Ethan Choi
Palmer
Block B
Teacher Interview
This page will be focusing on the teacher interview with Mr Luccok, the English First People 12 teacher.
What is the content of the Course?
Key Curriculum:
- A major part of the curriculum in this class is truth and reconciliation. It's important for Canadian to learn their relationship to the First Nations in the past. Students will be learning historical literature, art and music by the First Nations in the course.
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First People Aspects with examples:
- The course will focus on First People's oral and written literature, which may include stories, poetry, songs and visual texts that were pass down generation to generations by the First Peoples, to our hands.
By reading authentic indigenous literature written by the First People, students are expected to absorb powerful, purposeful and meaningful compositions, that they could hopefully use in their future works.
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For some groups, like the Blackfoot, the oral tradition begins before a child is born, with songs and stories being passed down from the mother to the unborn child.
Teaching Style
Traditional style:
- Ms. Luccock likes to have a traditional teaching style, partially because it's her first year teaching English First People 12 so it's more comfortable to use her usual teaching style. She uses quiz and test to keep track of student's progress while using activities to engage them. She also likes breaking students into research group to encourage teamwork.​
Activities
- Ms. Luccok believes the most interesting part of the course is the movies, musics and arts, so she uses these to help student learn about indigenous culture. A movie she played for her student is called "Beans"which is about a young mohawk girl who finds her identity during crisis.​
They have to
They are required to take a course related to indigenous people to graduate, whether it's in english or social study​
Why does students want to study English First People 12?
Interesting​
They find studying the history of Canada interesting and are curious to learn more.
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Job Opportunities
Student who studies First People can open up their job possibilities in industries like education, government, community services, cultural resource management, and law​
Summary
Ms. Luccock uses movies, books and arts to show student First Nation culture. Her students are also interesting in learning English First People 12 themselves, as they are curious about learning residential schools and the identity of First Nations. Ms. Luccock tries to make students more conscious about their relationship to Canada, and the mistake government made when taking over the First Nation's land.