Minds On

Option #1:

Display the word to the students and ask them -

What does this make you think of?

What do you wonder?

Option #2: Discuss the following questions-

• Have you ever been away from your family? How did you feel?
• Think about your cultural or background? What makes you proud of your culture or background?
• Why do people spread messages of hate about different cultures?

Read the Story Together

Inquiry

More- COMING SOON!

Tebatchimowin: Promoting awareness of the history and legacy of the Indian Residential School System.

• http://staging.legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Tebatchomowin_Guide_2014_web.pdf
• This resource was developed as a joint Indian Residential School commemoration project between the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health and the Legacy of Hope Foundation. The guide includes important historical information and definitions as well as lessons plans for 6 activities:
  1. Project of Heart: Students create art on symbolic tiles to commemorate survivors and their experiences.
  2. Giving Voice to the Brick: Using photographs of an Indian Residential School students will engage in a creative writing project that will allow them to explore their feeling and reactions to what life was like for Indian Residential School students.
  3. The Apology Revisited: Students use the federal governments apology as an introduction to the Residential School system.
  4. Bearing Witness: Students listen to testimony of survivors and intergenerational survivors. The intent of this activity is to bear witness to real experiences and learn from their stories, express compassion and become advocates for change and reconciliation.
  5. Sacred medicines: Students will learn about the four sacred medicines and how they are used.
  6. Nunali: Art and Identity: Students will use Inuit art to create their own works to reflect their own identity.

Manitoba Teachers' Society

Create an Artifact

Imagine that you would need to take with you if you had to suddenly leave home. In the space below, draw the things you would want to take. Then, create and gather these items and put them in a box or suitcase that could be an exhibit at a museum.

http://forestofreading.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/I-Am-Not-A-Number-Creative-Artifact-Resize.pdf

Share Your Learning.

Reconcili- ACTION

Mrs. Lane's Grade 5 class created a beautiful art piece after reading I Am Not a Number and were inspired to think about the ways they could take action towards reconciliation. Their art was liked and re-tweeted by the author, Jenny Kay.