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5. Introduce the idea of creating a Remembering Stone. This is a
palm-sized stone that is painted in memory of a student who was
sent to a residential school. Details of the original “Remembering
Stone Project” are credited to Phil Reid from Roseneath Centennial
Public School and can be found using the link on the weblinks list.
Suggested resources are available in most school libraries or by
borrowing the Kawartha Pine Ridge School Board’s Residential
School Kit.
6. A slideshow of the Remembering Stone project can be shared
with students; link on weblinks list.
7. Discuss what students would have lost by being taken to
residential school. Brainstorm symbols of their time in the schools.
Use these ideas for inspiration for creating a Remembering Stone.
8. Have students each paint a stone white using acrylic paint.
When dry, use a pencil to outline an image. Paint details in colour
MATERIALS using acrylic paint. Students can write their name on the back of
1. Appendix: Life at the stone.
Alderville/Alnwick
Industrial Day School Connections to Land
2. student reflection journals 1. Use the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada Giant Floor Map; link
3. Stolen Words by on weblinks list. This resource is on loan through the Indigenous
Melanie Florence Education Department of the Kawartha Pine Ridge School Board.
4. I Am Not a Number by 2. Have students stand on the map to represent each residential
Jenny Kay Dupuis and
school. Then have students stand on the map in another colour
Kathy Kacer
to represent the First Nation communities to indicate how far
5. When We Were Alone by
students were required to travel for school.
David Alexander Robertson
3. Discuss the impact these distances might have had on the
6. ”Mush-hole” Memories of
students and their families.
a Residential School by
Maddie Harper 4. Using the map, discuss the impacts that residential schools have
7. A Stranger at Home by had on Indigenous languages.
Christy Jordan-Fenton and
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton Intellectual (Respond) Success Criteria, Assessment
8. Fatty Legs by Christy
• See the Achievement Chart on pages 34 to 35 of The Ontario
Jordan-Fenton and
Curriculum (2018) Social Studies Grades 1 to 6, History and
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Geography Grades 7 and 8
9. Not My Girl by Christy
Jordan-Fenton and • Student self-assessment
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
• Observation
10. When I Was Eight by
• Student questions and wonderings for further learning
Christy Jordan-Fenton and
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

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