Viola Desmond Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 13 May 2019 00:21:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Viola Desmond Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Best $10 Bill In The World https://teachingkidsnews.com/2019/05/12/best-10-bill-in-the-world/ Mon, 13 May 2019 00:19:44 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17710 The Canadian $10 bill has been given the Bank Note of the Year Award for 2018, by the International Bank Note Society The bill, which features social justice icon Viola Desmond, is the first one in Canada to be vertical instead of horizontal. In other words, the images on the bill are to be viewed up-and-down rather than sideways.
The bill is made of polymer rather than paper.
It is the first Canadian bank note (bill) to feature a woman other than the Queen of England.

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]]> Viola Desmond On New Canadian $10 Bill https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/03/12/viola-desmond-on-new-canadian-10-bill/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/03/12/viola-desmond-on-new-canadian-10-bill/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2018 04:16:39 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16841 Canadian hero Viola Desmond is the face on the new $10 bill in Canada, which goes into circulation at the end of March.

Viola Desmond was thrown in jail in Nova Scotia in 1946 because, in a movie theatre, she wanted to sit downstairs where the white people were allowed to sit. She didn't want to sit up in the balcony, where the black people had to sit. The police held her in jail overnight. The dignified and brave Desmond paid a fine of $20 the next day, even though she had done nothing wrong. Today, we think of her for being a brave advocate for the rights of African-Canadians and helping to inspire the human rights movement in Canada.

It is a great honour to have your face on a country's money. This is the first time an African-Canadian woman has been featured on Canadian paper money.

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