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Lesson 1#              Chief Poundmaker                        

SUBJECT:  Language Arts/Social Studies

TOPIC:  Biography on Chief Poundmaker                                                   

TIME FRAME:  1 class                                                                                              
COMMON ESSENTIAL LEARNING'S:  Communication, Independent Learning, Personal and Social Values, Critical and Creative Thinking.

MATERIALS:   Question sheets                                     

1.OBJECTIVES:             Saskatchewan Social Studies Objectives
                                            Saskatchewan Language Arts Objectives

Cognitive: Students will...

- contribute ideas and language for a collaborative task on Chief Poundmaker.
- demonstrate an increasing ability to communicate ideas in writing.
- understand that there is diversity among First Nation people.
- use various resources to identify perspectives and points of view.
- identify changes that occurred during the Northwest Rebellion/Resistance.

Psychomotor: Students will...

- record main ideas and supporting details using written language


2. RESOURCES:

           - http://library.usask.ca/norhtwest/background/pound.htm

             This website contains a biography of Chief Poundmaker.

3. PURPOSE/TEACHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION

    The purpose of this lesson is to discuss with the students' the people who were involved and their role was in the Northwest Rebellion/Resistance.  It is important for students' to develop an understanding of what First Nations and Metis people went through during that time in history.

4.ACTIVITIES/IDEAS:

The students' can research on the internet and read the biography of Chief Poundmaker.  Go over the question sheet with the students before they complete it on their own.  Students' could work in pairs of two to complete the activity. 

5. EVALUATION: