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Oral History and Education, 2017

This chapter offers several stories that help us explain how oral history has called on us throug... more This chapter offers several stories that help us explain how oral history has called on us through our work and research in education in Nunavut, a territory in northern Canada. It addresses the following questions: Why does oral history call on us? What invitations and potentialities are produced when conversations and relationships turn into oral history, or are called oral history, instead of something else? We use theoretical tools from Arthur W. Frank’s Letting Stories Breathe: A Socio-Narratology to explore theories, dilemmas, and practices of oral history, wherein curriculum is the nexus for relationship—between storyteller and learner, and between place, identity, and history. We undertake this exploration dialogically: with each other, with Frank’s theorizations, and with our experiences of oral history in educational change. While one can participate in oral history and benefit from it without theoretical supports, theory may illuminate why and how learners (students, educators, or anyone involved in schools) could be called by oral history—as we were—to practice in particular ways and produce particular kinds of pedagogical experiences. We selected and analyzed these stories as exemplars of oral history because they illuminate potentialities associated with Nunavut’s decolonizing goals for schooling: ongoing processes of creating culturally responsive schools for Inuit communities, disrupting the Eurocentric approaches that otherwise characterize schools, and reexamining colonizing histories and the implications therein for non-Indigenous school staff.

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to plants. Following a section on resources (background information on plants, resources included with this unit-various pictures of plants, related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about plants, teacher's resources, films, etc., and related native language materials), lesson plans for grades one, two, and three on six topics (plants are living objects, parts of a plant, seeds, how plants grow, types, and how people use plants) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following segments-exercises or activities: English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students who are learning English as a second language. (PR/CW)

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to water. Following a section on resources (background information on water and related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about water teacher's resources, films, etc.), lesson plans on four topics (properties of water as a liquid, forms of water, water is precious, and bubbles) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following ..egments exercises or activities: science concepts, English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students learning English as a second language.

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to birds. Following a section on resources (background information on birds, resources included with this unit-various pictures of birds, related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about birds, teacher's resources, films, etc., and related native language materials), lesson plans on six topics (living/non-living things, appearance and behavior, habitat of birds, food, life cycle, and people and birds) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following segments-exercises or activities: English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students who are learning English as a second language. (PR/CW) a.

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for studats to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to air and air pressure. Following a section on resources (background information, resources included with this unit-illustrations, related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about kites, balloons, airplanes, etc., teacher's resources, films, ets., and related aboriginal language materials), lesson plans for grades one, two, and three on four topics (properties of air/balloons, air exerts pressure, how air presssure helps/hinders, and effects of air on temperature) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the follwing segments-exercises or activities: science concepts, English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students who are learning English as a second language.

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop students language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to the sun, moon, and shadows. Following a section on resources (picture and a sample activity, and related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about bears, teacher's resources, films, etc.), lesson plans for grades one, two, and three on four topics (what is light, what makes a shadow, how do shadows change, and sun, moon, and earth) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following segments-exercises or activities: science concepts, English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students who are learning English as a second language. (PR/CW) Teachers have been requesting assistance with how to most efficiently and effectively teach English as a second language/di al ect. The Department of Education has determined that the Language Development Approach is the most suitable way to meet the needs of ESL/D students. The Department has developed these units for teachers to use in their class rooms. The Department therefore expects teachers to implement these units unless they can identify and Justify to their Superintendent something more appropriate for their students. ric Col bou me

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to sub-arctic land animals. Following a section on resources (background information on sub-Arctic land animals, resources included with this unit-various pictures of animals and books, related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about animals, teacher's resources, films, etc., and related native language materials), lesson plans on six topics (living/non-living things, appearance and behavior, habitat, food, life cycle, and people and land animals) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following segments-exercises or activities: English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students who are learning English as a second language.

