by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Arrange the children into small groups, and within each group assign each child the role of a food that is prepared in the poem, and one or more child to be the cook. For example, to make guacamole have children pretend to be avocados, limes and cilantro while one or...
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Choose one of the foods your group named before you started reading. Ask the children to identify all of the parts of that food (e.g., for a hamburger: bun, beef patty, tomato, lettuce, cheese). Next, ask your group to name (or guess) where these things come from. Do...
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
100 Years of Loss: Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools: https://humanrights.ca/education-resources/record/fcf5090e-17ae-4455-96b2-180227cabe68/ Statement of apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools — Prime Minister Harper, June 11, 2008:...
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Encourage students to write down questions they have after reading the book. These questions will help lead to an inquiry that can prompt cross-curricular connections.
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
If you are reading this book with older students, have them research a local residential school (or one in your region) and write a report on their findings. They can present their report to other classes or even staff members.
