|
|
|
|---|
|
| What Marks My Place? The students will explore what marks a person and a place. Integration of character education and virtues into language arts and art lessons will explore what makes them unique individuals with unique talents and characteristics. From there the students will investigate what marks their community and their culture. Just as fingerprints mark each of us as unique individuals, so do certain traditions, costumes and celebrations mark our unique cultures. Oil pastel virtue portraits will display their personal virtues while a photo and story collage will represent themselves, their community and their culture. | |
Start:Sep 22, 2005End:Jun 23, 2006 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
|
| How did the arrival of the train change the face and people of Alberta? A place that marks Calgary to the world is the Calgary Stampede Grounds. Who?s prints were on that piece of land before it became the home of the ?Largest Outdoor Show on Earth?? What is the relationship between the Treaty Seven Nations and the Calgary Stampede? How are the ?fingerprints? of the Natives preserved and respected at the Calgary Stampede? As the students explore the connection between the Treaty Seven Nations and the Province of Alberta, they will discover that their story and their fingerprints run deep. Through 5 separate visits to the Stampede Grounds with children from Piitoayis Family (Aboriginal) School the students will recognize how Aboriginal communities are integral to Canada?s character and how they have contributed to the origin and evolution of our community over time. With the telling of their story and a mixing of their young generation with ours, the students will leave new prints that will bridge the gap of understanding between their past and our future.
The students will study Native quotes and proverbs and through them will make connections to our virtue study. How do our virtues, the Medicine wheel, and the circle of courage connect? How does the Native?s connection to the circle relate to our life and our virtues? | |
Start:Sep 22, 2005End:Jun 23, 2006 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
|
| How can Song Tell a Story and Preserve a Legacy? Aboriginal people tell preserve their stories through song and ceramony. How do we preserve stories? What can we learn from their way of preserving stories and what can they learn from our way?
Working with a singer/songwriter, the children will compose an original song that encompasses all of the learning that has occurred for them over the past 6 months to year and a half. By composing an original piece of music and recording it with an accomplished local ?Cowboy Singer? they will create something that will tell their story for years to come. | |
Start:Sep 22, 2005End:Jun 23, 2006 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
|
| How do Communities Preserve History? A 5 day visit to the Glenbow Museum with Chevron Open Minds will frame this study. Children will learn how history is preserved for future generations. They will explore in greater depth the historical preservation of the Blackfoot culture. Do we honor their culture in the way we display their artifacts in Canadian museums? What goes into a museum? How are the information plaques written? If a child were creating a museum for children would the museum look different than if it were created by an adult? How? Work with the Nanton Save One Society (NSOS) will further enhance this preservation study as children become involved in helping the NSOS set up their grain elevator museum to make it kid friendly. | |
Start:Sep 22, 2005End:Jun 23, 2006 | |
|
|
|
|
