Create a Vocabulary Word Web , Appendix P.2, for treaty . Using Flashback Canada, pp. Canada Revisited, pp. 210-222, students examine the make up and vocabulary of the various treaties with the Aboriginal peoples during the 1800s. Invite the principal to visit the class.
Students negotiate a treaty with the principal.
Students and principal script the treaty. Working in a triad, they develop and design a treaty for resolving the conflict. After examining a wide variety of text and video resources, as a large group activity students contribute to the organizer, comparing the two rebellions. Help students examine these different points of view about the same event. Give each student a copy of Sample Organizer , Appendix 3.1b.