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OCTOBER 2012 — LANCE ARMSTRONG: HERO OR VILLIAN? Guiding questions: • What are the potential health risks associated with permitting performance enhancing drug use by athletes? • Is a “win at all costs” mentality detrimental to competition or is this merely a reflection of what is happening in sports anyway? Follow up This activity calls for several debates to be happening in groups throughout the class. After the debates have been completed, your teacher might choose to call on the moderators and debaters to summarize their debate experience in an informal class discussion. News in Review ∙ CBC Learning ∙ newsinreview.cbclearning.ca 24
News in Review – October 2012 – Teacher Resource Guide THE SEARCH FOR THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION MINDS‐ON ACTIVITY Discuss the following questions before reading: 1. Name as many explorers as you can. Note what country each explorer was from and what lands they were exploring and claiming. Discuss your findings as a class. 2. Define the terms imperialism, colonialism and indigenous. 3. Why might explorers be considered heroes of their own nation? Why might they be viewed less favourably by indigenous peoples? Why are explorers considered important historical figures? 4. Who would you consider as present day examples of explorers? Why? SETTING THE STAGE Captain Sir John Franklin and his crew of 130 men set off from Britain 160 years ago on an expedition of the Arctic. The two ships, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were some of the biggest and strongest vessels ever to make the journey. Stocked with food, water and other necessities to last seven years, the expedition hoped to detail the last un-navigated section of the Northwest Passage (a route from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean through Canada). Naval explorers like Franklin were heroes of Victorian Britain; brave men who risked life and limb to examine the mysteries of uncharted lands and to lay claim to those lands for their mother country. After two years with no communications back to Britain from Franklin, everyone feared the worse. The entire crew had vanished in the Arctic Archipelago. Victorians wondered their fate and sent several expeditions to find answers to the mystery. Dozens of expeditions were launched in an attempt to search for the lost men. In 1859, a search party hired by Lady Jane Franklin found a message left in a cairn (a pile of stones made by humans) on Victory Point, King William Island that detailed how the two ships had become trapped in the ice in Victoria Strait in late 1846, and remained there a year and a half. The message also stated that Sir John Franklin died on June 11, 1847 and by spring 1848 another 24 members of the crew has perished. In April 1848 the rest of the crew left a note saying they were setting out on foot, for a destination they never reached. Despite the tragic ending to his journey, Franklin remained a hero in British popular culture and other expeditions were launched to 25
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