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In these activities, students will investigate assimilation. They will research information and act as experts in sharing it with one another, evaluate the role of the government in Inuit education, evaluate archival media for bias and stereotyping, and create a newspaper supplement focusing on the issues surrounding the federal government’s education of Inuit children and the changes resulting for the Inuit people.

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Understanding Assimilation


All Grades
Understanding Assimilation
In this introductory activity, students will investigate the idea of assimilation as it relates to the federal government’s education of Inuit children, which began in the 1950s.

Subjects :
History
Social Studies
English Language Arts
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Inuit Education: Sharing Information


9-10
Inuit Education: Sharing Information
In groups, students examine the topic of Inuit education and present their information to one another.

Subjects :
History
Social Studies
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The Role of the Government in Inuit Education


11-12
The Role of the Government in Inuit Education
Students will detail arguments for and against government involvement in Inuit education.

Subjects :
History
Social Studies
Political Science
Project type:
Identifying Bias and Stereotypes


11-12
Identifying Bias and Stereotypes
Students will investigate archival materials for bias and stereotyping.

Subjects :
History
Social Studies
Media Studies
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A Newspaper Supplement


9-10
A Newspaper Supplement
Students will use a variety of Web-based resources to research and create a newspaper supplement about the history of Inuit assimilation through the Canadian education system.

Subjects :
History
Social Studies
Media Studies
Project type:
First Nations Reborn


11-12
First Nations Reborn
Students collect and organize information concerning recent issues affecting Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Topics may include the recent history of Aboriginal peoples, the changes they have endured over the last 50 years, and the challenges they face as a result of their re-emergence as a collection of First Nations. Students then write an essay defining their position on the rebirth of Aboriginal nationalism, answering the question of how Canadian governments should support Aboriginal efforts to establish self-determination or of how Canadian governments and churches should acknowledge and redress historical Aboriginal grievances.

Students will explore the following topics on the CBC Archives Web site:

  • Georges Erasmus: Native Rights Crusader
  • The Oka Crisis
  • Creation of Nunavut
  • An Inuit Education: Honouring a Past, Creating a Future
  • A Lost Heritage: Canada’s Residential Schools
  • James Bay Project and the Cree


    • Subjects :
    History
    Social Studies
    Political Science
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