Lesson 63

 HMWRK - Read to the end of "Kiiwen" and continue notes.

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Lesson 62

 Students received their notes.

We discussed the Moosehide Campaign - and what the role of men might be, in ending violence towards women/girls

We talked about humanization of the individual, vs trauma-based stats around MMIWG2S

We read "The Circle" and all but the last couple of pages of "Word Arrives in Black"

No homework!

Lesson 61

 Today's class was varied - and differed between the two classes.

They have all read to the end of  the chapter titled "Loss."

We talked about motivation - engagement - learning for the sake of learning...what students want/need in this space in order to feel  that their time is well spent, rather than wasted in counting the minutes until they get to go elsewhere. There was discussion of core skills, philosophy, essay writing, hands-on activities, variety of materials, and AI.

In the end, we settled at the idea that the world is somewhat in flux at the moment - as reflected in our systems - and will settle in time. 

No homework, other than to review previous chapters and "Loss."

Lesson 60

 Read + Notes through page 174

Lesson 59

Students discussed the final question (with so much more depth of insight than previous discussion): "Why were residential schools created?"

We talked about what kinds of policies/ideas might be possible - how the world might look - if people created a world they assumed was for their loved ones. We talked briefly about John Rawls "Veil of Ignorance" which offers a framework for the creation of ethical societal structures - and considered what it means to other folks.

Students briefly reviewed the last few chapters.

We read "On the Road," up to the bottom of page 160.

Syllabics (used in multiple Indigenous languages) make an appearance in the chapter (here's a CBC article on Cree Syllabics) 

Pearl Jam also appears as a blast from the past - in a flashback - in this chapter. 

HOMEWORK: Add today's chapter to your notes AND ensure your notes are complete and in good shape for handing in tomorrow!

Lesson 58

 Students need to read and do notes up to the bottom of page 153 - Notes will be collected on Tuesday!

Lesson 57

We talked through a few more student questions, before doing reading/discussion/note-taking for the day.

HMWRK: Notes + Reading through the end of page 137

Lesson 56

Today, we did work with sentence fragments, reviewed key ideas from yesterday's readings, and read to the bottom of page 121 - HOMEWORK - continue character notes!

Lesson 55

 Students did a quick worksheet on quotation marks, to begin today's class.

We discussed several key points from the last chapters.

Students read to the end of page 110, stopping to discuss key themes, and connections to previously-read texts along the way.

No additional homework.

Lesson 54

Today we talked about an article a student sent in, about a Tla'amin community working to re-name the city of Powell River --> this is due to its association with Israel Powell, and his active role in assimilating Indigenous peoples (through residential schools - the outlawing of traditional ceremonies - and leveraging of indian agents to oppress).

Students were to have read "Wab's Coming-to Story" on their own last class - we began novel work today by discussing this text.

We also talked about these skin-graft experiments perpetrated against the Inuit  - and the Tuskegee experiments on Black men in the U.S.

We then read "Story: Part 2" and "Back into the Woods."

No homework, other than continuing note work.

Lesson 51/52

Read to the end of "The Four Winds" and do notes.