"Because everyone in Canada lives in an igloo..."

[Logres 0]

Particularly like the hippo racing one!

Although I would have thought that the Thanksgiving question isn't that daft...... I seem to remember that there is a Thanksgiving day in Canada, but it is on a different day to the one celebrated in the US?

[misa 2]

Although I would have thought that the Thanksgiving question isn't that daft...... I seem to remember that there is a Thanksgiving day in Canada, but it is on a different day to the one celebrated in the US?

Yup! It's in October whereas the one in the U.S. is in November.

[bszoom42 0]

Because Everyone In Canada Lives In An Igloo. . .

Wait... I don't get this thread. Are you trying to say that everyone does NOT live in an igloo?

[Jasman0717 9]

I liked the hippo races

[raymaga 25]

Those were very funny!!!

I get "Canadian humor" comments all the time now that I live in the U.S.

I think Canadians are taught a lot more about the U.S. than Americans are taught about Canada in school.

I may not know every single city in the U.S., but I do know the difference between a state and a city and can recognize the different names.

I once was asked if Alberta was a city or a "state" by an American.

[Marilyn. 340]

Those were very funny!!!

I get "Canadian humor" comments all the time now that I live in the U.S.

I think Canadians are taught a lot more about the U.S. than Americans are taught about Canada in school.

I may not know every single city in the U.S., but I do know the difference between a state and a city and can recognize the different names.

I once was asked if Alberta was a city or a "state" by an American.

my hubby really has no clue about the different provinces in Canada..... of course he is slowly learning under my tutelage

[Marilyn. 340]

Although I would have thought that the Thanksgiving question isn't that daft...... I seem to remember that there is a Thanksgiving day in Canada, but it is on a different day to the one celebrated in the US?

Yup! It's in October whereas the one in the U.S. is in November.

i think having it in October is way better.. it gives you more of a break between Thanksgiving and Christmas...

[KarenCee 3]

Those were very funny!!!

I get "Canadian humor" comments all the time now that I live in the U.S.

I think Canadians are taught a lot more about the U.S. than Americans are taught about Canada in school.

I may not know every single city in the U.S., but I do know the difference between a state and a city and can recognize the different names.

I once was asked if Alberta was a city or a "state" by an American.

This is true! Just this week we gave a quiz on the Underground Railroad as part of our unit on the American Civil War. One of the questions was to look at a map (on a particular page in their book) and write down the free STATES (the ones that didn't have slaves). One of my kids put Canada as one of the free states. *slaps forehead*. She thought that just because Canada was listed up top that it was one of the states. She had NO IDEA that Canada was a country.

We're not instructed to teach much about any other country other than our own, at least at the Grade 5 level. We do teach the continents and such. Still...this incident boggled my mind almost to the point of causing me to go cross eyed.

[Tinker 0]

This is true! Just this week we gave a quiz on the Underground Railroad as part of our unit on the American Civil War. One of the questions was to look at a map (on a particular page in their book) and write down the free STATES (the ones that didn't have slaves). One of my kids put Canada as one of the free states. *slaps forehead*. She thought that just because Canada was listed up top that it was one of the states. She had NO IDEA that Canada was a country.

We're not instructed to teach much about any other country other than our own, at least at the Grade 5 level. We do teach the continents and such. Still...this incident boggled my mind almost to the point of causing me to go cross eyed.

Aw give her some credit, she knew Canada played a part in the Underground railroad. lol

[KarenCee 3]

True, it did. But that wasn't the question on the test and the teacher who made this test up thought it was pretty easy. The thing was, when I questioned her on the answer she actually thought Canada was one of the States, she didn't seem to know it was a separate country. Ah well, she corrected that part of her quiz (at the insistence of the other teacher) and she made a passing grade.

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

Canada does have some strange things, most Canadians know that the Leafs always fall in the spring.

[Tinker 0]

Canada does have some strange things, most Canadians know that the Leafs always fall in the spring.

[Reba 2]

Because Everyone In Canada Lives In An Igloo. . .

Wait... I don't get this thread. Are you trying to say that everyone does NOT live in an igloo?

nope, not all of us. Some of us can afford a lean-to!

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

Because Everyone In Canada Lives In An Igloo. . .

Wait... I don't get this thread. Are you trying to say that everyone does NOT live in an igloo?

I used to live in a sweat lodge but the cost of anti-perspirant was killing me. Now I live in a hole in the ground with the noctural dirt people. One day I dream of moving to a lean-to.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

This is true! Just this week we gave a quiz on the Underground Railroad as part of our unit on the American Civil War. One of the questions was to look at a map (on a particular page in their book) and write down the free STATES (the ones that didn't have slaves). One of my kids put Canada as one of the free states. *slaps forehead*. She thought that just because Canada was listed up top that it was one of the states. She had NO IDEA that Canada was a country.

We're not instructed to teach much about any other country other than our own, at least at the Grade 5 level. We do teach the continents and such. Still...this incident boggled my mind almost to the point of causing me to go cross eyed.

Aw give her some credit, she knew Canada played a part in the Underground railroad. lol

Canada has railroads??? Cool.