Section outline

    • What is Turtle Island?

    • January 12th (A Block) and January 13th (B Block): Indigenous Territories in Canada 

    • January 3-6

    • Create portfolios 

      Review Manifest Destiny and Colonialism

      Thinking it Through Questions re: Indigenous territories (These can not be posted online due to copyright. Please see Ms. Lawrence to get text) - pages 132-137, questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10

      Use the readings provided by Ms Lawrence and the video below to create a timeline of the ten most significant events of the Metis Rebellion. For each selection, include the year, event, and why you chose it.

      Read the forward to This Place and answer the reflection questions


    • Resources for "Annie of Red River" are in this folder. See Ms. Lawrence for Independent Reading Questions

      Background Information 

    • Answer the following questions and put your answers in your portfolio: 

      1. Riel is the most famous figure from Red River – Why does this story focus on someone besides him?
      2. Why do some people’s perspective dominate history, while we don’t hear from others? Whose perspectives do we hear most when we learn history?


    • January 9 - 13 

    • The Oka Crisis 

    • A warrior, a soldier and a photographer — remembering the Oka Crisis | The  Star

    • Wetsuweten and the Coastal Gas Link pipeline 

    • Listuguj Salmon Raids


    • Mi'kmaq First Nation Fishing Rights