Thanks also for your honesty in your blog post. That's not always easy to do. Hi, my name is Teresa Allan. I'm a teacher with the TDSB. I am interested in the book as part as a larger narrative.
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I'm still trying to find appropriate ways to discuss this topic with junior students. Looking forward to the book club and discussions! I like the idea of this story existing within a larger narrative, as you said. How do we place it? Where does it fit? Especially considering the recent news about Joseph Boyden, it's a timely thought.
I have the pleasure of teaching history as part of my core curriculum and every year I deepen my understanding of our Canadian history and try to enrich my program with real, reliable and relevant resources. I've always found the music that the Tragically Hip made, told many truths about our History. The poems that Gord Downie has made for this very real story is something I am excited to share with my students. As a French teacher, using a graphic story, such as this, I can use the images as a great resources for students to discover the language in the pictures.
Thanks Annette for already making a connection for you to use Secret Path in conjunction with curriculum i. I like the Rs in your program - "real, reliable, and relevant". What are some of the other resources that you've included as part of your history program? Currently I am also helping to put math courses online at U. Like many others here, I am a huge fan of graphic novels and I look forward to discussing Secret Path with everyone! Diana, you mentioned the size of the book being unusual, which I agree with, and it occurred to me it seems the size of a record album but maybe not - I don't think I have one anymore to compare with!
I thought the same thing! I googled album cover dimensions and sure enough Your comment has merit - I don't have any record albums here at my house. At my parents' house, they still have Is this a subconscious nod or nudge towards the music side of this project? Are there other possible interpretations? Nibi biwajigan kwe n'diznaakas. Kitigan Zibi, Scotland n'doonjiba. More commonly known as Colinda Clyne. Looking forward to hearing how others are thinking of using The Secret Path in their classes. It is part of a national plan to have curriculum developed using this text across the country, which will be discussed next week at the NTRC National Education Table.
I took your first few sentences and put them into Google Translate. Guess what Google Translate said? We're grateful for your knowledge and expertise here. Like many of you, I am interested in how The Secret Path can be used in the classroom. A few years ago I came across the original news story of Charlie Wenjack and shared it with my Grade 8 class when talking about residential schools. In addition, I also purchased a copy of the book before Christmas but have not yet read it, so I'm really looking forward to experiencing it in this way!
It will be interesting to explore with everyone about how young a reader can be to experience Secret Path. I think part of the answer lies with the ability to read and use parts of the book, but we'll talk more about that later. I remember a few of them expressing shock at the story which is definitely how I felt when I came across the story for the first time Great to see you here, too! My name is Patricia. We will be viewing the documentary in parts due its length. It beautifully supports the curricullum for both grade 8 and grade 6 classes.
During this book talk I hope to learn more about the ways I can utilize this novel in the classroom. Hello Patrizia, a fellow teacher-librarian! How long are the chunks for viewing? Do they take notes while they watch? Are there guiding questions they use? How do they disseminate the information? My name is Rebecca. I'm a teacher candidate at Brock University in Hamilton. I discussed The Secret Path in my first placement during a history unit on the s and s.
We looked at the realities of indigenous child welfare inside residential schools and in the child welfare system by looking at the Sixties Scoop. We also tried to define reconciliation and what it means for Gordie Downie, and what it can mean for non-indigenous communities. My students had learned about residential schools before grade 10, which was great. A few of them had been to the Woodland Cultural Centre. I'm eager to discuss the book because indigenous issues are very close to my heart as a future history teacher. Obviously I'd love to hear more innovative ways of incorporating the graphic novel beyond a discussion.
I'd also like to find more ways to discuss The Secret Path beyond the horrors of residential schools and place it in a more macro context for my students. She told the audience that there are six elements of social justice curriculum design for elementary education and that we should not start with the tales of oppression first. Thankfully my friend Abhi caught a photo of the slide and tweeted it.
I embedded it in this old blog post of mine, in which I also reflected on my experience with my staff going through the Blanket Exercise. Have you participated in this before? Teaching with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. I am potentially volunteering for that event.
I'm looking forward to it! In my program we don't have a technology class, so I feel a bit unprepared. I went to a Makerspace event last Saturday and I'm very interested in becoming proficient at some of these technologies.
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I taught a grade 10 class so I don't know what the approach to social justice was. I'm hoping my students had a good foundation before they learned about historical traumas. I will definitely keep that in mind next time I'm teaching a class. Thank you for linking me to your blog. I also teach Language, Geography and History on a rotary schedule with the Grade 7's. With Term 2 starting in February, we are planning an "Alternative History" unit that will begin with Black History and narratives of slaves, while looking at the absence of many voices in our own history books.
From there we will segway into the alternative history of our indigenous communities and how their stories are also left out and left untold from our History texts. It is so important to be a part of sharing these truths with our current generation of students, especially in the year that our nation turns years old.
It is also a great way to share Downie's poetry and music. I have always known that Downie is a creative genius, but to be able to teach this to my class, and share these stories for a much larger purpose is something that I am so happy to be a part of. Your work with Emile sounds energizing. I like how it sounds like you'll connect it to the th anniversary of Confederation. Any ideas what some of the culminating tasks might be?
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My students are working on creating their own picture books. They must have a focus on a social justice issue. This was a great example. They were riveted as we examined the issues behind the story. I look forward to learning more from our 'group brain. I had a friend who taught a 3-grade combined class. I'm glad your students were absorbed by the story. What prior knowledge did they already possess on the topic?
