Nova Scotia Artists & Personalities

TASK

1.  Choose one of the below famous artists or people.

2.  Find 10 facts of their life.

3.  Choose how you will present the information (art work, children's story, trivia game...)

Maud Lewis

Folk painter, personified the province that we live in.

Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor of the telephone; pioneer in aviation.

Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896.

Sir Robert Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-20.

Samuel Cunard
Founder of the world famous Cunard Steamship Line.

Cyrus Eaton
Founder of the Nobel Prize-winning Pugwash Conference for scientists.

Abraham Gesner
Inventor of kerosene and "Father or the Petroleum Industry".

Ron Joyce

Businessman who headed the growth of Tim Horton's restaurant chain.

Alexander Keith
Brewmaster who created the beer that still bears his name.

Frank Sobey
Businessman and founder of grocery store chain.

Captain Angus Walters
Skipper of the Bluenose.

Alex Colville
Famous modern artist painter.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Famous writer during the 1800's. He is most famous for his writing of Sam Slick. It was through his writings that it was discovered that Windsor is the real birthplace of hockey. There is now a museum in his honour in Windsor. His work influenced Mark Twain.