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English 12 First Peoples

English 12 First Peoples. Image by Paisley Town Photography, 2006. English 12 First Peoples. Is the academic equivalent of English 12. Is open to ALL students.

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English 12 First Peoples

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  1. English 12 First Peoples Image by Paisley Town Photography, 2006

  2. English 12 First Peoples • Is the academic equivalent of English 12. • Is open to ALL students. • Invites students to engage with Aboriginal creative expression and enter the world of First Peoples provincially, nationally, and internationally.

  3. How does English 12 First Peoples fit into graduation requirements? • English 12 First Peoples fulfils the graduation requirement for students to earn four credits for Grade 12 English.  • Other courses that meet this requirement are English 12 and Communications 12. • Students may earn credit for one, two, or all three of the Grade 12 English Language Arts courses. Any course beyond the first counts as an elective. Students may also take English Literature 12 for elective credit.

  4. English 12 First Peoples Focuses on the experiences, values, beliefs, and lived realities of First Peoples in BC, in Canada, and around the world as evidenced in various forms of text – including oral story, speech, poetry, dramatic work, dance, song, film, and prose. Speaker and dancer images used with permission from the Gitxsan Wet’suwet’en Education Society.

  5. Students are given the opportunity to… • Develop an understanding of Oral Tradition. • Look at connections between worldviews amongst many First Peoples, through text. • Experience texts through First Peoples‘ methods of teaching and learning. • Examine local First Nations perspectives, through text. Speaker and dancer images used with permission from the Gitxsan Wet’suwet’en Education Society.

  6. Worldviews and Themes amongst many First Peoples

  7. First Peoples‘ Methods of Teaching and Learning • Experiential learning. For example, having students: • internalize, memorize, & present oral texts • create their own oral texts • engage directly with the local First Peoples community through field studies, interviews, and the involvement of guest speakers

  8. First Peoples Principles of Learning • supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors • is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focussed on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place) • involves recognizing the consequences of one’s actions • involves generational roles and responsibilities • recognizes the role of indigenous knowledge • is embedded in memory, history, and story • involves patience and time • requires exploration of one’s identity • involves recognizing that some knowledge is sacred and only shared with permission and/or in certain situations

  9. Students are given the opportunity to • Learn through active participation. • Learn through various teaching methods. • Learn in both individual and group settings.

  10. English 12 First Peoples Texts • Novels and Biographies: Half Breed, Keeper ‘n Me, Monkey Beach • Films: Hank Williams First Nation, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Smoke Signals, Whale Rider • Plays: The Witch of Niagara, Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth, Smoke Signals • Essays from The Truth About Stories • Poems from Native Poetry in Canada: A Contemporary Anthology and An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English • Short prose works from An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English

  11. Instruction and Assessment Units • Unit 1: Introduction to EFP12 • Unit 2: The Oral Tradition • Unit 3: Storytelling • Unit 4: Lost People • Unit 5: Residential Schools • Unit 6: From the Heart – Poetry • Unit 7: Drama • Unit 8: Research Essay • Unit 9: Identity • Unit 10: Humour • Unit 11: Trickster • Unit 12: Métis Literature

  12. Post Secondary Institutes • BCIT 13. UNBC • NVIT 14. TRU • SFU 15. Langara • North Island College 16. College of the Rockies • NWCC 17. UBC • Douglas College 18. VCC • Vancouver Island Univ. 19. Okanagan College • Capilano University 20. University of Fraser Valley • Kwantlen College 21. UVIC • Camosun College 22. Trinity Western • Justice Institute of BC 23. Northern Lights College • College of New Caledonia 24. UBC - O

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