Hello Everyone and Diana!! Sorry I am late with my introduction. I really am fascinated with this entire topic and want to learn more about this graphic novel. I really look forward to learning from my very first book club!
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Wonderful to be learning with you Diana!! People here in the book club are active, thoughtful, and insightful. I hope you'll enjoy what everyone has to offer. My apologies for adding to the conversation so late.
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I have been using Secret Path in intermediate classrooms. Teachers are loving it as much as the students are. I am looking forward to reading up on the last couple weeks of posting from everyone. No apologies necessary, Tesa. As long as you are here prior to January 31, then technically you are on time. I'm so glad to hear that both your teachers and students in Thunder Bay Catholic DSB are enjoying and getting lots out of their use of Secret Path with you. I'm going to use this reply to call attention to a section on how to use Secret Path in the classroom.
Leah, maybe you or Albert can do an image copy of the button so everyone knows what we are talking about? There was a discussion that began on Twitter that I've obtained permission to share on Teach Ontario that is quite relevant to all of us, and it'd be useful to get as many people's views on the subject as possible. I work with the Ministry of Education in the "London Region", which encompasses 16 boards. I was a secondary principal prior to this. I fear that being "away from kids" and no longer working directly in schools is leading to becoming disconnected from the current reality, particularly technologically.
How's that for true confessions? I have appreciated all your comments in introductions, and look forward to a great week. I do some work with administrators of First Nations schools in this area, which has led to me joining the Book Club. Have appreciated your book suggestions dianamali.
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Welcome Ruth to the group! Thanks for your honesty. I hope the course can help you feel a bit more connected and "taking the pulse". We'll be having courageous conversations, especially in the sections on classroom integration, and we hope your voice joins ours. Thank you for taking the time to introduce yourselves to the group. We're glad you're joining us.
Thanks also to Diana dianamali for facilitating this group. I'm Tam - a French and Arts Prep teacher - a little late getting here! The book has been with me since Christmas and I am starting to pull together an integrated unit mostly focused on drama, with The Secret Path as it's inspiration. The book has created a need to share it with my students. I am concerned about developing an appropriate base of knowledge and empathy, both for myself and my students. I want to prepare as well as possible for the discussions that will be opened up.
Glad to hear that you are interested in The Secret Path. Another teacher that I follow on Twitter has also used the book with his students. I really like how he involved his board's FNMI lead educator in the process. Walking the Secret Path Mr. You don't have JavaScript enabled. This tool uses JavaScript and much of it will not work correctly without it enabled. Please turn JavaScript back on and reload this page. Please enter a title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again.
This content has been marked as final. What Jeff Lemire works have you read prior to Secret Path? How would you describe his style? That was the title that was on Canada Reads a few years back! Welcome to the book club, Gail. We're glad you are here. Hi Everyone, My name is Cortnee Goure. Hello Cortnee - I'm delighted to see you here in this course!
What school board do you work for? Murray Spencer recently tweeted out a list of recommended books on residential schools. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. Can you add that tweet link here? Elimelech died, and the sons married two Moabite women: Mahlon married Ruth and Chilion married Orpah.
After about ten years, the two sons of Naomi also died in Moab Ruth 1: Naomi decided to return to Bethlehem. She told her daughters-in-law to return to their own mothers, and remarry. For wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. The two women returned to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest, and in order to support her mother-in-law and herself, Ruth went to the fields to glean. As it happened, the field she went to belonged to a man named Boaz, who was kind to her because he had heard of her loyalty to her mother-in-law.
After he lay down on the threshing floor, Ruth did as Naomi had instructed her. Boaz, startled, turned to see that a woman lay at his feet. When asked who she was, she replied: He then acknowledged that he was a close relative, but that there was one who was closer. Boaz told Ruth to stay with him for the night, and promised that in the morning he would offer the closer relative the opportunity to redeem her, and that if the relative refused, Boaz himself would marry Ruth.
The other male relative was unwilling to jeopardize the inheritance of his own estate by marrying Ruth, and so relinquished his right of redemption, thus allowing Boaz to marry Ruth. They finalized the agreement by the nearer kinsman, Ploni Almoni, taking off his shoe and handing it over to Boaz 4: Later, Boaz died, and Ruth and Naomi raised Oved together. Alicia has written two different Girls in Trouble songs about Ruth. I imagine Ruth as a spiritual pilgrim who has to be honest with herself about the doubt she experiences in her life in order to explore a deeper relationship to faith by following Naomi into spiritual, cultural and personal parts unknown.
May God make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the House of Israel! Prosper in Ephrathah and perpetuate your name in Bethlehem! Skip to main content. Ruth's Journey Learn how Ruth changed her life by making a series of bold choices, and examine how taking risks, small or large, might lead to positive transformations in your own life. Overview Enduring Understandings Taking risks can be daunting because there is no guarantee that the outcome will be positive, but risk-taking can also lead to opportunities and growth that we may otherwise never experience.
Explanation of a Musical Midrash" by Alicia Jo Rabins I write some Girls in Trouble songs because I am drawn to a particular character or story; others are commissions or requests. Intro Open this section in a new tab to print. Open this section in a new tab to print. Song Recording Open this section in a new tab to print.
Core story with discussion questions Core story. What problems or questions do you find in the story? What is your favorite moment in this story? Song lyrics with discussion questions Separate Histories. What emotions does this song evoke for you? Do any of your personal experiences come to mind when you hear this song? What kind of person is Ruth in this song?
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