I wanted to create a unit that focused on inquiry and was rich with culture and learning. This can be done as a class, or assigned as independent work. I made this to be accessible to in-class learning or online learning. There are 9 tasks that will take quite awhile to complete. Ranging from residential schools, land acknowledgements, maps, language, Indigenous definitions, Land-Back campaigns and oral history. Students are meant to keep their work and put it altogether in a portfolio to finis
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Environment, Native Americans
I created an independent novel study that works for any book and talks about the setting, characters, POV and morals. I have also created this to work as book clubs where students reading different books can join together to talk about the week's themes. This resource will take a minimum of four weeks to complete if you are able to have your students work on it twice a week. My students have enjoyed the freedom to explore these English topics while reading their own books and at their own pace.