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)

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