Mr.Tessier's eClassroom: May 2026

Language / Social Studies - National Donut Day: A Sweet Celebration With A Rich History

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Language - The Top Home Video Game Consoles of All Time

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Language - Writing a Good Persuasive Argument

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Language / Social Studies - Juneteenth, Explained

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Social Studies / Language - The British Effort to End Slavery

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Reading Comprehension - Video Games: Not Just for Fun

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Language / Social Studies - The Whaley House: History, Odd Events, and Its Impact on San Diego

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Language / Social Studies - Canada: The Story of Us – Connected

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Language / Science - The Creation of Venice

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Language / Social Studies - The Real Reason Disney Is So Expensive

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Humidity and Heat

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Sesame Street Celebrates 50 years

Sesame Street is turning 50.

The first episode of the beloved children’s television show aired on November 10, 1969.

The show takes place on a fictional (not real) street called Sesame Street. A diverse group of Muppets (puppet characters and adorable fabric monsters) and humans “live” on Sesame Street.

One of the show’s main goals was to bring “all children early and equal access to education, regardless of their financial circumstances.”

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Language - Reading Comprehension - The Quarreling Colours

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Language / Social Studies - Reading Comprehension - The Eighth Wonder of the World

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Grade 6 Preferences

Language / Science - The Great North American Blackout of 2003

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Language / Social Studies - The Salem Witch Trials

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Language - Writing - "Pitching" a Movie Idea

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Language / Social Studies - The Paris Catacombs: The City Beneath the City

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Social Studies - Communities of the Past and Present - Canadian Heritage Videos - Part II

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I have posted 13 Canadian Heritage videos. Your assignment is to watch three videos that you have not seen before from the list below and complete the Google form.

The videos are organized under subheadings. Remember to use capitals, punctuation and full sentences in your responses.

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Mr. T

First Nations History

Kenojuak Ashevak - A founding member of Cape Dorset’s famed printmaking co-op, Kenojuak Ashevak introduced Inuit art to the world (1927-2013).

Inukshuk - An RCMP officer watches an Inuit family build the Northern landmark, a sign of human activity on the vast arctic landscape (1931).

Naskumituwin (Treaty) - The making of Treaty 9 from the perspective of historical witness George Spence, an 18-year-old Cree hunter from Albany, James Bay.

Chanie Wenjack - The story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools.

Canadian Military History

Richard Pierpoint - At 68, a formerly enslaved Black Loyalist enlists men for the Coloured Corps, an instrumental company in the War of 1812.

Queenston Heights - Mohawk Chief John Norton and 80 Grand River warriors hold off American soldiers until reinforcements arrive and the Battle of Queenston Heights is won (1812).

Liberation of the Netherlands - Between 1944 and 1945, the Canadian Army was given the important yet deadly task of liberating the Netherlands.

D-Day - On June 6, 1944, Canadian Forces landed on Juno Beach.

Inventions / Innovations

Water Pump - Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing countries (1980).

Nat Taylor - An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre (1972).

Sir Sandford Fleming – An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).

Superman - Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster describes the comic book hero he created (1931).

Marconi - Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio message on Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland (1901).

Language / Science - Reading Comprehension - The Mystery of Black Holes

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Language / Social Studies - Punk Rock

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Language / Reading Comprehension - Theodate, the Different

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Health - Sun Safety

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Science - Bill Nye the Science Guy - Flight

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Johnny Miles - Marathon Memories - Reading Comprehension Exercise

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Johnny Miles’ Marathon Memories

A Cape Breton runner still recalls the greatest race of his life.

The oldest living winner of the famous Boston Marathon—Nova Scotia’s celebrated Johnny Miles—still remembered details of his incredible victory 75 years afterward. When I reached him by phone at his retirement home in Hamilton, Ontario, the former runner had just turned 95. During that call in the fall of 2000, the marathon champ shared with me some faded memories of that celebrated race in 1926. He remembered the footwear that carried him to his victory.

“A pair of sneakers,” he said. “They were very light.”

How much did they cost?

“98 cents,” he said.

Imagine that! I chuckled at the price.

Floyd Williston, author of Johnny Miles: Nova Scotia’s Marathon King, told me Miles started running as a boy. The author explained how the young Miles trained while driving the horse-drawn delivery wagon for the local grocery store.

“His father made the reins extra long,” said Floyd. “Miles would get out of the wagon with the long reins and run behind the horse,” he said. “He was often seen like that on the streets of Sydney Mines.”

Young Miles had never run a 42.2-kilometre marathon until that April in 1926, when he showed up at the starting line in Boston. The 20-year-old was going up against his running hero—Albin Stenroos of Finland, the Olympic marathon champion.

The race began. The crowd of runners surged through the Boston streets. Johnny Miles followed his father’s advice to hang back behind the lead runner, Stenroos, and stay alongside the number-two runner in the pack, a runner named Demar. But when he saw that Demar was not about to make a move forward, Miles decided to act alone.

Miles increased his pace, pulling up alongside Stenroos.

“He ran with him for a minute or so,” said Floyd, “and then Johnny noticed that Stenroos was tiring. At Heartbreak Hill he passed Stenroos and never looked back!”

Johnny Miles beat the Olympic champion to the finish line by four minutes! This Nova Scotia runner had set a Boston Marathon record.