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National Heroes of Barbados Activity Booklet NATIONAL HEROES OF BARBADOS ACTIVITY BOOKLET First published 2011 Copyright 2011 Media Resource Department All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, performed, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. ©Media Resource Department 2011 Project researched and coordinated by Gale Gooding Activities: Sandra Boyce Editors: Gale Gooding Margaretta Sealy Graphic Art: Robert Deane Layout and Design: Sandra Boyce MEDIA RESOURCE DEPARTMENT CONTENTS Activity 1 Fallen Phrase Puzzle ………………………………………….1 Activity 2 Time Chart…………………………………………………………2 Activity 3 Cryptogram……………………………………………………….3 Activity 4 Word Scramble………………………………………………….4 Activity 5 Word Clue…………………………………………………………5 Activity 6 Brain Teaser………………………………………………………6 Activity 7 Criss Cross Puzzle……………………………………………… 7 Activity 8 Maze…………………………………………………………………8 Activity 9 Word Search with Clues…………………………………….9 Activity 10 Double Puzzle…………………………………………………..10 Activity 11 Word Search…………………………………………………….11 Activity 12 Hidden Message Puzzle…………………………………….12 Activity 13 Score Board………………………………………………………13 BE SURE TO WATCH THE DVD NATIONAL HEROES OF BARBADOS TO FIND THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 1 BUSSA FALLEN PHRASES Each letter below appears in the same column under which it is placed but not in the same order. Put the letters back in the grid and rebuild the phrase which tells us who Bussa was. 1 ACTIVITY 2 BUSSA Can you fill in the blanks? How much time did the slaves who were on the plantation with Bussa have for each break? START STOP BREAK 6 AM 9AM (Breakfast) _______ 9:30 AM 1PM (Lunch) _______ 3PM 6PM End of day 2 ACTIVITY 3 SARAH ANN GILL CRYPTOGRAM Use the table below to help you to solve the cryptogram. The answer is a phrase used to describe Sarah Ann Gill. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 2 4 6 8 10 1 3 5 7 9 12 14 16 18 20 11 13 15 17 19 22 24 26 28 30 31 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 8 10 1 10 18 8 10 15 20 1 19 5 10 1 2 7 19 5 3 ACTIVITY 4 CLEMENT OSBOURNE PAYNE WORD SCRAMBLE Each word has been scrambled. See if you can unscramble the words to find out the original message. Once you have decoded the words write them in their correct order in the box below. r n o b _________________ t e p r s a n _________________ n t c l m e e _________________ f o _________________ a a r a b d b I n _________________ a w s _________________ e a n y p _________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ 4 ACTIVITY 5 SIR HUGH SPRINGER WORD CLUE ____________ This is where I received my Primary education. ____________ I was born in this month. ____________ In what area did I receive my Barbados scholarship. ____________ One of the ministries for which I had responsibility. ____________ My Father taught at this school. ____________ This honour was conferred on me in 1971 by the people and Government of Barbados. ____________ I died at this age. ____________ I received a scholarship to this college in Oxford. ____________ This was my chosen career. ____________ My area of giftedness as a member of the Union. ____________ The name of the constituency which I represented in Parliament in 1940. ____________ Another area of ministry for which I had responsibility. ____________ I took up this position in Jamaica in 1947. ____________ I held this position at the Commonwealth Liaison Unit. ____________ My mother and aunt were both called by this name. 5 ACTIVITY 6 SIR HUGH SPRINGER BRAIN TEASER How many two, three and four letter words can you find in the name below? GOVERNOR GENERAL Two Letters Three Letters Four letters __________ ___________ __________ __________ ___________ __________ __________ ___________ __________ __________ ___________ __________ __________ ___________ __________ __________ ___________ __________ __________ ___________ __________ __________ ___________ __________ 6 ACTIVITY 7 Samuel Jackman Prescod CRISS CROSS PUZZLE Across 1. A person who makes doors, windows or other furniture out of wood 2. Something that makes a person or thing imperfect 4. Born of a white and black parent I am called a ______ 6. The opposite of legitimate 8. To join together 9. The person in charge of a newspaper Down 1. A person who writes for a newspaper or magazine 3. A district represented by a member of parliament 5. To speak strongly against something 7. Able to read and write 7 ACTIVITY 8 ERROL WALTON BARROW MAZE Can you help the pilot follow the maze to reach the safety of the hanger? 8 ACTIVITY 9 ERROL WALTON BARROW WORD SEARCH WITH CLUES Fill in the spaces below with the correct names. Find the names in the puzzle below. E S W S C D N F R M L N K I W M Z R W S F C E L M I O Y W N G C A K R R G W W Y L R V I P N J S A D I B T M G U E N O D B Y N E N N W D E W U M T T L E K L A D I P P E R B A H E T Q G L O X B F Y T A A C A T U Q D H C R S J V M T C H R H D W L J Y L A X Q J W C X O G W S H T U R P C N H I J M L U Y H H G C I L G Z M G K N D Y J E Y O U S W Y Y D X Z J J I Y F Y H L A H X Z N K D R K C M B M L S T T Q O Z G F T P X Z L S H A A O Y E L T N A R G M The second name of Mr. Tudor ________________ My wife’s name ________________ One of my nicknames ________________ Another hero who also had a disagreement with Mr. Adams ________________ The first name of the leader of the BLP when I joined the party ________________ My Professor’s first name ________________ The name of the hospital which was opened while I was Prime Minister ________________ The name of both my father and my brother ________________ The name of my mother ________________ The name of the Air Chief Marshall when I was in the Air Force ________________ 9 ACTIVITY 10 SIR FRANK WALCOTT DOUBLE PUZZLE Unscramble each of the clue words. Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number to find the hidden phrase. All of the clues are the names of places which played an important part in my life. WEYSEL HLLA NAWS RETTES BDNIWTORGE WYTUMOEH TEDIANBG CULB TS TERPE SABDORBA WERORSK OUNIN VAANAH DILYISOTAR EUSOH 10 ACTIVITY 11 GRANTLEY HERBERT ADAMS WORD SEARCH Find the words in the puzzle below. D E M O C R A C Y C A T S F P L E Q G G O P Y M K S Q B L P I C L N P R I J S A X F A A X B E U I E I E O I K F N R T J E N A M T F H P L H T T B E N L T I F Y E M S A E Y C A G R D E G E L I V I R P R E D N U R N X T I U S M E A S K O U O B N H S S E E Z B P L W S Z B P I T K S R K P I A W O E F A X A I O C O L K L P O B H N L Y L M H C A S T E L I K E C Y B N A I D A B R A B M F R D S M N D I M A R Y P T Y R O L Q T I Q S E M G B T W X T T Z O BARBADIAN MOSES BARBADOS NEWSPAPER CASTE-LIKE PARTY CENTENNIAL PLANTER-MERCHANT COT PREMIER DEMOCRACY PYRAMID ELITE SCHOLARSHIP LABOUR SUIT LIBEL TYROL LIBERALISM UNDERPRIVILEGED 11 ACTIVITY 12 CHARLES DUNCAN O’NEALE HIDDEN MESSAGE PUZZLE Find the words in the puzzle below. The first 26 letters remaining spell the hidden message. I F N O R S C O T L A N D S Y M E W S C H O O L D T T A O R H E O D E M O C R R A C T D A I C T L E A G U I S I E D A M E G E L L O C N T N M N N B I R P G H Y C I N I F I Z A R R S H D K G D E M D K H R L A P R R I T A R O O I F B C R B E S L R D T D U F F S O B E O N K P B Q Z X B B V X U M D H G M I C H A E L M N L N N N Y L G C Y H Y L I H M I H Q U C A B L T D A Q L R X T D X S U N C N Q M Z K N G O G Q E K L D P A R R Y X H A R R I S O N Z BARBADOS MICHAEL BRIDGETOWN PARRY COLLEGE PRIMARY DOMINICA SCHOOL EDINBURGH SCOTLAND ENGLAND SUNDERLAND HARRISON TRENTS LUCY TRINIDAD __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 12 ACTIVITY 13 SIR GARFIELD SOBERS SCORE BOARD The following questions below are based on the statistics from the score board.
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