Secret Path by Gord Downie illustrated by Jeff Lemire Date: 2016 Publisher: Simon Schuster Reading level: A Book type: graphic novel Pages: 96 Format: e-book Source: library Secret Path is a ten song album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago. Chanie, misnamed Charlie by his teachers, was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to return home. Chanie's home was 400 miles away. He didn't know that. He didn't know where it was, nor how to find it, but, like so many kids—more than anyone will be able to imagine—he tried. Chanie's story is Canada's story. We are not the country we thought we were. History will be re-written. We are all accountable. Secret Path acknowledges a dark part of Canada's history—the long suppressed mistreatment of Indigenous children and families by the residential school system—with the hope of starting our country on a road to reconciliation. Every year as we remember Chanie Wenjack, the hope for Secret Path is that it educates all Canadians young and old on this omitted part of our history, urging our entire nation to play an active role in the preservation of Indigenous lives and culture in Canada. The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like him—as we find out about ourselves, about all of us—but only when we do can we truly call ourselves, "Canada." Proceeds from Secret Path will be donated to The Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and Reconciliation via The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at The University of Manitoba. (synopsis from Goodreads) This is kind of a hard book to categorize. It's a graphic novel, but it's also poetry. Most of the story is told without words (at least, in the traditional narrative sense), but the poems fill in the blanks. The sparse monochromatic scheme works here, especially given the subject matter. The illustrations are haunting, and add more emotion to what is already a heart-wrenching read. It's a sad story, and it boggles the mind that it could happen so recently. This would be a good introduction to the topic of residential schools, and should be required reading for all Canadian adults. Plot: 4/5 Characters: 4/5 Pace: 4/5 Writing & Editing: 4/5 Illustration: 4/5 Originality: 4/5 Enjoyment: 4/5 Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 ladybugs

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These picture book studies that focus on Indigenous stories are great for Orange Shirt Day, National Indigenous Day, or as an addition to your Social Studies curriculum. Introduce students to Residential Schools and First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures through meaningful literature activities. These interactive read aloud units will be a fantastic addition to your Reader’s Workshop. The books facilitate great discussions and allow students to dive deep into the histories and cultures of Indigenous peoples. Students are able to relate to characters in a book so much more than little paragraphs in a textbook. Therefore, reading stories about residential schools and First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures helps to build empathy and understanding in our students. The illustrations in these books are quite captivating and will help your English Language Learners to develop a more complete understanding of Social Studies concepts. Which Books Are Studied? - When I Was Eight - Shin-chi's Canoe - Shi-shi-etko - When We Were Alone - The Orphan and the Polar Bear - Not My Girl - Sweetest Kulu - Fry Bread - Raven - A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest What is Included in an Interactive Read Aloud Unit? • Interactive Read Aloud Prompts in two formats- sticky notes and full pages (Prompts include structures such as: Turn and Talk, Stop and Jot, Stop and Sketch, Think Aloud, Setting a Purpose for Reading, etc.) • Ideas for activities for Before, During and After reading. • Reading Response Activities Note: Fry Bread is a DIGITAL picture book study, designed for those days where you need students to work independently or have a supply teacher in the room. What Skills Will Students Practice? - Determining Point of View - Analyzing Character Traits - Determining Theme - Making Inferences and Supporting with Evidence - Figuring out Tricky Vocabulary - Making Connections - Making Predictions AND MORE! These lessons work fabulously within a Reading Workshop framework or simply as a way to study the concept of Residential Schools or Indigenous cultures with students. Please Note: The actual books that you will read to students are not included in this product. You can find them at most local libraries or on Amazon :) If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask in the Q&A section and don’t forget to check out the preview! This product was designed to align with the Alberta Social Studies Curriculum. However, it is general enough that it could easily be used in other contexts as well. Updates: Updated September 2018: I have added the Interactive Read Aloud for When We Were Alone to this bundle. Updated March 3, 2019: I have added the Interactive Read Aloud for The Orphan and the Polar Bear to this bundle. Updated March 10, 2019: I have added the Interactive Read Aloud for Not My Girl to this bundle. March 2020: I have added the Digital Picture Book Study for Fry Bread to this bundle. August 2023: I have added the Interactive Read Aloud for Raven - A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest to this bundle. Don't forget to check out my other products that highlight Indigenous Cultures! Indigenous Shelters STEM Project Indigenous Shelters Alphabet Cards Fatty Legs Interactive Read Aloud ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about Chocolate Covered Classroom Creations! ☺

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More and more children will be reading stories about the legacy of residential schools and reconciliation in the classroom this year.

Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Elementary School Students __________________________________________________________________ This product is featured in my blog! To find out how I use this unit in my class, follow the link: https://www.infusingindigenouslit.com/post/and-along-came-trickster-tales __________________________________________________________________ *** UPDATE: Scholastics has discontinued this series. Only purchase if you have access to these resources*** This BUNDLE of learning resource is based on the Scholastic Trickster Tales graphic novel series. Trickster Tales, created by Chris Kientz and different lead author for each set, is based on 64 Traditional Stories From First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples of Canada. These tales are perfect for integrating reading strategies and Indigenous literature with a whole class using one read aloud book or in smaller literacy groups. These units can be printed out in its entirety as a student response booklet to be used in reading groups, literature centres, or a whole class study. Or, individual lesson response pages can be printed separately to support a particular reading strategy or tale. Each unit is suitable for grade 2, 3, 4 and 5 and would take roughly 3 weeks to complete. Reading strategies used in this unit to explore the tales are: Summary, Connection, Visualization, Compare and Contrast, Problem / Solution, Story Adaptions, Question and Infer. All units include: a student response booklet, answer key, and assessment rubric. With this Trickster Tale MEGA BUNDLE, your class will be set for the entire year learning and exploring Traditional Tales from the West Coast, Plains, Great Lakes, East Coast, and the North. This MEGA BUNDLE includes the following units: Wesakechak Tales Glooscap Tales Tales From the Six Nations Iktomni Tales Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales Chi-Jean and Other Metis Tales Raven Tales Nanabozho Tales Follow my blog, Infusing Indigenous Literature, to see how I integrate Indigenous literature in my curriculum throughout the year: www.infusingindigenouslit.com

More and more children will be reading stories about the legacy of residential schools and reconciliation in the classroom this year.

Today is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. To celebrate and honour this day, I am spotlighting some amazing First Nations, Métis, and Inuit authors.

When We Were Alone is a children's book that introduces the life of kids in a First Nations residential school. It is moving, yet full of hope and pride.

June is National Indigenous History Month. This month, consider adding these books for younger readers by First Nations, Métis and Inuit authors to your reading list.

Mi'kmaw comic writer Brandon Mitchell chose the Listuguj salmon raids of 1981 for the story he contributed to the graphic novel anthology This Place: 150 Years Retold, a collection of stories by Indigenous writers.

Thomas King's novel won the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction in 2014.

