Day 58: First Nations

Residential schools: simulation circle

Review of Indian Act.  Reserves.  Residential schools.  Assimilation policy.  "Kill the Indian in the child."
Government apology.
Truth and Reconciliation commission.

Current events in Attawaspikat
Trudeau's cabinet includes First Nations 
PM Trudeau makes 5 promises to First Nations

Handout: First Nations

• Cultural extinction
• Joe Capilano
• Aboriginal peoples and WWI
• The struggle to preserve an Identity
• Aboriginal peoples during the Great Depression
• Aboriginal communities in transition
• Case study: The High Arctic Relocation
• Decades of inaction

Starting to watch: WE WERE CHILDREN

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WW2 Presentations for next week

1. Rape of Nanking: CLICK TO VIEW
2. Hitler: CLICK TO VIEW
3. Battle of Britain: CLICK TO VIEW
4. Pearl Harbor: CLICK TO VIEW
5. Battle of Hong Kong: CLICK TO VIEW
6. Dieppe Raid: CLICK TO VIEW
7. Japanese Internment: CLICK TO VIEW
8. D-Day: CLICK TO VIEW
9. Holocaust: CLICK TO VIEW
10. Atomic Bomb: CLICK TO VIEW

Ideas for how to be creative for your presentation: CLICK TO VIEW