SI8: Assess the impact residential schools have on First Nations communities.
Compare stories of First Nations people who attended residential schools to the experiences students have had in their own schools.
Investigate how First Nations people were forced to learn languages and cultures other than their own.
Represent the effects of residential schools on First Nations’ languages and cultures.
Examine how First Nations and communities continue to deal with and heal from the abuses experienced by First Nation peoples in residential schools.
Assess the importance of the official apology offered by the Canadian government as recommended by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples for the tragic outcomes of the Residential School Era.
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based on recommendations from LEARN (Literacy Educator's and Resources Network)
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