Unit5Canada——”TheTrueNorth”NormanBethune(1890–1939),CanadaNormanBethunewasagreatdoctor,whowastheheroinChina
HewasborninCanadaonMarch3,1890
Hewasagreatdoctor
InJanuary1938BethunejoinedtheChinesetostruggleagainsttheJapaneseinvaders
Sadly,probablyduetohisweakenedstate,NormanBethunecontractedinfectionanddiedofhiswoundsonNovermber12,1939,China
InordertorememberNormanBethune,MaoZedongwhowastheChinesechairmanatthattimepublishedhisessayentitled“InMemoryofNormanBethune”whichdocumentedNormanBethune’slifeinChina,thenationsnormalelementaryschooltextbookstillhastheessaytoday
Discuss:AreyoufamiliarwithCanada
TalkingroupsaboutwhatyouknowaboutCanada
Canadaisthesecondbiggestcountryintheworld,coveringmostofthenorthernpartoftheNorthAmericancontinentandwithanarealargerthanthatoftheUnitedStates
Canadaisaco