Akilak's Adventure by Deborah Kigjugalik Webster, Illustrated by Charlene Chau: Educator's Resource
Designed for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Designed for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Looks at a project that encourages Inuit people to begin writing their stories and, in this way, pass on Inuit culture and language to the next generation.
Written as a court transcript, the author shows the use of a traditional narrative for academic discourse.
Lesson plans focus on Native Americans who are fighting invisibility and creating change through their work, contributions from the past, and current actions which will impact the future.
Looks at one way to cross the cultural boundary in Aboriginal literature by examining the purpose of author Maria Campbell, in Halfbreed, Beatrice Culleton, in In Search of April Raintree, and Lee Maracle, in I Am Woman.
Discussion on the problem of discourse in the Dunne-za/Cree trial, which pitted written documents against knowledge gained from the oral tradition of First Nations peoples.
Analysis of two short stories, Joe the Painter and the Deer Island Massacre and One Good Story, That One, commenting on King's use of irony and humor.
Discussion on the power of women and the inequality of paternalism, racism, sexism, and the materialistic society. Attached is a short poem titled The Red in Winter by Emma LaRocque. Entire issue on one pdf.
Scroll down to page 133 to read article.
Suitable for primary grades.
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
Discussion on the effects of colonization, the solutions to a path of healing and the changes required to alter the future.
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Pre-reading activities, discussion questions, learning activities, and extension activities for Grades 4 to 6.
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
Written for primary students.
Related Material: Story without text.
Story is about a family throwing a party.
Discussion of two plays, The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, which expose the problems, challenges and injustices that Aboriginal people face.