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COURSE RESOURCES
Academic English Vocabulary (narrative elements, literary devices, rhetorical language)
Cornell Reader’s Note Template
How to double-space text in Google Docs
How to set-up your Google Doc in MLA style
Introducing Wikis Scavenger Hunt
Wiki Page Design and Citations
Annotating Non-fiction Checklist
Reading like a Writer List of Possible Techniques: Handout
Grade 11/12 Personal Proofreading Checklist
Peer Editing Sheet: Literary Essay
Peer Editing Sheet: Persuasive Essay
Peer Editing Sheet: Narrative Essay
Peer Editing Sheet: Autobiography
Peer Editing Sheet: Argumentative Essay
Peer Editing Sheet: Media Text
APA Formatting and Style Guide slideshow
Class Readings and Potential articles for your individual research:
@wawhsroom121
Telling their stories or opting out: Indigenous artists on Canada 150 and Reading for Meaning page
Canada is hailed for its Tolerance and Reading for Meaning page
What does it mean to be a Citizen? And Reading for Meaning page
Pierre Trudeau Called It ‘Absurd’ That Canadians Must Be Alike
Ontario Drafts First Nations Citizenship Law
Remember, Resist, Redraw: Whitehorse artist’s poster counters Canada 150 celebrations
Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women has just 122 names registered
Indigenous perspective on Canada’s 150th: 7 generations back and ahead
Harold Cardinal exposed White Paper’s “thinly disguised” program of extermination
“For 150 years, people have been told lies about Canada’s history”
“On Canada’s 150th What Are First Nations Kids Losing Out To?”
New series The Story of Us is not the story of Canada
Canada’s quality of life ranks in middle of ‘peer’ countries: report
A youth-driven movement remakes Attawapiskat
Truth and Reconciliation Recommendations
RWB Going Home Star: The language of truth and reconciliation
Common Portrayals of Aboriginal People
Media Portrayals of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
The Impact of Stereotyping on Young People
Video: CBC 8th Fire Series
Video: Injin Among Us
Podcast: Reconciliation (personal rant)
Video: I’m Not the Indian you had in mind
Podcast: Indigenous Media Roundtable
The Myth of the Vanishing Indian
Wikwemikong to take part in craft reconciliation
#craftreconciliation on Twitter
Canada’s Race Problem? It’s even worse than America’s
This Election Showed Us Racism Is Alive and Well in Canada
Video: Indigenous Game Designer Challenges Stereotypes
CBC The Current: Majority of Indigenous Canadians remain Christians despite residential schools
Musical homage to MMIW to be filmed in Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island
MMIWG National Inquiry Website Library
Where the kids are: How indigenous children are over-represented in foster care
First Nations issues: What will make Canadians care?
Maclean’s article on Chanie Wenjack
INSPIRATION FOR LEARNING
You Can Learn Anything. Really.
The Backwards Brain Bicycle: Smarter Every Day
Audri’s Rube Goldberg Monster Trap: Never Giving Up
First Ski Jump: Taking Risks