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Current Aboriginal Issues
Project type: Web Quest
Related topic:
A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools
A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools
Subjects
History
Social Studies
Social Studies
Summary
Using a variety of Web-based resources, students will investigate current issues in the aboriginal community and present their findings to the class.
Duration
3 lessons
Purpose
To gain an understanding of the issues facing the aboriginal community, to offer solutions to complex problems
Before Exploring
In 1928, church-run, government-funded residential schools for native children were supposed to prepare them for life in white society. Instead, life in these schools meant separation from family, denigration of aboriginal culture, and in many cases, physical and sexual abuse. Dealing with the horror of residential schools is only one of many issues that face Canada’s aboriginals today.
Outline the Opportunity
Students will investigate issues currently being discussed and resolved in the aboriginal community and prepare a presentation for a symposium on those issues. Students will do their research individually, then come together as groups on similar topics to share their research and discuss proposed solutions. The download sheet Aboriginal Issues will serve to focus the students’ research and thinking.
Revisit and Reflect
After groups have prepared their presentation for the symposium, allow students to present and discuss their findings. You might invite a member of a local aboriginal community to attend and comment on the issues and his or her responses to them. Students should be encouraged to listen and ask questions.
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