Next, brainstorm questions with students in order to develop an inquiry about why Indigenous Peoples of Canada were forced to attend residential schools, what happened at residential schools and how Indigenous rights changed with the Indian Act. Following this, explore what students would like to know about Indigenous rights and residential schools under the W section of the chart. For example: Why did children have to attend residential schools? What happened during residential schools? What did children learn? How old were the children who went there? Why were residential schools a destructive place for thousands of Indigenous people? What happened to Indigenous communities when their children were taken away?
Curriculum Connections: Indigenous Studies
