Resource Review: This Place: 150 Years Retold
An Opportunity For a Shift In Thinking
This Place:150 Years Retold is a beautiful and important resource to use in your class.
It is a graphic novel that is a collaboration of First Nation, Métis and Inuit artists, and authors sharing the history of the past 150 years through the eyes and voices of Indigenous people.
The artwork in this book is beautiful and it is a great way for teachers and students to shift their thinking about the history of what is now known as Canada. If you think about it, until just recently the Indigenous people of these lands had little to no control of what was taught about them in schools. Most resources for teaching history did not share Indigenous voices. Today, we are beginning to see a shift! Students (and teachers) today are so lucky to have so many great resources created by Indigenous people that share the true, accurate history and the current successes and contributions of First Nation, Métis and Inuit people.
This Place: 150 Years Retold is an excellent resource for Social Studies, Language or visual arts and would be an excellent addition to any classroom library!
Where To Next?
Take a look at your own classroom library and ask yourself, “Whose voice is being shared? Whose voice is missing? How can I ensure missing voices have space in my classroom?”
If you are looking to add more resources created by Indigenous people to your classroom library, take a look at an earlier blog post about the great work that has been happening at Landsdowne. You can find it here: Ojibwe Language and Culture: Learning at Landsdowne
Miigwech!
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