See Think Wonder Thinking Routine
See Think Wonder Thinking Routine
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Review the photos provided to establish a context and build background knowledge before reading When I was Eight.
Work in groups of 4. Each person will complete the thinking routine below with the images on oneof pages A, B, C, or D individually, and all respond to the question on page “E.”
Share your thoughts about the photos you looked at with your group.
Photo source: We were so far away The Inuit experience at residential schools:
See Think Wonder Thinking routine:
What do you see? What does this photograph tell you?
What do you think? What can you infer from the photo?
Does the photo confirm what you know? Does it extend or challenge your thinking?
Whose voice is represented? What is the worldview presented?
What questions arise?
*MAKE NOTES THROUGHOUT THE ACTIVITY IN PREPARATION FOR THE WRITING TASK
For more information about thinking routines go to Visible thinking routines:
Cultures of Thinking -Think from the middle:
R.C. [Roman Catholic] Hospital and residential school, Aklavik. Dept. of the Interior / NWT Archives / G-1989-006
All Saints Indian Residential School. New arrivals, Aklavik, NWT. The General Synod Archives / Anglican Church of Canada / P7538-848
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Photograph of Father IsaïeDesautelso.m.i. helping Jean Ayarwark (junior), a young Inuit, on a swing. July 1938. Archives of the Saint-Boniface Historical Society, Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the Province of Manitoba Fonds SHSB 26944.
[Class of boys] – These boys are from the same school as Lillian Elias. The boys and girls were kept separate from each other. Photograph provided by Lillian Elias. 1987/363-E-110/31
B
School boys. These children live too far away to go home in the summer. [Students at the Anglican mission’s residential school]. Aklavik. 1940-42. Saich / NWT Archives / N-1990-003: 0223
Shirley says, “This suitcase was bought for me when I was going to the Dorm to put my stuff in for the winter. All my winter supplies came in that. […] That’s what I took all my winter clothing in, whatever that I needed.” Photographed by Jeff Thomas.
C
Marjorie says, “I didn’t want to go by the rules but yet I knew if I didn’t then I would be in trouble. So I would write these letters home to my parents and make little teardrops. I wanted them to see how sad I was and I thought if I did that, or if I didn’t do well in school then maybe they would let me come home.” Letter and envelope provided by Marjorie Flowers.
Marjorie Flowers scrubs the floor as part of her chores at Lake Melville High School in North West River, Labrador. Photograph provided by Marjorie Flowers. D
Compare the two photos.
How did life change for the children that went to residential school?
Photo source: We were so far away The Inuit experience at residential schools:
E