AUTHOR Gilmour, Margy; McGregor, Cathy, Ed. TITLE Fish. A Language Development Unit for Science. ... more AUTHOR Gilmour, Margy; McGregor, Cathy, Ed. TITLE Fish. A Language Development Unit for Science. Life and the Environment: Populations. Grade Three. INSTITUTION Northwest Territories Dept. of Education, Yellowknife. PUB DATE 87 NOTE 173p.; For other documents in this series, see SE 053 148-150, SE 053 156-158, SE 053 160-161, and SE 053 163-164; for the overview of this program, see SE 053 072. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052)

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science.in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to dinosaurs. Following a section on resources (background information on dinosaurs-general and descriptions, resources included with this unit-worksheets and games, and related English materials-magazines, an extensive list of children's books on dinosaurs, teacher's resources, films, etc., and a list of models, posters, puzzles, etc., lesson plans on six topics (where were dinosaurs, types, habitat, food, adapatations of dinosaurs, and the end of dinosaurs) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education /movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following segments-exercises or activities: English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop students language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to the sun, moon, and shadows. Following a section on resources (picture and a sample activity, and related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about bears, teacher's resources, films, etc.), lesson plans for grades one, two, and three on four topics (what is light, what makes a shadow, how do shadows change, and sun, moon, and earth) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following segments-exercises or activities: science concepts, English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students who are learning English as a second language. (PR/CW) Teachers have been requesting assistance with how to most efficiently and effectively teach English as a second language/di al ect. The Department of Education has determined that the Language Development Approach is the most suitable way to meet the needs of ESL/D students. The Department has developed these units for teachers to use in their class rooms. The Department therefore expects teachers to implement these units unless they can identify and Justify to their Superintendent something more appropriate for their students. ric Col bou me

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for studats to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to air and air pressure. Following a section on resources (background information, resources included with this unit-illustrations, related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about kites, balloons, airplanes, etc., teacher's resources, films, ets., and related aboriginal language materials), lesson plans for grades one, two, and three on four topics (properties of air/balloons, air exerts pressure, how air presssure helps/hinders, and effects of air on temperature) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the follwing segments-exercises or activities: science concepts, English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students who are learning English as a second language.

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to magnets. Following a section on resources (background information on magnets, res-' rces included with this unit-various pictures of bears, and r-.red English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about magnets, teacher's resources, films, etc.), lesson plans on two topics (properties of solids and magnets) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following segments-exercises or activities: science concepts, English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons contained are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students who are learning English as a second language.

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to bears. Following a section on resources (background information on bears, resources included with this unit-various pictures of bears, and related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about bears, teacher's resources, films, etc.), lesson plans on seven topics (populations, appearance and behavior, habitat of bears, food, bear families, bears and people, and other bears) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following segments-exercises or activities: English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject Be Bear Aware (Activity Book

One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the ... more One of the basic principles of the Language Development Approach is that students must learn the language necessary to understand, talk, and write about all subject areas in order to succeed in school. This book contains information about teaching primary school science in the Northwest Territories with lessons that emphasize language. The goals of the unit are to (1) develop student language proficiency; (2) provide opportunities for students to use language in many different situations and for many different purposes; (3) develop student listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills including the science process skills; and (4) expand student knowledge of the science concepts related to fish. Following a section on resources (background information on Canadian fish, resources included with this unit-various pictures of fish, related English materials-magazines, lists of children's books about fish, teacher's resources, films, etc., and related aboriginal language materials), lesson plans on six topics (populations, appearance and behavior, habitat of fish, food, life cycle, and people and fish) are presented. Activity ideas for science/social studies, mathematics, language arts, music/poems/stories, art, physical education/movement, and special activities are suggested. Each lesson plan contains the following segments-exercises or activities: English vocabulary, English sentence patterns, English language concepts, special materials required, concept development/language exposure, language practice, and application. Poems, songs, and stories on this subject conclude the guide. The lessons are appropriate for students whose first language is English as well as for students who are learning English as a second language.