by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Shi-shi-etko’s family members all had valuable teachings they wanted her to remember. Activity: Walk through the text with students and make an anchor chart on chart paper of the valuable teachings. Keep it posted in the classroom for future reference. Ask students:...
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Ask the class: Has anyone ever gone canoeing before? What was that experience like? What does canoeing sound like? How does Shi-shi-etko’s dad keep their pace while they’re paddling?
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Read the introduction from Nicola I. Campbell about the residential school system and how the government at that time forced all Indigenous children to attend schools away from their families. Discuss with the class the implications that this created for the families...
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Ask students: What messages would you like to pass along to your friends without talking? Have students work with a friend to come up with their own special sign language for a few messages.
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Have students create an advertisement or poster to sell their own canoe.
