Honouring Indigenous Veterans Day – Right To Play 1) I was guided by the question ‘HMW raise awareness of silenced aboriginal voices so that we might become better allies?’ 2)In September and October I read the stories such as Stolen Words (by Melanie Florence) and When We Were Alone (by David A. Robertson and Julie…
oops… forgot to do this before March Break
1) My finalized question is HMW unearth the silenced voices of aboriginal peoples in order to be better allies. 2) I commit to having at one piece of work per month that children can interpret from the aboriginal perspective. I will work within my grade 3 classroom. 3) What I have found myself using our…
Learning to Ask Why Are They Making Me Learn This, but Not That?
As a student of history I am very aware that some peoples’ collective stories are silenced in official accounts. One of the artifacts that crystallized this concept for me comes from Canada’s era of nation building. When I learned that certain undesirable (Chinese) workers were removed from the picture of the last spike of the…
Urgent vs Important – Reflections on the return to school
Question 1: During the first face to face we used the language of Urgent vs Important to help frame our discussions and thinking around the use TIME. Reflect on why you joined Cohort 21 and your professional goals for this year. Now that the year has begun and you have met your students what IMPORTANT …