November 2016 - Our completed project - 500 cards and bracelets to give hope to the youth of Attawapiskat.
Activity 1: Learn about the history and struggles within the community of Attawapiskat by reading news articles and watching news report.
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/sudbury/attawapiskat-suicide-first-nations-emergency-1.3528747
http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/people-are-treating-us-like-we-re-nothing-attawapiskat-teen-talks-struggles-1.2872520
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.thestar.com/amp/news/canada/2016/04/18/how-the-attawapiskat-suicide-crisis-unfolded.html?client=safari
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/attawapiskat-four-things-to-help-understand-the-suicidecrisis/article29583059/?service=mobile
http://m.huffpost.com/ca/news/attawapiskat
Week of September 26 – we have been watching more news reports on Attawapiskat and how government and communities within Canada are helping.
Instead of taking notes, we have been using a website called Edmodo.com to collaborate. Students are posting information to our class site to share with everyone. From that site students are filling out a unique foldable that we created. So far, we have filled out the basic information page.
We have finished learning about Attawapiskat and are now moving onto our action plan. As a class, we have decided to write a card for each of the 500+ children under the age of 18. As well, the class has decided to make a simple bracelet with a blue bead to symbolize hope. We hope that the children there will wear these bracelets and remember that someone cares about them and we hope this gives them hope.
