LSSD Grade 1 - 3
Truth and Reconciliation Week
Sept 25th - 29th 2023
The videos, links and activities are suggestions to help you navigate through Truth and Reconciliation week. You can complete them at any point during your day. Any questions, please let me know [email protected].
September 25th 2023
1. What is Orange Shirt Day? CBC Kids -youtu.be/GE1F5nBQmME?si=rEt32tzGld25rTle
2. Orange Shirt Day as explained by Phyllis Webstad author of The Orange Shirt Story - youtu.be/EuW4WbekhxY?si=z3IFWAys837DWFk4
3. Read Aloud of the Orange Shirt Story - youtu.be/f2HiJplYsd8?si=x7dpRkhimycRUHyD
4. Conversation Starters:
1. What is Orange Shirt Day? CBC Kids -youtu.be/GE1F5nBQmME?si=rEt32tzGld25rTle
2. Orange Shirt Day as explained by Phyllis Webstad author of The Orange Shirt Story - youtu.be/EuW4WbekhxY?si=z3IFWAys837DWFk4
3. Read Aloud of the Orange Shirt Story - youtu.be/f2HiJplYsd8?si=x7dpRkhimycRUHyD
4. Conversation Starters:
- What do you think it might have been like to attend residential school?
- The nearest residential schools to Lord Selkirk School Division - Fort Alexander Indian Residential School 1906 -1970 near Sagkeeng First Nation, Sandy Bay Indian Residential School 1905-1970 near Sandy Bay First Nation, St. Paul's Industrial School (St. Rupert's Land Industrial School) 1886-1906 near Middlechurch, Manitoba. Link to information about St. Paul's Industrial School www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/04/industrialschool.shtml
- Info about Residential Schools - They were schools created by the Canadian Government and some churches to teach First Nations (later Metis and Inuit) children. They were not like our schools today. Indigenous children had to live at those schools. They went to Residential School far away from their homes. They didn't get to see their family until either Christmas Break or Summer Break - maybe. Some children never saw their family ever again. Their parents weren't allowed to come visit them. These schools were not caring places where Indigenous children felt safe. Indigenous children were treated very badly there for speaking their indigenous language, for interacting with their siblings, and just for being Indigenous. Some Indigenous children got to go home when their schooling was complete. Many others did not return home because they died due to illness or abuse.
- Have you ever spent a long time away from home? What did it feel like?
- Can you imagine being away from home for 300 sleeps?
- What did Phyllis do to find happiness?
- What do you do when you're feeling sad or lonely?
- Why do we wear Orange Shirts on September 30th?
September 26th 2023
1. Project of Heart - Healing Heart Garden
The original Healing Heart Garden was created in 2015 after the Truth and Reconciliation Report was released. Over 350 children from the Ottawa-Gatineau area gathered at Rideau Hall to plant their "Healing Hearts" for Residential School Survivors.
Materials:
Wooden Hearts or White Cardstock or Different Coloured Foam Sheets or white paper
Wooden dowels
Glue gun/Glue sticks
Tape
Markers/Pencil Crayons
Directions:
Brainstorm as a class about words or messages that the students would like to send to Residential School Survivors or what they think Reconciliation is all about.
Examples:
"Never Give Up"
"Peace"
"Hope Heals"
"Respectful Relationships"
"Taking Care of Each Other"
Students can use these examples and the ones they have come up with to write and decorate their Healing Hearts.
Encourage them to put their names on them.
2. Once they are completed, hot glue the wooden dowel to the heart or tape the wooden dowel to the paper heart.
3. Once everyone's Healing Heart is completed, put them to the side until Friday September 29th for Orange Shirt Day. Your students will "plant" these flowers in your school courtyard, or school garden, or if you have an indoor garden, plant them in there.
1. Project of Heart - Healing Heart Garden
The original Healing Heart Garden was created in 2015 after the Truth and Reconciliation Report was released. Over 350 children from the Ottawa-Gatineau area gathered at Rideau Hall to plant their "Healing Hearts" for Residential School Survivors.
Materials:
Wooden Hearts or White Cardstock or Different Coloured Foam Sheets or white paper
Wooden dowels
Glue gun/Glue sticks
Tape
Markers/Pencil Crayons
Directions:
Brainstorm as a class about words or messages that the students would like to send to Residential School Survivors or what they think Reconciliation is all about.
