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LESSON 5#                    Lieutenant Otter                 

SUBJECT:  Language Arts/Social Studies

TOPIC:  Biography on Lieutenant Otter             

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 through discussion.
- demonstrate increasing ability to communicate ideas on Lieutenant Otter.
- identify changes that occurred during the Northwest Rebellion/Resistance.

Psychomotor: Students will...

- use various resources to identify written perspectives and points of view while completing the assignment.
- make comparisons and connections during the written activity.

Affective/Spiritual:  Students will...

- respect and appreciate the history of First Nations and Metis people.

2. RESOURCES:

                           http://library.usask.ca/northwest/background/backgrd.htm

3. PURPOSE/TEACHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

    The purpose of this lesson is to make students' aware of the people involved and their role in the Northwest Rebellion/Resistance.  The students' will gain an understanding of what the First Nation and Metis people experienced during this era.

4. ACTIVITIES/IDEAS:

    Students' research on the internet and read through the biography of Lieutenant Otter.   Discuss the worksheet with the students' and see if there are any questions.  Allow the
students' to answer the questions and encourage pair work to complete the assignment.

5. EVALUATION: