Throughout a year long inquiry, Grade 7 students worked to develop an understanding of “best practices” in cultural contact. Students explored the opportunities and challenges that were presented by cultural contact in Canadian History. The students learned that Canadian History is, in many ways, a story of cultural contact rife with successes and challenges created by the interactions of First Nations people, French, British and other European immigrants. The students also identified that in their world today they similarly face a myriad of opportunities in cultural contact in our ever flattening world. The video you are about to watch chronicles the culminating activity of this work, where students put the lessons they learned about cultural contact into practice. Students applied the lessons they learned about cultural contact and fostered a relationship with Blackfoot Elders and ultimately created documentary films chronicling their wisdom and stories.The student’s hosted a celebration of learning themed around a red carpet screening as they debuted their documentary films to an audience that included the Elders and their families, the student’s families, the school community, and the local media.
To learn more about this inquiry and to view the plan for this work please visit the Rocky View Schools Inquiry Wiki.