Barbie meets History, 4 Corners exercise, John A Macdonald and another story on name changing, Math HW

History

Yes, this is a part of a future lesson:  http://www.macleans.ca/society/hbcs-colonial-barbie-comes-with-some-baggage/

Questions for 4 Corner discussion exercise for the next History class:

To my knowledge, this is the one school in the TDSB that has Sir John A Macdonald's name:

http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/johnamacdonald/

I realize that this issue may sound complicated.  I hope that this article will help in explaining some of the issues at play.  I will read this to the class before we begin our exercise.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/08/24/john-a-macdonald-schools-should-be-renamed-elementary-teachers-union.html

a group at work, consolidating their positions

Another story of an actual school that was renamed was in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Cornwallis Junior High was renamed because the original name was attached to a man named Edward Cornwallis.  According to a story in NOW magazine on March 20, 2017 by Pamela Palmater, he "was responsible for putting bounties on the scalps of Mi'kmaw people, causing many deaths."

This challenges a frequent Stereotype of man Indigenous people that they frequently scalped European settlers:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/491947959275528225/

I have used this resource from Rethinking Schools to promote some critical awareness of issues students are not aware of:

From a British Colonial administrator in the province of Massachusettes in 1755.  I will scan a better copy.  From Rethinking Columbus:  The Next 500 Years:  https://www.rethinkingschools.org/books/title/rethinking-columbus-expanded-second-edition

Here is a story, from this past summer, on the Edward Cornwallis statue.  I believe this relates to the discussion we will be having in class.

Here is the story of the school's renaming and then a photo of the new school:

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/cornwallis-junior-high-officially-renamed-1.759067

https://twitter.com/hfxcentjh

Math Homework

I was pleased to see a number of students who completed the assigned homework and some who were working hard today to catch up.  We put a select number of answers on the board and checked them.  This is a typical part of our process for checking homework.  If there are questions about the work, this is the time when we can ask them.

I know this may look messy, but the correct answers are there.

Homework

- Truth or Dare Community Circle

There can be two possible ways of presenting this information to the class.  The two options are posted.  The 3 statements are my example:  statement #1 is true.