Highlights The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. About the Author: Canadian Mountain Assessment authors include: Graham McDowell, Madison Stevens, Shawn Marshall, Eric Higgs, Aerin Jacob, Gùdia Mary Jane Johnson, Linda Johnson, Megan Dicker, Dani Inkpen, Michele Koppes, Keara Lightning, Brenda Parlee, Wanda Pascal, Joseph Shea, Daniel Sims, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Leon Andrew, Caroline Aubry-Wake, David Borish, Ashley-Anne Churchill, Dawn Saunders Dahl, Goota Desmarais, Karine Gagné, Erika Gavenus, Stephan Gruber, Jiaao Guo, Katherine Hanly, Nina Hewitt, Murray Humphries, Rod Hunter, Lawrence Ignace, Pnnal Bernard Jerome, Patricia Joe, Stephen Johnston, Knut Kitching, Douglas Kootenay, Daniel Kraus, Sydney Lancaster, Rosemary Langford, Lachlan MacKinnon, Christopher Marsh, Brandy Mayes, Hayden Melting Tallow, Charlotte Mitchell, Tim Patterson, Sophie Pheasant, Karen Pheasant, Melissa Quesnelle, Rachel Reimer, Lauren Rethoret, Gabriella Richardson, Brooklyn Rushton, María Elisa Sánchez, Richard Schuster, Tonya Smith, Lauren Somers, Chris Springer, Kyra St. Pierre, Karson Sudlow, Yan Tapp, Julie M. Thériault, Andrew Trant, Vincent Vionnet, John Waldron, Gabrielle Weasel Head, Sonia Wesche, Nicole J. Wilson, Matthew Wiseman, Kristine Wray, Stephen Chignell, Thomas McIlwraith, PearlAnn Reichwein, Steven M. Vamosi 370 Pages Nature, Ecosystems & Habitats Description Book Synopsis The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains in Canada, while also respecting and maintaining the integrity of different knowledge systems. The Canadian Mountain Assessment is a text-based document, but also includes a variety of visual materials as well as access to video recordings of oral knowledges shared by Indigenous individuals from mountain areas in Canada. The assessment is the result of over three years of work, during which time the initiative played an important role in connecting and cultivating relationships between mountain knowledge holders from across Canada. It is the outcome of contributions from more than 80 Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals and contains six chapters: Introduction Mountain Environments Mountains as Homelands Gifts of the Mountains Mountains Under Pressure Desirable Mountain Futures By way of these chapters, the Canadian Mountain Assessment aims to enhance appreciation for the diversity and significance of mountains in Canada, to clarify challenges and opportunities for mountain systems in the country, and to motivate and inform new research, relationships, and actions that support the realization of desirable mountain futures. More broadly, the Canadian Mountain Assessment provides insights into applied reconciliation efforts in a knowledge assessment context and seeks to inspire similar knowledge co-creation efforts in and beyond Canada. About the Author Canadian Mountain Assessment authors include: Graham McDowell, Madison Stevens, Shawn Marshall, Eric Higgs, Aerin Jacob, Gùdia Mary Jane Johnson, Linda Johnson, Megan Dicker, Dani Inkpen, Michele Koppes, Keara Lightning, Brenda Parlee, Wanda Pascal, Joseph Shea, Daniel Sims, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Leon Andrew, Caroline Aubry-Wake, David Borish, Ashley-Anne Churchill, Dawn Saunders Dahl, Goota Desmarais, Karine Gagné, Erika Gavenus, Stephan Gruber, Jiaao Guo, Katherine Hanly, Nina Hewitt, Murray Humphries, Rod Hunter, Lawrence Ignace, Pnnal Bernard Jerome, Patricia Joe, Stephen Johnston, Knut Kitching, Douglas Kootenay, Daniel Kraus, Sydney Lancaster, Rosemary Langford, Lachlan MacKinnon, Christopher Marsh, Brandy Mayes, Hayden Melting Tallow, Charlotte Mitchell, Tim Patterson, Sophie Pheasant, Karen Pheasant, Melissa Quesnelle, Rachel Reimer, Lauren Rethoret, Gabriella Richardson, Brooklyn Rushton, María Elisa Sánchez, Richard Schuster, Tonya Smith, Lauren Somers, Chris Springer, Kyra St. Pierre, Karson Sudlow, Yan Tapp, Julie M. Thériault, Andrew Trant, Vincent Vionnet, John Waldron, Gabrielle Weasel Head, Sonia Wesche, Nicole J. Wilson, Matthew Wiseman, Kristine Wray, Stephen Chignell, Thomas McIlwraith, PearlAnn Reichwein, Steven M. Vamosi

This year’s winner of the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize, presented by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Great Plains Studies, is Carleton History Professor Michel Hogue‘s “Métis and the Medicine Line: Creating a Border and Dividing a People.” (University of Regina Press, 2015). The book tells the story of the Métis, descendants of […]

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Five Little Indians author Michelle Good curated this list of books that 'reach under the myth of North American history' for National Indigenous History Month in 2023.

Five Little Indians author Michelle Good curated this list of books that 'reach under the myth of North American history' for National Indigenous History Month in 2023.

David A. Robertson curated this list of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children's books, all which explore the legacy and impact of the residential school system.

Five Little Indians author Michelle Good curated this list of books that 'reach under the myth of North American history' for National Indigenous History Month in 2023.

Cherie Dimaline recommends seven new releases by Indigenous authors we should all be reading.

Allan (Chicky) Polchies Jr. says he’s more well known in his community for his leadership skills and creativity than his sexual orientation

The $3,000 prize represents the best of Indigenous literature, as well as encourage family literacy, intergenerational storytelling and information sharing.

The poet, musician and memoirist spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about the joys and harsh realities of her early life — and finding refuge in poetry and art.

Five Little Indians author Michelle Good curated this list of books that 'reach under the myth of North American history' for National Indigenous History Month in 2023.

Finally, Canada is waking up to the violence indigenous women inherit and endure. Now it’s time to look at the equally difficult history of indigenous men. In this remarkable and unforgettable g...