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Aboriginal Curriculum Integration Project

English

(Writing and Representing)

Child of Tears

Learning Outcomes

Steps to the Lesson

  1. Conduct a Place Mat activity on what social responsibility looks like.
  2. Watch Raven Tales episode 'Child or Tears'.
  3. Write a journal reflection, create a poster, or drama presentation.
  4. Reflect on the process.

CONNECT

Goal:

Students will develop a better awareness of their personal actions and being socially responsible.

Task:

Students will write a journal reflection, create a poster, or drama presentation to demonstrate their understanding of what it means to be socially responsible.

Activate Prior Knowledge:

Students break into groups of two to four students and do a Place Mat activity on what being socially responsible looks like (ie. showing respect, accepting other ideas). If their school has some schoolwide themes on social responsiblity, teachers should try to highlight them in the discussion.

Predict and Question:

Teacher explains to the students they will be watching a video of Raven Tales called 'Child of Tears'. Ask the students to predict, given the title of the video, what the story will be about? What are the students wondering?

PROCESS

Video

Students watch the Raven Tales epsidode titled 'Child of Tears'. (Video length: 25 mins)

raventales

(Note: Teachers can book the episode of Raven Tales from their district Resource Centre)

Viewing Notes: Depending on the class or teacher preference, students can either watch the video completely through and then discuss, or the teacher can stop throughout the story and give students (A/B partners) opportunity to talk or respond to the story.

Once the video has been viewed, student groups review their Place Mats and, with a highlighter, highlight words and connections they feel were represented in the Raven Tales episode.

TRANSFORM

After highlighting various social responsibility themes in the episode 'Child of Tears', students complete one of the following transformation tasks:

REFLECT

In their journals or on a separate sheet of paper, students reflect on the lesson and consider the following:

Extend learning or next lesson

Students develop a personal action plan on how to be more socially responsible in their personal lives. The action plan can consist of a weekly/monthly plan where students monitor their actions and evaluate them according their action plan goals.