Examples:
"Never Give Up"
"Peace"
"Hope Heals"
"Respectful Relationships"
"Taking Care of Each Other"
Students can use these examples and the ones they have come up with to write and decorate their Healing Hearts.
Encourage them to put their names on them.
2. Once they are completed, hot glue the wooden dowel to the heart or tape the wooden dowel to the paper heart.
3. Once everyone's Healing Heart is completed, put them to the side until Friday September 29th for Orange Shirt Day. Your students will "plant" these flowers in your school courtyard, or school garden, or if you have an indoor garden, plant them in there.
September 27th & 28th 2023
1. Stolen Words - by Melanie Florence (check to see if your library has this book. If not, there is a youtube read aloud link included)
There are downloadable files for documents at the end of this section.
a. Have a chart ready: I KNOW / I WONDER / I LEARNED
b. Read the book Stolen Words by Melanie Florence.
If you do not have access to this book, you can use the youtube read aloud: youtu.be/iVDeihZZQMY?si=Cup2F8NrCsewEim5
c. Once you have finished reading the story, have the students gather in a Sharing Circle. (Info on Sharing Circle here). Share with the students what you learned from the story and how it made you feel. Fill it out on your Sticky Note. Encourage each of the students to share what they learned and what they felt while listening to the story. You could give each student a Sticky Note to write down their ideas and feelings and stick it to the I LEARNED part of the chart.
d. Imagination: Give white paper - section in half. Top half: Ask the students, "What does it mean when Grandfather said his words were stolen at Residential School?" Ask them to draw a picture of his words being stolen. Bottom half: Ask them to draw a picture of getting his words back from his Granddaughter.
e. Do a Five Finger Story Retell of Stolen Words. Have the students work as a class or in groups to write down the information from the story.
f. Identify which words were stolen from Grandfather and what were the replacement words. Use the Venn Diagram.
g. My Important Words (page 1 and Page 2) Have the students write down words that are important to them. They can be in their home language (be aware that not all languages have standard spelling). Have them describe, explain, reflect and share what they wrote down.
h. Create a Word Wall or Word List to learn new words in Cree. This could be school words. Use the Plains Cree On-line Dictionary to learn new words dictionary.plainscree.atlas-ling.ca/#/help
i. Have the students fill out Exit Tickets about why words are important.
j. Display all their hard work learning about the Importance of Words in the classroom.
1. Stolen Words - by Melanie Florence (check to see if your library has this book. If not, there is a youtube read aloud link included)
There are downloadable files for documents at the end of this section.
a. Have a chart ready: I KNOW / I WONDER / I LEARNED
- Under I KNOW, as a class, ask the students what they know about Residential Schools. They might have lots of information or they might have a little bit of information. That is okay.
- Show them the Title of the Book: Stolen Words by Melanie Florence.
- Together as a class, fill in the I WONDER what the book could be about and how it fits with Residential Schools.
b. Read the book Stolen Words by Melanie Florence.
If you do not have access to this book, you can use the youtube read aloud: youtu.be/iVDeihZZQMY?si=Cup2F8NrCsewEim5
c. Once you have finished reading the story, have the students gather in a Sharing Circle. (Info on Sharing Circle here). Share with the students what you learned from the story and how it made you feel. Fill it out on your Sticky Note. Encourage each of the students to share what they learned and what they felt while listening to the story. You could give each student a Sticky Note to write down their ideas and feelings and stick it to the I LEARNED part of the chart.
d. Imagination: Give white paper - section in half. Top half: Ask the students, "What does it mean when Grandfather said his words were stolen at Residential School?" Ask them to draw a picture of his words being stolen. Bottom half: Ask them to draw a picture of getting his words back from his Granddaughter.
e. Do a Five Finger Story Retell of Stolen Words. Have the students work as a class or in groups to write down the information from the story.
f. Identify which words were stolen from Grandfather and what were the replacement words. Use the Venn Diagram.
g. My Important Words (page 1 and Page 2) Have the students write down words that are important to them. They can be in their home language (be aware that not all languages have standard spelling). Have them describe, explain, reflect and share what they wrote down.
h. Create a Word Wall or Word List to learn new words in Cree. This could be school words. Use the Plains Cree On-line Dictionary to learn new words dictionary.plainscree.atlas-ling.ca/#/help
i. Have the students fill out Exit Tickets about why words are important.
j. Display all their hard work learning about the Importance of Words in the classroom.
