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Lesson 2 - Main Lesson

Have students select a partner with whom they will research an Aboriginal person that has contributed to their community. Students should not just focus on the individual, but also on the impact that person has had on their community. How did the community change as a result of this individual's actions, hard work, and/or contribution? How could other people in the community work to be successful? Students will be allowed to choose from the following list the individual they would like to research (keep in mind that the list is a guideline, there are many Aboriginal heroes and you may want to choose people from their own community). However, make sure students are not all researching the same person, and that as many people off of the list as possible are selected. The following list contains a range of people, from historical to present-day figures

• Mary Two-Axe Early
• Joseph and Josephine Crowshoe
• Walking Buffalo
• Matthew Coon Combe
• Waneek Horn
• Tom Longboat
• Crowfoot
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Allen Sapp
• Tom Jackson
• Susan Aglukark
• Sharon and Shirley Firth
• Elijah Harper

After the students have completed their biographies, have them share what they have learned with the rest of the class. This will ensure that students will recognize that Aboriginal People have contributed and helped change their community in positive ways by accomplishing a variety of different goals. This exercise also allows students to feel confidence that they too can make contributions to their communities.

 

 

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