provinces?

22.  Spirituality
 May feel a spiritual _______________ to land
because it may be:
▪ “home”
▪ where you ancestors are from
▪ where something important may have happened
 Q: Can you think of a place that you feel this
sort of connection to?

23.  Politics
 _________________
▪ The political authority to control their own affairs (as in a
country or group)
▪ Also called self-determination
▪ The power to make your own decisions

24.  “In the psychological sense, there is no
Canadian nation…There is a legal and
geographical entity, but the nation does not
exist. For there are no objects that all
Canadians share as objects of national
feelings.

25.  What does this statement mean?
 What is meant by psychological sense? Entity?
National feeling?
 Do you agree with this statement?
 Can you name some “objects of national feeling” in
Canada?
 Does it matter if there are objects of “national”
feeling?Why or why not?
 Could a lack of these objects be defined as
Canadian?
 Could this lack reflect Canada’s diversity?

26.  Civic means “related to citizens”
 Based on shared _________ and beliefs
 _______________ in language, ethnicity,
culture and religion do not matter
 Q: Do you believeCanada is a civic nation?
Why or why not?

27.  A civic nation has:
 Free and ________ elections
 A _______________ that reflects the will of the
people
 Active Citizenship
 Freedom and Peaceful Assembly
 Freedom of the press
 Equal opportunity for all; the same rights and
responsibilities for all citizens

28.  Look at the images on Pages 30-31
 Examine the photos and we will read the
captions aloud as a class.
 Discuss the following questions:
 What values and beliefs do these photographs
express?
 Do any make you question the idea of Canada as a
civic nation?

29.  Discuss the following questions:
 What photograph would you add to show another
aspect of a civic nation?Why?
 Can the idea of a civic nation ever become a
reality? How – or why not?

30.  Constitution
 Legal document that lays out the basic ______ the
society is built upon
 Canada’s is the Charter of Rights & Freedoms
 _______________ Freedoms
 a) conscience and religion
 b) thought, belief, opinion and expression,
including freedom of the press and media
 c) peaceful assembly
 d) association

31.  Can you think of an example for the following
freedoms?
 a) conscience and religion
 EX:
 b) thought, belief, opinion and expression,
including freedom of the press and media
 EX:

32.  Can you think of an example for the following
freedoms?
 c) peaceful assembly
 EX:
 d) association
 EX:

33.  Civic Nationalism
 Sense of nation emerges only after a _________ -
________ has been created
 Ethnic Nationalism
 Sense of nation based on ________ ethnicity,
language and culture