Curriculum Intentions for Grade 10 History of Quebec and Canada Course
Adapted from: Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives into Curricula: A Resource for curriculum developers, teachers and administrators (2003)
Focus on Language Awareness:
· Demonstrate awareness of the interrelatedness of Aboriginal languages and cultures
· Describe the importance of oral traditions in Aboriginal culture
· Demonstrate awareness that storytelling is an important form of oral tradition
· Identify the influences of traditional aboriginal stories in a contemporary Aboriginal story
· Identify the regions on a map of Quebec where the various Aboriginal linguistic groups were traditionally located
· Demonstrate awareness of a few appropriate sayings/word phrases in some Quebec aboriginal languages: Cree, Mohawk, Montagnais
· Identify words commonly used in Canada that have their origin in an aboriginal language: Canada, Ottawa, moose, canoe, toboggan, kayak, tobacco…
· Describe how not being allowed to speak their own language affected individuals, families, communities, and Aboriginal peoples as a whole
Focus on Aboriginals in Canadian/Quebec society: Then & Now
· Demonstrate understanding of respect, oral tradition, and elders in Aboriginal cultures
· Describe the effects that the erosion of the Aboriginal languages is having on Aboriginal cultures
· Describe traditional family structure of Aboriginals in Quebec
· Identify factors that have contributed to changes in the structure of Aboriginal families
· Demonstrate understanding of why it is important for contemporary Aboriginal peoples to maintain or re-establish traditional values in their lives
· Describe the importance of art and music in Aboriginal cultures of Quebec
· Describe the different and similar views held by Aboriginal and European peoples in their perception of land and the concepts of wealth and
ownership
· Compare the perception of the land held traditionally by Aboriginal peoples and European peoples – How did this affect the interaction?
· Describe how European and Aboriginal relationship changed over time
· Demonstrate how original ‘Indian Act’ has affected Aboriginal peoples across Canada
· Demonstrate awareness of the White Paper, and the Indian response to it
· Demonstrate awareness of the intergenerational effects of the residential school system on Aboriginal peoples