Lesson 70

Students had a few minutes at the beginning of the block to catch up on notes from last class (any still needing catch up should come to tutorial).

We read the chapter titled "Found" and students took notes.

We talked about the images of the resistance members emerging from the forest, and briefly touched upon the Oka Crisis. Students are encouraged to learn more about it through the following:

• Timeline of the Oka Crisis
• CBC archived coverage, including videos, on the crisis
  

We then read "The Miracle of Minerva," and talked about ways in which this story is firmly grounded the past and current realities of Canada. We also discussed the connection between this chapter and St. Anne's Residential School and the ways in which it could be and offering -  a way for surviors/relatives of survivors to burn down the worst of that history - to cleanse (see final line of chapter, as well as Cormac McCarthy quote from the opening of the text).

We also looked at the image of the gates of Auschwitz. We talked about the power of the image, and the parallel, yet quite different, image of the gates at the end of "The Miracle of Minerva."