September 24th

** IF YOU WERE ABSENT TODAY, PRINT THE FIELDTRIP PERMISSION FORM BELOW ⬇️ & BRING IT BACK SIGNED TO CLASS ON TUESDAY SEPT 29th)!! There are also more of these on my inbox in Rm 128. **

Today is our Day 3 of our 30 day walking challenge. Students spent some time engaging with the concepts in their walking challenge directives & started filling out their journals. Note, the days we are including in this challenge are only school days (Schedule is posted Sept 22nd). Most days we will try to spend some time outside when we meet together. 

Just a reminder, for those who are able, the journals cost me $2 each. If you're able to reimburse me, I'd really appreciate it! 

September 22nd

Today students were introduced to a new project assignment called the "30 Day Walking Challenge." It has students broaden their awareness of indigenous knowledge by spending time outdoors in a guided journaling practice. ⬇️ 

Students then shared their understanding of the article “Coyote Goes to School: The Paradox of Indigenous Higher Education” in a specific paragraph in-class writing assignment. 

As you start the 30 day walking challenge, just a reminder, for those who are able, the journals cost me $2 each. If you're able to reimburse me, I'd really appreciate it. 

September 18th

Another plug for the festival this weekend. If you don't have tickets, get them for free here --> 

 https://www.cometowardthefire.com/ 

Students wrote a short reading quiz about  Daniel Sims article "Not That Kind of Indian:” The Problem with Generalizing Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Scholarship and Pedagogy, Active History.

Then, Students read the article “Coyote Goes to School: The Paradox of Indigenous Higher Education” and completed step 1 --> Step One: Add annotations and connections to the article while you read. What is the text saying? Do you agree/disagree? What are your thoughts / feelings about the info? What connections (self, text, world) can you make)? Write your annotations directly on the article.

Heres a vocab sheet for those of you that didn't get one:

September 16th

Another plug for the festival this weekend. If you don't have tickets, get them for free here --> 

 https://www.cometowardthefire.com/ 

Today we watched a video about Empathic Civilisation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g

Then we did a Quickwrite on why we need empathy when we're dealing with topics about BC Indigenous Peoples. 

For HW: Students need to finish reading & taking handwritten notes on Daniel Sims article "Not That Kind of Indian:” The Problem with Generalizing Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Scholarship and Pedagogy, Active History.

September 14

Today in class we watched a video overviewing last year's "Come towards the Fire" festival at UBC's Chan Centre. 

 https://www.cometowardthefire.com/ 

We then talked about the impact of the missing & murdered indigenous women on indigenous communities. 

We then reviewed what we learned from the TED Talk last week where Kevin Lamoureux talked about Truth and Reconciliation. Available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FG8SXalxTg 

Then we dialogued about how our collective sense of identity is influenced both by the landforms and other features that situate us in a place. 

For homework, students are required to read & take hand-written notes on Daniel Sims article "Not That Kind of Indian:” The Problem with Generalizing Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Scholarship and Pedagogy, Active History.

September 11

Here's our course outline ⬇️