Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Special issue that looks at the poor living conditions at a school on the Attawapiskat First Nation. Includes letters written by Omushkegowuk Cree children.
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
Reports results of interviews conducted with 61 individuals who attended boarding schools or were in the urban boarding home program from the late 1940s through the early 1980s, as well as one individual whose parents were boarding school graduates.
General overview of historical context along with examples of specific schools for illustrative purposes and 'gap analysis' to recommend areas where further research is required. Second part of report is a more detailed summary of information on each school’s location and construction sequence, duration of operation, and reported cemeteries.