bjective is to introduce and teach about the life
and work of Canadian historical figure Emily Carr.

• Seat students in classroom.
• Ask them if they know who Emily Carr is.
• Use The Picture Gallery to display images of Emily Carr and her artwork.
• Show the students a picture of Emily Carr as a young girl and as an adult from The Picture Gallery. Write the year of Emily’s birth and death on the chalkboard (1871-1945).
• Explain that Emily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer.
• Ask the class if they know what an artist is, what does an artist do?
• Ask the same about a writer.
• Hold up books with Emily Carr’s paintings in them, posters of her artwork or examples of Emily’s artwork from The Picture Gallery.
• Explain that Emily Carr painted these paintings, and that is why she is called an artist.
• Hold up a book that Emily Carr wrote.
• Explain that Emily Carr wrote seven books and that is why she is called a writer.
• Ask the class if anyone knows where Emily Carr was born.
• Explain that Emily Carr was born in Victoria, B.C.
• Does the class know where Victoria is?
• Also explain that Emily Carr was born a long time ago, in 1871, the same year that British Columbia became a part of the Dominion of Canada.
• Show the class a picture of Emily Carr’s house from The Picture Gallery.