Ethan Choi
Palmer
Block B
English Courses
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This page will be focusing on English First Peoples 12, the course after Literary Studies 11 or Pre-AP Incentive Literary Studies 11
What does English First People 12 teach?
The Canadian First People poem, i-nitotamahk kisik explores the long lasting effect of residential schools on First People culture
Big Ideas:
- By exploring text and story, it widens our scope, to be more diverse and inclusive. The First People's stories are rich in complex ideas about identity, others and the world, which could make us curious and ambitious to learn more about the poems that stores ideas from people tens of thousands years ago.
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First People Principles of Learning:
- 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.
Graduation
For students taking English First People 12, it meets the graduation requirement for taking both an Indigenous Focused course, and the English Language Arts 12
Summary
Students taking English First People 12, would gain knowledge on the history of Canada, its relationship with the First People from hundreds of years ago to the modern age now. Students will be expected to understand how First People contribute to society in the past and present. By developing these skills and learning these historical events, student should embrace the First Nation culture as a part of Canada, building an inclusive space for different ethnicities to live in this land.
