Monday 5 January 2015

Day 61: First Nations history in the 20th century

Welcome back!

Brainstorm: what makes you unique?  What if these were taken away?  How would this impact you?  How would you feel?

Handout (group work):
  • Cultural extinction
  • Land Rights
  • In WWI
  • Struggle to preserve identity
  • During the Great Depression
  • Communities in Transition
  • Case study - high arctic relocation
  • Decades of Action
Topic: Is today's government responsible for injustices of the past? (pg 10/11)
  • Chinese Head Tax
  • Komagata Maru (Sikhs denied entry into Canada.  Direct passage)
  • Japanese internment
  • Residential schools
Movie: We Were Children

A look at the tragic impact of the residential school system.

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