In this unit students will have an opportunity to investigate some of the many issues faced by Aboriginal people in Canada as well as learn where the various native groups live. It will include a discussion of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal people and Canada (whether under British rule or modern day government) in order to understand the root of many of the issues. Specific focus will be given to access to health care, access to education, substance abuse, teen pregnancy and suicide, poverty and low living standards and limited economic opportunity.

Developed for Grade 9 students in Ontario.

Attached are the unit plans/outcomes for each of the Senior ELA courses. Each plan includes:

The Unit
Theme
Questions for Deeper Understanding
Must Do Writing & Representing
Must Do Reading
Popular Reading Choices
Outcomes
I CAN Statements (Outcomes in student language)

These are outstanding resources to accompany the Senior ELA rubrics in the resource bank.

This unit deals with how people first came to live in the part of the world which today we call the Northwest Territories. It focuses on stories of the First Peoples of this land which have evolved over many generations. Some of these stories may be unfamiliar to you. The stories themselves, and how we learn to tell and hear them, provide critical insights to how people have lived and understood this land we now live in.