Lesson 37

Today's was the last class of presentations. 

Tomorrow, we will talk about the mid-term meetings/marks etc. before beginning a new set of notes to situate our upcoming literary work. 

Lesson 36

 Several groups were able to present their work today. It was impressive to see students exploring information which was new to them, and sharing it with peers. It was also wonderful to watch folks use their various strengths to support one another as needed.

We will continue this work tomorrow, before moving on to discussions of indiginizing  and decolonizing. 

FPPL's which should be taken into consideration as folks make plans for tomorrow's class:

• Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors.
• Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place).
• Learning involves recognizing the consequences of one‘s actions.

 

 

Lesson 35

 Today was the final working block for tomorrow's group presentations - please be sure to be present to support your group!

 

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Lesson 34

Students worked to prepare for next week's group presentations (to be presented on Tuesday).

They were reminded that:

• Work should be shared between group members, and that those who do not contribute to the best of their ability will not necessarily receive the same mark as the group as a whole...
• Every member is responsible for the material - everyone should look over all slides/sections and ensure their understanding and agreement
• All sources used (including visuals etc.) must be cited - both on the slides (as per in-text citations) and on a works cited page, which will be handed in with the group rubric (and any script created by the group)
• Those who have missed class time are expected to connect with group members online, and unless unwell, should ENSURE THEIR ATTENDANCE Tuesday, if they would like to receive a mark equal to that of their group as a whole
  
• The ppt we looked at briefly, produced by Johanne Nielsen, is posted on the Team.
• The blank Power Point that all groups should put their slides into is also now loaded to the class team

Wishing everyone a fabulous, sunny weekend!

Lesson 33

Students spent the day working on their group projects - they will have working blocks tomorrow, and on Monday, and will present their work to the class on Tuesday the 9th.

Lesson 32

 I offered Rashid Khalidi's text The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 up for those who might wish to borrow it (students expressed an interest in the region yesterday)

We discussed yesterday's text, though many students had not taken so much as a single note on the reading...this was somewhat disconcerting...

We briefly talked about the stereotypes addressed in King's work, and then moved from there into the upcoming assignment:

• Students received their groups
• Groups received their topics for research/presentation
• We will push presentations to Tuesday next week
• Students will receive printed assignments and accompanying rubrics in tomorrow's class

 

Lesson 31

 

 Today students received groups for a new assignment, and listened to a piece from Thomas King's The Inconvenient Indian - Specifically the chapter titled: "Too Heavy to Lift" - anyone who missed today's class should listen to/read the chapter in full (if at all possible) before tomorrow's class. 

Timeline:

• Tuesday is a discussion/group/planning day
  
• Wednesday is a research day
  
• Thursday is a day for research/building slides
• Friday is a polishing day for Monday's presentation