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First Nations, Métis & Inuit Voices

Grade 11 University English, following the Ontario curriculum.

  • 5 units
  • 31 lessons
  • 289 practice questions
  • 266 flashcards
  • 2 simulators
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Try oneNBE3U · Starting an Inquiry: Self-Location, Questions and Ways of Knowing
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Units

Unit 1 · 6 lessons · ~20% of course

Identities, Kinship and Representation

Who First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples are and the words that name them accurately, how kinship and relationships with land and water shape identity in their writing, and how to take apart a stereotype and recognize the texts that replace it with something truer.

  1. 1Starting an Inquiry: Self-Location, Questions and Ways of Knowing
  2. 2Three Distinct Peoples and the Words That Name Them
  3. 3Kinship, Land and Identity
  4. 4Deconstructing Stereotypes and Representation
  5. 5Appropriation, Appreciation and Cultural Protocols
  6. 6Identity Today
Unit 2 · 6 lessons · ~20% of course

Oral Traditions and Storytelling

How First Nations, Métis and Inuit oral traditions carry history, law and relationships, how to listen to them on their own terms, how structure and figures carry a worldview, and how to speak respectfully and effectively yourself.

  1. 1Forms of the Oral Tradition
  2. 2Culturally Appropriate Listening
  3. 3Talking Circles, Discussion and Respectful Dialogue
  4. 4Story Structure and Worldview
  5. 5Analysing Speeches and Oratory
  6. 6Speaking to Communicate
Unit 3 · 7 lessons · ~25% of course

Reading Contemporary Indigenous Literature

How First Nations, Métis and Inuit writers use form and style to make meaning, how literature about residential schools centres survival and resilience, and how Indigenous futurism imagines what comes next.

  1. 1Text Forms in Contemporary Indigenous Literature
  2. 2Stylistic Elements: Humour, Language, Time, Dreams and Point of View
  3. 3Close Reading Indigenous Poetry
  4. 4Reading and Staging Indigenous Drama
  5. 5Reading Non-Fiction and Argument
  6. 6Residential Schools, Survival and Resilience in Literature
  7. 7Indigenous Futurism and Speculative Fiction
Unit 4 · 6 lessons · ~20% of course

Sovereignty, Treaties and Media

What sovereignty, self-determination and treaties mean for First Nations, Métis and Inuit nations, how news media frame those stories, and how Indigenous creators and you yourself make media that tells them differently.

  1. 1Sovereignty, Self-Determination and Self-Government
  2. 2Treaties, Wampum and Land Claims
  3. 3How News Media Frame Indigenous Issues
  4. 4Reading Indigenous Film and Television
  5. 5Social Media, Music and Digital Activism
  6. 6Indigenous Media and Creating Your Own Media Text
Unit 5 · 6 lessons · ~15% of course

Writing for Reconciliation

Reading the national reports that name what happened and what must change, learning to write about communities responsibly, and building essays that are argued, evidenced, cited and revised with care.

  1. 1Truth and Reconciliation: The Reports and the Calls
  2. 2Meaningful Allyship in Reading, Writing and Speaking
  3. 3Writing for Change: Letters, Op-Eds and the Calls to Action
  4. 4Writing Creatively: Personal Narrative and Poetry
  5. 5Building a Literary or Persuasive Essay
  6. 6Research, Citation, Revision and Reflection

Simulators

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Treaties, Law and Reconciliation Timeline

Explore the treaties, laws, court decisions and movements that contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit texts refer to, then test yourself by putting events in order.

Used in 8 lessons
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Media Framing Lab

Keep the facts of a fictional news story fixed and change only the words, the first voice and the background, to see how each choice shapes what readers conclude.

Used in 2 lessons