Updated: Feb. 3, 2015
Lessons
Week 1
Wednesday: Review of course outline + Brainstorm Aboriginal Stereotypes
Thursday: Finish Intro Questions + The Impact of Stereotypes + Reading + Questions
Friday: Pocahontas
Week 2
Monday: Finish Pocahontas + The Real Pocahontas + Questions (are part of the reading)
Tuesday: The Real Pocahontas continued...
Wednesday: Create Political Cartoons
Thursday: Mapping Mi'kma'ki
Friday: PD Day
Week 3
Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Snow Day
Wednesday: Mapping continued...
Thursday: Mapping continued... & Human Beings are Not Mascots + Questions + Video
Friday: 8th Fire + questions
Week 4
Monday: 8th Fire + questions
Tuesday: Historical Bias + Reading 1 + Reading 2 + Edward Cornwallis
Wednesday: Oral Traditions + Children's Stories
Thursday: Children's Stories + Who are the Aboriginal People's of Canada?
Friday: Languages + + Mi'kmaq Legends + Selection of Legends
Understanding Cultural Bias + 9 Universals of Culture
Invisible Nation Video and Class discussion
What is Culture? + First people's Language Map
+ Journal Entry #1
Week 5
Monday: Children's Story Due
Tuesday: Creations Stories of the Mi'kmaq + Audio Files
Wednesday: Peopling the Americas Video + Article + Questions
Thursday: Elders Notes + Brainstorm
Friday: For Angela + Rules of Protocol Poster + Aboriginal Worldview
Week 6
Monday: Pow Wow + Video + Land & Sea
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Review
Friday: Culture Unit Test
Week 7
Monday: Thanksgiving Day - no class for students
Tuesday: Medicine Wheel notes + assignment
Wednesday: Legends
Thursday: Field trip: Powwow (Dalhousie Mawio'mi)
Friday: 8th Fire "It's Time"
Week 8
Monday: Finish 8th Fire and What is a treaty?
Tuesday: Grand Council
Wednesday: Consensus Simulation
Thursday: Grand Council Chiefs
Friday: October 24 Conference Day - no school for students
Week 9
Monday: Grand Council Brochure
Tuesday: Finish Brochure
Wednesday:
Thursday: Read p. 203-208 on Aboriginal Rights and answered questions from the text.
Friday: Kanesatake: 270 years of resistance (Viewer warning: contains violence and offensive language, not appropriate for younger viewers)
Week 10 Nov 3-7
Monday: Finish film from Friday. Discussion about film.
Tuesday: Catch up day
Wednesday: p. 223-226 + questions
Thursday: Oka Crisis Assignment (computer lab)
Friday:
Week 11 Nov 10-14
Week 12 Nov 17-21
Monday: Parent Teacher Conferences (PD Day - no class)
Tuesday: Indian Act Reading + Questions
Wednesday: Supreme Court Decisions
Thursday: Supreme Court Decisions cont.
Friday: Sup. Court Dec. cont.
Week 13 Nov 24-28
Monday: Test Review
Tuesday: Test Review
Wednesday: Politics Unit Test
Thursday: Begin Education Unit --> Case Study: The Failure of John Fred
Friday: Video
Week 14 Dec 1-5
Monday: Read Wooding by Sam Metcalfe and discussed Formal vs. Informal Education, then we read Chp. 1 from Out of the Depths
Tuesday: Chapter 2 Out of the Depths
Wednesday: Chapter 3 Out of the Depths
Thursday: We Were Children
Friday: Out of the Depths questions
Week 15 Dec 7-12
Monday: Finish We Were Children
Tuesday: Informal vs. Formal Education Poster/ Poem Analysis
Wednesday: continued from Tuesday
Thursday: Finish up from Tuesday
Friday: 8th Fire Episode 4
Week 16 Dec 15-19
Monday: Chapter 4 Out of the Depths + questions
Tuesday: Finding Dawn
Wednesday: Finding Dawn + discussion of missing/murdered aboriginal women and girls
Thursday: Catch up
Friday:
Holiday Break
Week 17 Jan 5-9
Monday: Introduction to Aboriginal Spirituality
Tuesday: continuation from Monday
Wednesday: catch up day
Thursday: catch up day-the sequel
Friday: Pre-contact spirituality
Week 18 Jan 12-16
Monday: Talking Circles
Tuesday: Ceremonies
Wednesday: Membertou and Catholicism
Thursday
Friday
Week 19 Jan 19-23
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 20 Jan 26-30 Exam Week (Marking Day Friday-no school for students)
Wednesday: Review of course outline + Brainstorm Aboriginal Stereotypes
Thursday: Finish Intro Questions + The Impact of Stereotypes + Reading + Questions
Friday: Pocahontas
Week 2
Monday: Finish Pocahontas + The Real Pocahontas + Questions (are part of the reading)
Tuesday: The Real Pocahontas continued...
