Students continued by working on their character sheets (then reading personal novels, if they'd finished).
We went over the sheets in groups - and then continued reading the play.
We have read up to the middle of page 63 (anyone who missed should come to tutorial to catch up).
We closed the class by contrasting the concepts of Indigenous Clans with the incest of the Habsburg Empire.
Students read their personal novels, before we dove back into the play.
We also looked at this Metro Vancouver publication on Indigenous Peoples and Territories in the GVRD
We read through to the middle of page 47
Students should have their sheet completed, but for the final question on the second page
No homework, but students who missed today's class should pop into tutorial to catch up prior to their next class.
Students had a short read today, then we looked at a couple of contemporary videos related to recent class discussions.
One is related to Navajo perspectives on Indigenous Mexican folks, and another on an astonishing fellow, named Daryl Davis, who has been able to help many people quite the KKK.
Students were also made aware, if they weren't already, that Vancouver had a thriving KKK chapter in the early 1900's - Thankfully, the clubhouse has been turned into Canuck House, and is used to help families with children in hospital here.
We read more of our play, before students worked to fill in a note sheet they were given last class.
Anyone
who missed today's class, or did not complete the note sheet, should be
coming to tutorial on Thursday, or Monday next week.
Students read their personal novels briefly, before we set about answering a few more of the questions they submitted.
All of the classes have talked about "The Scream" painted by Kent Monkman. We discussed the work, especially in relation to the question that keeps coming up, about whether or not, and/or to what degree Indigenous folks tried to keep their children from residential schools. It is hard for students to reconcile their view of the Canadian state, with what they know what occurred in the country.
We looked at the numbers in this news article: AFN letter
We also talked briefly about the old deeds in the British Properties - and the way in which they embodied the white supremacy that was foundational to Canada at the time.
We talked about the Wounded Knee Massacre, and Navajo Nation, to give context for this brief Insta post
We then began reading our play!
Any student who missed today's class should come to tutorial to catch up on reading, and receive a copy of the sheet students were given.
Groups wrapped up their poster work, before presenting their vocabulary sets to the class as a whole.
Next week, we will begin reading Toronto at Dreamer's Rock, by Drew Hayden Taylor.
Students read their personal novels to begin the class.
We had a brief discussion about some of the questions students submitted.
Groups had the remainder of the block to work on their posters.
NOTE: Students will have 15 minutes to polish their work before presenting to the class - If more time is needed, group members should attend tutorials to get it done.
Students read their personal novels to begin the class.
We had a brief discussion about some of the questions students wrote (have a look at this map), before groups had the remainder of the class to work on their vocabulary posters.
Today, students read their personal novels.
We addressed a few of the questions students came up with last class, and discussed Jordan's Principle. That discussion included the surprising reality that the Government of Canada has an unaddressed backlog of 140,000 cases filed under Jordan's principle.
Students moved into working groups to begin a small vocabulary poster - the creation of the poster (and subsequent presentation of it to classmates) will support our upcoming play work.
Today we reconnected, and talked about our breaks.
Students talked about the tone/expectation around a key quote.
We made predictions about the possible focus of the upcoming play, "Toronto at Dreamer's Rock," and students were introduced to several terms including:
Next
class, student will begin work on terms directly connected to the
text, and we may begin reading the work by the end of the week.
Reminder: Make sure you have a novel for next class :)
Today, students did an in-class writing assignment - This puts us in a good position for next week's conferences, and is a great way t...
