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WEEK 4

Essential Question: How do stories around us shape our understandings of gender?

Students will learn about storytelling from an Indigenous perspective of passing on beliefs, traditions and knowledges. Indigenous perspectives state that storytelling is an important facet of day-to-day life and we can look at the world through stories. Points of interest include: Oral storytelling, Indigenous knowledge, Two-Spiritness, story structure.

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Week 4: Intro
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OBJECTIVES

  • Students will understand the functions, forms and purpose of storytelling and how it informs our perspectives

  • Students will learn Indigenous perspectives on gender

  • Students will learn Indigenous perspectives on storytelling and its role in Indigenous society

Week 4: Body

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES & ASSESSMENTS

  • Continuing from the work they did last week gathering media on gender, students will now turn to social media

  • Students will create memes narrating their understandings

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  • Students will work from previous units on Indigenous-Canadian history to prepare for the guest speaker

  • Students will work with a Two-Spirit guest speaker to explore Indigenous storytelling and gender perspectives

  • Students will complete an exit slip, written or spoken to the teacher, about their new understandings of Two-Spirit and Indigenous knowledges

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  • Students will individually re-write a common fairytale/folktale from a new gender perspective

  • In groups, students will share their stories as an expression of Oral Storytelling

  • Students will choose one member's story and check in with the teacher on their group cohesion

Week 4: Body
Week 4: Citations
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