Wednesday: Create Political Cartoons
Thursday: Mapping Mi'kma'ki
Friday: PD Day
Week 3
Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Snow Day
Wednesday: Mapping continued...
Thursday: Mapping continued... & Human Beings are Not Mascots + Questions + Video
Friday: 8th Fire + questions
Week 4
Monday: 8th Fire + questions
Tuesday: Historical Bias + Reading 1 + Reading 2 + Edward Cornwallis
Wednesday: Oral Traditions + Children's Stories
Thursday: Children's Stories + Who are the Aboriginal People's of Canada?
Friday: Languages + + Mi'kmaq Legends + Selection of Legends
Understanding Cultural Bias + 9 Universals of Culture
Invisible Nation Video and Class discussion
What is Culture? + First people's Language Map
+ Journal Entry #1
Week 5
Monday: Children's Story Due
Tuesday: Creations Stories of the Mi'kmaq + Audio Files
Wednesday: Peopling the Americas Video + Article + Questions
Thursday: Elders Notes + Brainstorm
Friday: For Angela + Rules of Protocol Poster + Aboriginal Worldview
Week 6
Monday: Pow Wow + Video + Land & Sea
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Review
Friday: Culture Unit Test
Week 7
Monday: Thanksgiving Day - no class for students
Tuesday: Medicine Wheel notes + assignment
Wednesday: Legends
Thursday: Field trip: Powwow (Dalhousie Mawio'mi)
Friday: 8th Fire "It's Time"
Week 8
Monday: Finish 8th Fire and What is a treaty?
Tuesday: Grand Council
Wednesday: Consensus Simulation
Thursday: Grand Council Chiefs
Friday: October 24 Conference Day - no school for students
Week 9
Monday: Grand Council Brochure
Tuesday: Finish Brochure
Wednesday:
Thursday: Read p. 203-208 on Aboriginal Rights and answered questions from the text.
Friday: Kanesatake: 270 years of resistance (Viewer warning: contains violence and offensive language, not appropriate for younger viewers)
Week 10 Nov 3-7
Monday: Finish film from Friday. Discussion about film.
Tuesday: Catch up day
Wednesday: p. 223-226 + questions
Thursday: Oka Crisis Assignment (computer lab)
Friday:
Week 11 Nov 10-14
Week 12 Nov 17-21
Monday: Parent Teacher Conferences (PD Day - no class)
Tuesday: Indian Act Reading + Questions
Wednesday: Supreme Court Decisions
Thursday: Supreme Court Decisions cont.
Friday: Sup. Court Dec. cont.
Week 13 Nov 24-28
Monday: Test Review
Tuesday: Test Review
Wednesday: Politics Unit Test
Thursday: Begin Education Unit --> Case Study: The Failure of John Fred
Friday: Video
Week 14 Dec 1-5
Monday: Read Wooding by Sam Metcalfe and discussed Formal vs. Informal Education, then we read Chp. 1 from Out of the Depths
Tuesday: Chapter 2 Out of the Depths
Wednesday: Chapter 3 Out of the Depths
Thursday: We Were Children
Friday: Out of the Depths questions
Week 15 Dec 7-12
Monday: Finish We Were Children
Tuesday: Informal vs. Formal Education Poster/ Poem Analysis
Wednesday: continued from Tuesday
Thursday: Finish up from Tuesday
Friday: 8th Fire Episode 4
Week 16 Dec 15-19
Monday: Chapter 4 Out of the Depths + questions
Tuesday: Finding Dawn
Wednesday: Finding Dawn + discussion of missing/murdered aboriginal women and girls
Thursday: Catch up
Friday:
Holiday Break
Week 17 Jan 5-9
Monday: Introduction to Aboriginal Spirituality
Tuesday: continuation from Monday
Wednesday: catch up day
Thursday: catch up day-the sequel
Friday: Pre-contact spirituality
Week 18 Jan 12-16
Monday: Talking Circles
Tuesday: Ceremonies
Wednesday: Membertou and Catholicism
Thursday
Friday
Week 19 Jan 19-23
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 20 Jan 26-30 Exam Week (Marking Day Friday-no school for students)