B.C. First Nations Studies 12
Skills and Processes:
It is expected that students will demonstrate the ability to think
critically, including the ability to define an issue or problem,
develop hypotheses and supporting arguments, gather relevant information
from appropriate sources and assess the reliability, currency and
objectivity of evidence;
- The information and resources presented in Discover
Your Legislature offer opportunities for further
research by students to develop their own hypotheses, gather information
referred to in the Bibliography or linked websites and determine
their reliability and objectivity.
It is expected that students will demonstrate skills associated
with active citizenship, including the ability to collaborate and
consult with others, respect and promote respect for the contributions
of other team members and interact confidently;
- Discover Your Legislature has been
developed as both an individual and small-group tool. Its nature
as a single resource being accessed by a group of individuals
promotes collaboration, consultation and interaction.
It is expected that students will demonstrate appropriate research
and oral and written presentation skills, including the ability
to access and interpret material from a wide variety of primary
and secondary sources, including print sources, electronic sources
and First Nations oral traditions, present in oral and written form,
create and interpret maps as well as present and interpret data
in graphic form.
- Discover Your Legislature provides
materials in a wide variety of formats for interpretation including
primary and secondary sources, maps, graphic charts, photographs
and video content.
Contact, Colonialism, and Resistance I:
It is expected that students will describe the impact of contact
between First Nations and Europeans on demographics in B.C.; explain
the intent of various government policies related to B.C. First
Nations before and after Confederation; and, assess the impacts
of contact and colonialism on social organization, spiritual beliefs,
and governance among the B.C. First Nations.
- Discover Your Legislature is best
used as one of several resources to explore the impact of contact
and legislation on First Nations peoples. The decisions of early
settlers with respect to treaty negotiations, Aboriginal voting
rights, access to the Legislature and the settlement of the Nisga’a
Treaty are described.
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