EF 6 7 10 Class 18

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda-

·      Test#3 – paragraph about “I Confess” and “Dead Man’s Path”

·      First Nations

·      Begin work of quoting text “ “

·      Causative verbs-

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Friday- no Butter

·      First Nations

·      Continue work of quoting text “ “

·      Continue causative verbs-

 

 

Highway 5 – The Coquihalla Highway

 

I change to snow tires in October and change back to regular tires in mid-April.

 

 

Test#3

Write a paragraph of at least 150 words.

Write in pen

Doublespace

Follow the margins

Name and class top right corner

Pass it in by 1:20.

 

Imagine you are either Mr. Wei in “I Confess” or Mr. Obi in “Dead Man’s Path.” Choose one. What would you have done if you were in the same situation as him?

 

 

 

Lecture notes for First Nations

 

·      Starting in May, 2021

·      Unmarked graves of First Nations children have been found on the grounds of old Residential Schools, 315 kids? in Kamloops

·      more and more suspected unmarked graves discovered across Canada

·      thousands and thousands of suspected graves found so far

-         used ground-penetrating radar

·      fear probably thousands more across Canada

 

 

·      Residential Schools- 150 000 First Nations kids went to residential schools over the years

over 4000 kids died, maybe 6000

 

·      Residential Schools all across Canada

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools-in-canada-interactive-map

·      Organized by the Canadian government, run by the Christian churches (mainly Catholic and Anglican churches), paid for by the federal government, tax dollars

·      about 150 000 First Nations kids were forcibly taken away from their families to Residential Schools from 1860s to 1990s.

Revelations- big ugly secrets in Canada

 

·      Now we know!

·      Focus of BC new curriculum- First Nations

First Nations ways of knowing, culture, history in Canada

e.g. First Peoples 11 & 12

Very interesting area of study – good choice - First Peoples 11 and First Peoples 12

We offer these classes at South Hill – some students do both English 12 and FP12

-recognized by all postsecondary institutions

 

Times have changed- new recogniton of the importance of First Nations in this land

 

Big contrast

·      My school experiences- none of the history, social studies was about First Nations

The focus was history class was on Europeans, settlers, White men in Canada

male-centred, Euro-centred

In high school

·      lots of First Nations kids in my school, segregated,

seemed normal, normalized, unstated expectation

segregation – separation of races or groups

MicMac- migmaw

·      racist attitudes towards First Nations people “Indians”

dismissive, belittling, negative stereotypes

 

** Maybe tell these stories

·      policy at my university – have to finish your degree in seven years

students/ professors –led initiative to change it to 10 yrs

 

·      racism against First Nations – BCTF AGM story

700 teachers

“equity-seeking groups” wanted representation

 

Overview - introduction

·      First Peoples -Who they are?

·      Small groups

“What do you know about First Nations people in Canada?”

Generate ideas on LCD

 

old racist word “red skin”

Sports team football  The Washington Red Skins

changed in 2020 to The Washington Commanders

hockey team on Vancouver Island Saanich Junior Braves

Victoria Admirals

my high school Riverview Redmen

name changed in 2020

 

 

Three groups of people constitute Indigenous Peoples in Canada, also called First Peoples. Also called Aboriginal. Native

-old word, outdated vocab Indian

1. First Nations -people in the south of Canada

2. Inuit Eskimo – people in the north of Canada

3. Métis – ‘mixed’ people who are First Nations and European ancestry

 

First Nations came into common usage in the 1980s to replace the term ‘Indians’

CONTINUE TOMORROW