by boot | Feb 25, 2025
If you have access to a local community member who is a residential school survivor, you may work with your community, school support, administrator, etc. to invite them in to speak to the class about some of their experiences in the schooling system. If you do not...
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Discuss with the students their understanding of an apology, its importance and what must be present (criteria) in order for an apology to be effective. Watch a short video on the Prime Minister’s apology for the Government of Canada’s role in the Indian Residential...
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
View “Heritage Minute: Chanie Wenjack” to watch a short documentary on Chanie “ Charlie” Wenjack whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_tcCpKtoU0
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
“Common Yarrow.” Alberta Plant Watch, accessed June 17, 2021. http://plantwatch.naturealberta.ca/choose-your-plants/common-yarrow “The Four Sacred Medicines.” Anishnawbe Health Toronto, 2000. The Four Sacred...
by boot | Feb 25, 2025
Using watercolors on paper or acrylic on canvas, teach students some of the principles of still-life painting. Have them look closely at the brush strokes used by the artist in the illustrations. Share with the class some painting techniques they can use with the art...
