Famous Canadians (An example by Mr. G) by Mark Giraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/famouscanadians Canadians who have become famous (well-known) for a variety of different reasons. This padlet focuses on 'famous' people (meaning positively famous), not 'infamous' people (people that became well-known for negative reasons). en-us 2016-05-10 12:07:11 UTC 2025-12-01 19:52:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Billy Bishop (Famous Canadian Military Leader) markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/famouscanadians/wish/110072472 Air Marshal William Avery "Billy" Bishop was born on February 8th, 1894 and died on September 11th, 1956. He was a Canadian flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient in the First World War. He was officially credited with 72 victories (in air-to-air combat), making him the top Canadian ace of the war. During the Second World War, Bishop was instrumental in setting up and promoting the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. He was the first real 'ace' pilot from Canada!

REASONS FOR FAME
1. Won a Victoria Cross award for a solo attack on a German airbase during WW1
2. Won a Distinguished Flying Cross award, with the WW1 presenters saying "his value as a moral factor to the Royal Air Force cannot be over-estimated"
3. Has an airport now named after him on the Toronto Islands

WEBSITE
- http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-avery-bishop/]]> 2016-05-10 12:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/famouscanadians/wish/110072472 Assignment Needs markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/famouscanadians/wish/110073881 Using https://padlet.com/ and your notes from yesterday, create a padlet presentation with the following...

1. Title of assignment with description below it (What is this assignment about? Why are these types of people 'famous'?), including student name
An example is at the top of this padlet!

2. Five postings, one per category (as listed below), including the following...
- Category Name and Famous Canadian Name as the title 
- Description of Famous Canadian (3+ sentences)
- Listing of 3+ reasons why they've become famous
- Website(s) and resource(s) used
- Picture of Famous Canadian
An example is posted to the right!]]> 2016-05-10 12:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/famouscanadians/wish/110073881