Monday April 3rd 2023

Task 1: Watch the Spoken Word: I’m Not the Indian You had in Mind

 

I’m Not the Indian You Had in Mind from National Screen Institute on Vimeo.

 

Task 2: Watch the following clips

Task: Work on the Stereotype and Sports Assignment

 

 

Tuesday April 4th 2023

Task 1: Finish discussing Stereotypes in Sports

Task 2: Read the short story, A Cultural Inappropriate Armageddon Part II, Old Men and Old Sayings

Task 3: Complete the discussion questions for the short story.

1.How would you describe Willie Whitefish?

2. Why is the world excited? What is Willie’s opinion on the upcoming event?

3.What is Bernice’s opinion on the event? What is revealing about her Bernice’s thoughts in terms of First Peoples’ thinking about Canadian culture?

4.What is Willie’s views about the colonized world? What impact did it have on his own culture?

5.What does Willie’s feel will happen to everyone at the end of the story? What is revealing about the quote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (Taylor, 23).

6.What are some of the theme(s) of the story?

Wednesday April 5th 2023

Task 1: Go over the discussion questions for A Cultural Inappropriate Armageddon Part II, Old Men and Old Sayings

Task 2: Read the short story, Joe the Painter and the Deer Lake Massacre by Thomas King

 

Task 3: Complete the discussion questions for the short story

—How would you describe Joe as a person?

—Why do you think Joe decided to write his play about the First Nations people in his pageant?

—What did the narrator learn about himself through the pageant?

—Do you think Joe respected the First Nation’s culture in his play?

—Why do you think the townspeople did not pick Joe’s pageant to represent the town in the state pageant competition?

—What do you think King is trying to say about culture in this story?

 

Thursday April 10th 2023

Task 1: Read the short story, A Drug called Tradition by Sherman Alexie

 

Task 2: Complete the discussion questions for A Drug Called Tradition

Tuesday April 18th 2023

Task 1: Work on the Stereotype Non Fiction Worksheet

Wednesday April 12th 2023

Task 1: Discussion Questions

1. Define stereotypes in your opinion.
2. What is one stereotype that you know of that was directed to your own culture or a culture that you know of in your experiences?
3. Why might those stereotypes be harmful to that culture?
4. Why do we need to be respectful to all cultures?

Task 2: Podcast PowerPoint

Task 3: Podcast Listening Activity

 

Thursday April 13th 2023

Task 1: Nature Walk with Rob Cowie

Task 2: Reflection

Students write a reflection on the following question:

How can the nature walk or similar cultural activities dispel stereotypes about the First People’s within our community?

Think of a way to incorporate this nature walk into your Podcast.

Friday April 14th 2023

Task 1: Go over Podcast Listening Activity

Task 2: Go over Stereotype Podcast Assignment

 

Monday April 17th to Thursday April 20th 2023

Task: Students work on their Stereotype Podcast Assignment