Lesson 41

 Students read their personal novels for the first few minutes of class - students are reminded that they must come with these for every class.

We talked about a few brief videos connecting Indigenous identities and land - We moved from ICE arrests in the USA to "green imperialism" on Sami lands in Nordic countries. We concluded with a quick reel of an Indigenous content creator mocking some of the racist conceptions/misconceptions/ideas he comes in contact with via self-denigration/mocking racist critique for the sake of humour. **Humour as a key to resilience seem consistent across Indigenous cultures. 

Students got a look at many, many examples of their unit project, and then began to plan.

Timeline:

  • Tuesday/Thursday next week students will have class time.
  • Work can go home - it can also come to tutorial, or be worked on in the Writing Lab.
  • Projects are due on Monday, February 2nd


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