Activity 1: The Abenaki and the Mohawk
Target audience
- Cycle 3
Duration
- 45 minutes
Text
- Under the Tree and Roots
Type of text
- Interview (report)
Pedagogical objective
- To become aware of distinctions between two Aboriginal Nations.
Specific objective based on Progression of learning
- To identify a central subject and its different aspects.
Teaching avenues
- Before reading, encourage a discussion on the students’ knowledge of their own grandparents’ way of life.
- While reading, pause after each answer to fully understand the meaning.
- After reading:
- With the students, identify similarities and differences between the realities of the past mentioned in the story and those of today.
- Do the activity.