Residential Schools in Canada: an example of Historical Significance & another perspective on John A from Chippewar; Curriculum Night, New York Times (NYT) exercise, Math HW

History.  Happening now, commenting on the past and, hopefully, influencing the future. 

Indigenous residential schools need to be marked as sites of conscience, MPs told http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/indigenous-residential-schools-sites-ry-moran-1.4306944 Shared via the CBC News Android App

On the CBC Radio show Unreserved, host Rosana Deerchild has a talk with Artist Jay Soule -- aka Chippewar -- about the "currency" of something we use on a regular basis.   

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/making-taking-and-decolonizing-space-1.4298966/not-so-funny-money-indigenous-artist-sets-sights-on-the-faces-that-adorn-our-currency-1.4300861

artist, Jay Soule:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/exhibitionists/meet-the-artist-battling-indigenous-cultural-appropriation-with-badass-t-shirts-and-movie-posters-1.3963696

This notice went home yesterday.  I hope to meet all of the Intermediate Division parent(s) on Thursday.







Reading:  What is Going on....

my thinking around last week's exercise

What is really happening in this photo:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/learning/whats-going-on-in-this-picture-sept-18-2017.html

Math:  Homework

Fraction reducing, using the Greatest Common Factor (GCF):  assigned on Monday

- The answers are posted, as well, on Google Classroom