Wilf carter biography of alberta plains

Overview

This lesson is based on viewing the Wilf Carter biography from The Canadiansseries. It explores the long and successful career of Carter, who was one of the founders of Canadian country music.

He was born in Nova Scotia, but he got his start yodeling for tourists in Banff and Lake Louise, Alberta.

Aims

Students will examine Wilf Carter's life and consider the connections between the lives of individuals and historic events.

Students will also have the opportunity to discuss Western Canadian identity, and debate the importance of musicians as historical figures.

Background

Wilf Carter was born in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, on December 18, It was a long way from the seaboard to the mountains and flatlands of Alberta, but by his twentieth birthday he had scraped together enough money to buy a train ticket to Calgary.

He took his guitar with him. The career of one of the founders of Canadian country music was about to be la