If you happened to catch my quick post yesterday you know that I am now back at university attending the same classes I did before my student teaching pracitcum began. I am currently working on a few assignments for classes as well as putting together some reflective posts on my time at “S-School”. In the mean time, I wanted to share a great resource that I learned about today in my Aboriginal Studies class. As always, I will be adding this to my ever growing list of resources under the Fav Websites heading. 1 ) Speaking My Truth:… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 43: First Nations Resources Cont.
Last week I posted about five awesome First Nations resources that can be used in our classrooms and I am so excited about the traffic it received! To keep this topic going, I thought that this week I could share an actual project that I completed with my Grade 11 World Issues. As you know, our unit consisted of four sub-topics:– Ethno-diversity– World View– Effects of Assimilation– Indigenous Rights For our World View topic we looked at a variety of themes including religion, emotions, values, ethics, and relationship with the environment. Since there is only 9 students… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 42: First Nations Resources
As some of you may know, the unit I am covering with our World Issues class is Indigenous Peoples of the World. As part of our learning, we have chosen to do a compare and contrast of these Indigenous groups:– Suri of Ethiopia– Maori of New Zealand– Ariaal/Rendille of Kenya– First Nations of Canada (Manitoba focus) With this in mind I have been trying to collect First Nations online resources to assist in our learning and, to be honest, I haven’t found as much as I though I would. I wanted to share what I have found… Read More
What To Do When You Aren't The Right Person For The Job
Yesterday I posted about how things have been progressing in my World Issues class (I will be posting about my Canadian History class on Monday). One thing I did not mention, however, is one of the difficulties I experienced. As you know, we have been learning about “Indigenous Peoples of The World” and have been comparing and contrasting the First Nations groups of Canada with Indigenous groups in Ethiopia, Kenya and New Zealand. On Friday I presented some information on First Nations people in regards to clothing, food, employment, and homes. I will note that most… Read More
Richard Wagamese
The following is a short biography on an Aboriginal role model, Richard Wagamese, that my fiance and I completed for our Aboriginal Studies course. This biography could have easily been pages and pages but, as we are making a book out of our class’s assignments, we were limited on space. “Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway in search of definition through writing, living and reflection.” – Richard Wagamese Richard Wagamese has stated that if a student were to learn about him as an individual, the most important thing he would want them to know is that, I never quit. I… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives into Curricula
One of the classes that I am taking this year for my education degree is Teaching of Aboriginal Studies, which I’ve posted about previously over the past few weeks. (For my followers who are from other countries, this course has actually been a Provincially-mandated requirement for all educators in Manitoba since 2008.) Today we discussed Understanding the Integration of Aboriginal Perspectives through Theory and I was especially intrigued by our highlight of the traditional Aboriginal view of education. As I will be entering the workforce (fingers crossed) within the year this discussion really encouraged me to examine specific aspects… Read More
8th Fire Documentary Series Wordle
The following is a Wordle completed for my Aboriginal Studies course which summarizes some of the main topics, issues and people discussed on the 8th Fire Documentary series. I’ve also written a Learning Log on 8th Fire as well as attended a talk at our university by the series’ host, Wab Kinew.
8th Fire Documentary Series: It's Time
The following is a Learning Log completed for my Aboriginal Studies course on “It’s Time“, a portion of the 8th Fire documentary series. “To the approximately 80,000 living former students, and all family members and communities, the government of Canada now recognizes that it was wrong to forcibly remove children from their homes and we apologize for having done this.” – Stephen Harper, June 11, 2008 As I watched the T.V segment “It’s Time”, from the 8th Fire documentary series, I found myself experiencing a wide range of emotions. I laughed along with Howie Miller’s comedic approach to some… Read More
Wab Kinew
It takes a specific set of skills in order to be an effective public speaker. I’m not talking about the teacher who stands in front of their classroom kind of public speaker, although that takes some skills as well! I’m talking about the kind of public speaker who can stand in front of a diverse group of people, deliver a powerful message on what can be a controversial subject area and have the audience hanging off their every word. This is exactly the type of public speaker Wab Kinew is. Last night my fiance and I were lucky… Read More