Shape of the day:
- Attendance
- Review of homework questions
- Summary of First Nations and the Northwest
- Exploration of the Indian Act
- Short lesson and video on the act
- Questions to answer
- Writing activity
- What are some parts of the Indian Act that you can see still having an impact on people today?
- Put yourself in the position of a First Nations person at the time that the Indian Act was first enacted and write a letter to your future grandchildren about how the Act is impacting your life.
- Imagine that you are a First Nations child and have been sent to a residential school. Compare your current school experience to what you feel the experience would have been like for a student in a residential school.