by boot | Feb 19, 2025
You could have the students work in pairs, in which one student describes an object orally and the other student draws the object without being able to ask questions to the speaker. Cross-curricular Connections: Oral Language (Literacy), the Arts (Visual)
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Prompt students: Choose an object. Study it carefully as Shi-shi-etko did in the story. Describe the object in a written, descriptive paragraph so the reader of your paragraph knows exactly what the object looks and feels like.
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Traditionally, Indigenous Peoples did not follow the calendar used in many classrooms now. Ask students: How did Shi-shi-etko know when she would be returning to her family? Art Activity: Have students draw the “signs of the seasons.”
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Have students retell the story in their own words, highlighting the important events that occurred.
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Ask students to imagine life for the many children at residential schools without their parents. What impacts would this have had on the children who were forced to attend residential schools?
