Orange Shirt Day Truth and Reconciliation Week - Articles and Activities

This Orange Shirt Day package is great for Truth and Reconciliation Week, Orange Shirt Day, or to add in throughout the year. This resources gently teaches about residential schools in Canada and why we take a day to honour residential school survivors with Orange Shirt Day and a National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th of each year.

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This package has 3 articles and various activities throughout to bring ease and confidence when teaching about residential schools.

Included are 3 articles: Indian Act, Residential Schools, and Orange Shirt Day. The articles gently help students clarify why Canada had residential schools, what residential schools were, and why we honour residential school survivors each year.

Let these three articles gently guide your students.

1. Article one, Indian Act, explains why Canada had residential Schools.

2. Article two, Residential Schools, outlines the basic history of residential schools in Canada.

3. Article three, Orange Shirt Day, gives information on why we honour residential school survivors, how Orange Shirt Day began, and how it lead to Canada's official National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

Each article includes:

-1 page article with information, vocabulary highlights, and information references.

-Students note page to guide students

-Article questions page for students to fill in after reading.

Other Activities included are:

-Before Reading Activity

-Residential School Timeline

-Mapping Activity

-Reflective Writing Activity

-Word Search

-Answer Keys where applicable

BONUS - A teacher guide with suggestions on how this package could be used, and a Close Reading guide and annotation page to use with the articles if you choose.

Let this package help you bring deeper learning on such a difficult topic this year.

Simply print and start teaching.

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FREE LINKS to Great Videos for Orange Shirt Day and or Truth and Reconciliation Week are:

What is Reconciliation? A short video (4:45) explaining to kids what reconciliation is by an Indigenous teenager. Great resource!

Click HERE for the video link.

Indigenous Story Read Aloud- When We Were Alone

Click HERE for the video link.

Stephen Harper Apologizing for residential schools in 2008

Click HERE for the video link.

Call to Action Report Truth and Reconciliations Commission

of Canada: Calls to Action document

Click HERE for the PDF link.

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