USC2.6
Examine how communities benefit from the diversity of their individual community members.
Indicators for this outcome
(a)

Investigate what it means to be special and unique (e.g., families, interests, talents, culture, gifts, faith, feelings, desires, learning styles, confidences, appearances).

(b)

Develop an awareness of "community" as a group of people who interact, work, and play together; face challenges and solve problems together; and help each other.

(c)

Develop awareness of differences in routines, practices, and/or preferences among people.

(d)

Understand and respect (see USC2.4) individual preferences, including those related to traditions, dress, and play.

(e)

Understand that different does not mean "better" or "worse".

(f)

Explore personal understanding of "self" as an individual with particular physical and inherited attributes (e.g., age, sex/gender, culture/ethnicity, abilities).

(g)

Discuss that people do not choose the attributes of identity but rather are born with them (e.g., skin colour, sex), born into them (e.g., culture/ethnic group), or acquire them (e.g., learning of gender roles).

(h)

Participate in experiences where being treated as a unique and valued member of the class with particular abilities and personal qualities are recognized and appreciated.

(i)

Propose what the local community would be like if everyone was the same.

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R050272
My Travelin' Eye
Jenny Sue is not happy when her teacher suggests that she see an ophthalmologist to treat her strabismus because Jenny Sue likes the way that her travelling eye allows her to see the world in a unique way. The ophthalmologist prescribes a patch over Jenny Sue's lazy eye and this causes much difficulty for Jenny Sue because not only does she have difficulty seeing, but her classmates tease her. With some creativity, however, the protagonist and her mother turn the situation into a positive one. Vivid illustrations add appeal to this picture book.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $21.99
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R051428
Shi-shi-etko
In four days, Shi-shi-etko leaves for residential school. Before she leaves, Shi-shi-etko's mother, father and Yayah share teachings they want her to remember. Shi-shi-etko learns to treasure the world that surrounds her. Yaya gives Shi-shi-etko a small bag made from deer hide and sinew. She tells Shi-shi-etko that the bag is to store memories. Shi-shi-etko carefully collects berries, roots and flowers for her bag of memories. When the truck arrives to pick up Shi-shi-etko, she goes to a giant fir tree, offers tobacco and tucks the memory bag inside its roots.
Teachers will need to provide a historical context about residential schools and the impact on First Nations people.
This video is a dramatization of the picture book by Nicola I. Campbell and illustrated by Kim LaFave. The book was selected as co-winner for the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year, Ânskohk Aboriginal Literary Festival. The video won the 2009 Best Short Drama, Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival and the Best Canadian Short Drama, ImagineNATIVE 2009.
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Media and Formats : CD/DVD Video
Topic : Truth and Reconciliation
Price : $150.00
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Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070843
All Access
In this episode from the Wapos Bay Series, cousin Betty arrives in a wheelchair and the community does its best to adapt to her personal needs. T-Bear avoids Betty when he finds out she is sick. Betty is hurt because she thinks T-Bear no longer likes her. The community of Wapos Bay decides to make it easier for Elders and people with disabilities to get around.
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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saskatchewancontent
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rovervideo
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R050211
Jenneli's Dance
This picture book tells the story of Jenneli, a young girl who feels she is not special until her grandmother teaches her the Métis Red River Jig. Jenneli has fun dancing with her grandmother until the day that Grandma Lucee enters her in a jig contest. Jenneli is terrified, but with encouragement from her grandmother, she manages to participate in the contest and to feel good about her accomplishment. Colourful, cartoon-style illustrations complement the text. Jenneli's Dance includes an information section on the Red River Jig.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $12.95
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R044183
The Remarkable Maria
Told in the first person by Maria, a young girl from Suriname, South America, this picture book tells her story about growing up and facing problems that she did not understand at the time. Orphaned at a young age, Maria helps look after her little sister, Willie. When Maria faces rejection at school because her parents died from AIDS, she feels sad, but she soon comes to realize that she is a remarkable girl. Although not directly mentioned, this gentle narrative serves as a basis for discussing how the HI virus is not spread and it leads to the broader topic of demonstrating compassion for people who are ill. The children from Suriname were instrumental in the development of the colourful illustrations.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $22.00
