Revisit Your Thoughts

by | Feb 25, 2026

Before reading How to Bee, you were asked to predict what kinds of themes and setting would emerge from a book that takes place in a world without real bees. Refer back to your answers. Which elements of this book aligned with your expectations? What was the most...

Connection to Indigenous History

by | Feb 25, 2026

Good for Nothing is set in southwestern Quebec, in what is now La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve. Have students research their area and explore what the historical connection is to Indigenous history. Next, they should research and locate where the closest First Nations,...

Loss of Indigenous Rights

by | Feb 25, 2026

Have students give examples from the text that highlight the loss of Indigenous rights in connection to the Indian Act. e.g., Residential schools — all Indigenous children in Canada had to attend residential school. Nipishish and Pinamen had to attend residential...