Residential Schools Story time

SLOs Objectives
- participates in shared listening, reading Throughout this lesson students will:
and viewing experiences, using oral, print - Share ideas about pictures presented
and other media texts from a variety of - Listen to their peers ideas
cultural traditions and genres, such as
picture books, fairy tales, rhymes, stories,
photographs, illustrations and video
programs
- talks and represents to explore, express
and share stories, ideas and experiences
- listens to experiences and feelings shared
by others

Assessment
Observations: Throughout this lesson I will assess student’s abilities to listen and share ideas
effectively

Materials
- picture PowerPoint

Time Activity
8 min - I will show students a picture of a residential school playground which consists
of two swings and will ask them to tell me things that they notice

- I will then show a students this picture beside the picture of the other park that
we went over in the previous class and will ask them which park they would
rather play at and why
- I will then explain that this picture was taken at a place called a residential
school and before explaining what that is I will tell them a “story”
- I will help them get ready for the story by having them take a couple rainbow
breaths. After which I will have them close their eyes and will tell them the story
4 min about a student going to residential schools
- Students will then share how they think they would feel if that happened to
them. I will also talk to them about how this occurred because people didn’t
accept them.

Transition
1 min If time permits I will have students think about if playgrounds are the same all
around the world
Reflection:

Things that went well:

This lesson went so well. When I showed them the picture of the residential school they
quickly made observations about how small the park was and how there weren’t enough
swings for all of the children. They also did well with comparing the residential school
playground with the other playground from the past. The students also did a great job at
taking the perspective of the Native American students when I told them the story of
residential schools.

What would I change

If I were to do this lesson again I would have integrated a Think Pair Share which would have
allowed students to talk to each other about how they would have felt before sharing it with
the group. I think this would have given students more time to think about this idea deeper.