Record posted/updated: November 7, 2019
R012748
Concentus Citizenship Education Resources. Grade 2: The Intentional & Explicit Teaching of Essential Citizenship Competencies
Students will continue to understand the decision-making process and explore the rights and responsibilities associated with belonging to society.
Media and Formats : Document
Price : Free
free
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saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
Record posted/updated: January 21, 2019
R054794
The Other Side
Clover always wondered why there was a fence separating the African-American and Caucasian sides of the town. When a young girl from the other side of the fence starts to sit on the fence, Clover's curiosity and a friendship develop.
Set in a small American town prior to the civil rights movement, the theme of segregation in this video offers opportunities for discussion of issues or discrimination and racism.
Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Price : $95.00
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R049243
Shin-chi's Canoe
Arriving at school, Shi-shi-etko reminds Shin-chi that they can only use their English names and cannot speak to each other. Shin-chi's life becomes an endless cycle of church, mass, school, work and skimpy meals. His father sends him a gift - a cedar canoe. The river provides solace for Shin-chi as he dreams of the day when the sock-eye salmon return to the river and he can go back home. Campbell provides young children the opportunity to explore the issue of First Nations children sent to residential schools.
The book was a finalist for the 2008 Governor-General's Literary award for Children's Literature - illustration.
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Media and Formats : Book
Topic : Truth and Reconciliation
Price : $18.95
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R043375
Shi-shi-etko
In four days, Shi-shi-etko leaves for residential school. Before she leaves, Shi-shi-etko's mother, father and Yayah share teachings they want her to remember. Shi-shi-etko learns to treasure the world that surrounds her. Yaya gives Shi-shi-etko a small bag made from deer hide and sinew. She tells Shi-shi-etko that the bag is to store memories. Shi-shi-etko carefully collects berries, roots and flowers for her bag of memories. When the truck arrives to pick up Shi-shi-etko, she goes to a giant fir tree, offers tobacco and tucks the memory bag inside its roots.
The book was selected as co-winner for the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year, Ânskohk Aboriginal Literary Festival.
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Media and Formats : Book
Topic : Truth and Reconciliation
Price : $18.95
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070844
All Access (Cree Version)
In this episode from the Wapos Bay Series, cousin Betty arrives in a wheelchair and the community does its best to adapt to her personal needs. T-Bear avoids Betty when he finds out she is sick. Betty is hurt because she thinks T-Bear no longer likes her. The community of Wapos Bay decides to make it easier for Elders and people with disabilities to get around.
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
canadiancontent
saskatchewancontent
fnmicontent
rovervideo
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R051217
Violet
A young girl named Violet is upset because all of her classmates have red, yellow or blue skin, but hers is purple! Following a heartfelt discussion with her mother, Violet realizes that she should not worry about being like other people and that people should appreciate her for who she is - not the colour of her skin. Through this story, students learn to examine how communities benefit from the diversity of their individual community members. Digital images with a hand-drawn feel bring this touching story to life.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $15.95
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R071088
Pebble. A Story About Belonging
Richly illustrated with colourful collages, this picture book tells the story of a little pebble that wants more from life than just sitting on the beach. One day, in spite of discouragement from its fellow rocks, the pebble finds purpose in the palm of a young boy who claims it as his own and comes to understand that different does not mean better or worse.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $19.99
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R100620
Moe & Malaya Visit the Nurse
Moe plans to play with his friend, Malaya, on their day off from school, but discovers that she and her father are on the way to the community clinic for a check-up after Malaya's recent illness. Moe asks if he can go along. After the children visit the clinic in their northern community and find out more about what it's like to be a nurse, they both decide they might make good nurses someday. The text of this book is written in English and Inuktitut.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $14.95
Record posted/updated: May 17, 2019