Edited at completion: Here is the link to the shared google slide presentation. Please feel free to share your work with others. Editing has been completed. I will make this slideshow into a video that we can share.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1s5V2fEz7YG-prD9sUiRLtBFFZBMY0_5OLlDVBL5QGN0/edit?usp=sharing
For our Remembrance Day project, you'll be investigating one of the soldiers mentioned in this document, working in partners.
The short documentary on Cree Code Talkers we watched in class is available on Youtube:
Here are the partners and the names of the people you're researching, as we discussed in class:
Maia/Saaya--Edith Anderson Monture
Alexi/Hunter--James Moses
Charlotte/Gabby--Tommy Prince
Lily/Zoe--Tom Charles Longboat
Rowan/Jahlisa--Joan Martin
Yasmeen/Luna--Mike Mountain Horse
Sebastian/Keats--Jack Beaver
Sam/Aiden--Chief Joe Dreaver
Johnny/Abdul--Francis Pegahmagabow
Lincoln/Everett--Joseph Brant
Matilda/Riley--David Greyeyes
Courtney/Paisley--Nelson Shead
Filip/Elias--Gilbert Monture
Native Soldiers, Foreign Battlefields Link
Here's a digital copy of our worksheet you can use to work online:
Guided
Research Questions – Native Soldiers –
Foreign Battlefields
1.Where did you get this
information? (We will all use this primary source for photos: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/public/pages/remembrance/those-who-served/aboriginal-veterans/native-soldiers/natives_e.pdf,
November 1, 2019)
If you use other websites, include url, date retrieved and, for books, use the following format: Last name author, initial. (year of publication). Title of the book. City Province/State/Country: Name of Publisher.
If you use other websites, include url, date retrieved and, for books, use the following format: Last name author, initial. (year of publication). Title of the book. City Province/State/Country: Name of Publisher.
2. Name of the Aboriginal Veteran*:
3. Where did he/she come from
(hometown/reserve)?*
4. In what war(s) did he/she
serve?*
5. Did he/she receive any
medals for their service? Circle: yes no
If yes, which medal did he/she
receive and why?
6. Did he/she return home
from the war?
7. List 2-5 other facts you
learned about your Veteran:
8. If you could ask your
Veteran a question, what would you ask them?
Why?
9. How do you think their experience of the war
might have been different from other soldiers?
Once you have completed this sheet, Ms. Goegan
will sign off and you will format your answers and a photo of this person into
a single google slide to display during our assembly on November 11th.
Remember: Not all your information needs to be included on the final slide! Choose the important details to add in addition to the items with a *.
(For the purposes of crediting others' work, this lesson comes from Tamara Hancock's excellent unit, Should I Wear a Poppy?)
Happy Research!
Ms. Goegan