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September 29th 2023 - LSSD ORANGE SHIRT DAY
WEAR ORANGE!!
If students do not have orange t-shirts, please pin little orange construction paper t-shirts to them. File is below.
Today:
1. Healing Hearts Garden - today is the day to "plant" your Healing Hearts. Talk about with the students why they created these hearts, who they are for and why it's important for us to be respectful and show kindness. Take your students out to "plant" their Healing Hearts - either in the school courtyard, school garden or even an inside garden. Have the students think quietly to themselves about the good intentions they are putting into these beautiful planted hearts. Before "planting", bury a tobacco tie in with the first Healing Heart. Explain to the students that this gesture of burying a tobacco tie represents that these Healing Hearts are "planted" in a good and respectful way. Please take a picture of the Healing Hearts Garden to put on your school website.
2. Acts of Kindness - Create little orange hearts (Or they can colour in hearts - doesn't have to be orange) that the students can write little phrases on that will bring other people joy. Have the students give these out to other classmates, teachers, schoolmates etc.
3. Survivor's Flag - Have the students learn about the different aspects of the Survivors Flag. Check out the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to learn more about the different images inside the Survivor's Flag. nctr.ca/exhibits/survivors-flag/
a. Have the students observe the image of the Survivor's Flag. Ask them what they see and what they wonder about the different images that are in the design. Find out more from the linked website about the story behind each image.
b. Ask the students why is it so important for everyone to wear orange and to fly this special flag? If the students have seen the flag flying outside of the school, have them go check it out.
c. Encourage the students to talk about Orange Shirt Day with their parents/guardians and to participate in any FREE Sept 30th 2023 Orange Shirt Day Activities in the community:
Selkirk youth HUDDLE is having Truth and Reconciliation Activities happening at the Waterfront Sept 30th, 2023.
Selkirk Friendship Centre is having a Truth and Reconciliation Ceremony at Selkirk Park Sept 30th, 2023 10am -1:30am. Remember to Wear Orange!
WEAR ORANGE!!
If students do not have orange t-shirts, please pin little orange construction paper t-shirts to them. File is below.
Today:
1. Healing Hearts Garden - today is the day to "plant" your Healing Hearts. Talk about with the students why they created these hearts, who they are for and why it's important for us to be respectful and show kindness. Take your students out to "plant" their Healing Hearts - either in the school courtyard, school garden or even an inside garden. Have the students think quietly to themselves about the good intentions they are putting into these beautiful planted hearts. Before "planting", bury a tobacco tie in with the first Healing Heart. Explain to the students that this gesture of burying a tobacco tie represents that these Healing Hearts are "planted" in a good and respectful way. Please take a picture of the Healing Hearts Garden to put on your school website.
2. Acts of Kindness - Create little orange hearts (Or they can colour in hearts - doesn't have to be orange) that the students can write little phrases on that will bring other people joy. Have the students give these out to other classmates, teachers, schoolmates etc.
3. Survivor's Flag - Have the students learn about the different aspects of the Survivors Flag. Check out the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to learn more about the different images inside the Survivor's Flag. nctr.ca/exhibits/survivors-flag/
a. Have the students observe the image of the Survivor's Flag. Ask them what they see and what they wonder about the different images that are in the design. Find out more from the linked website about the story behind each image.
b. Ask the students why is it so important for everyone to wear orange and to fly this special flag? If the students have seen the flag flying outside of the school, have them go check it out.
c. Encourage the students to talk about Orange Shirt Day with their parents/guardians and to participate in any FREE Sept 30th 2023 Orange Shirt Day Activities in the community:
Selkirk youth HUDDLE is having Truth and Reconciliation Activities happening at the Waterfront Sept 30th, 2023.
Selkirk Friendship Centre is having a Truth and Reconciliation Ceremony at Selkirk Park Sept 30th, 2023 10am -1:30am. Remember to Wear Orange!
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