Students will consider whether Duncan Campbell Scott should be remembered as an artist, the instigator of a cultural genocide or a man somewhere in between those two identities. Students will create a piece of historical fiction to arrive at a deeper understanding of the impact Duncan's policies had on Aboriginals. I created this project to force students to consider tough historical questions through the creation of a dramatic narrative. I want students to connect emotionally to history.
Create a piece of historical fiction to arrive at a deeper understanding of the impact Duncan Campbell Scott
Exploring Treaties, Settlement, colonization and ourselves through critical pedagogy.'
‘[This project is a] look at the relationship between Canada's First Nations and the Federal Government from 1700 to present.’
