Orange Shirt Day, Art Activity on Truth and Reconciliation | Indigenous Peoples
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Description
This Truth and Reconciliation activity (about the residential schools and Canada's Indigenous People) parallels perfectly with Orange Shirt Day. Begin by completing activities on empathy and the familiarness of blankets. Then ease into discussing the Witness Blanket through texts, comprehension and cloze activities. The experience culminates with creating a bulletin board about the Witness Blanket (a collaborative art activity) that results in a thought-provoking display.
Your students will enjoy creating this poster as the collaborative effort unfolds.
Creating the art piece is very easy to do. Each student is given one page/piece of a large mosaic collaboration poster to colour. Once all sheets are coloured and cut out, they are then assembled to reveal a large multi-coloured mosaic/poster/mural that says, "The Witness Blanket".
What's Included:
- Notes and Helpful Tips for Teachers
- Directions
- Resources for Teachers (videos, websites, books)
ACTIVITIES
- What Is Empathy?
- Showing Empathy
- Blankets: Not Just for Babies!
- Draw and Colour
- The Story of The Witness Blanket Text (cloze and comprehension activity)
- Creating The Witness Blanket (cloze and comprehension activity)
- Bearing Witness (cloze and comprehension activity)
- Answer Keys
- Collaborative Puzzle
- Labels to display around the artwork to inspire student engagement
Poster Details
• 25 pages
• 5 x 5 grid
• Final poster: Approximately 110 cm x 82.5 cm (or 43 in. x 32.5 in.) - depending on your printer settings.
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