Monday 4 January 2021

Residential Schools



 

Residential Schools

To be fair, schools are not always the most pleasant places, and common school practices from 20, 50, and 100 years ago would shock us today. Residential schools though, were particularly cruel. Even worse than the school practices, was the intent of the schools and the devastation it caused to the Indigenous communities of Canada. We will be talking about cultural genocide as we study this issue.
Answer the following questions. 
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1. For many, was attendance voluntary? 

2. Give an educated guess why the death rate was high in the Residential Schools

3. Why were many of the dead children not given a marked grave, or their death documented, or the parents notified?

4. Knowing that schools were often built far away from the community, that parents were not allowed to visit, and that a student's culture, religion and language was not respected. What besides education was a goal for the schools, perhaps an even bigger goal than education? 

5. If children are separated from their families and taught a different language, religion and customs, how would that impact family life and communities for generations to follow?

6. Do schools today try and do more than educate students? Defend your answer. 

When done, explore the pictures/text at this link here or replay the movie below. 


16 comments:

  1. 1.school was mandatory

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  2. 2.they didn't git proper food
    proper helth cair

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  3. leland. 1 No. 2 they were abused and they had too do stuff no child should have to go through so suicide rates are high in these schools. 3 because they had a bad attitude and they thought they were uselesss. 4 to speak english and they want them to be useful for plans and stuff like that. 5 it will make a bad impact on them it is an emotional brake through. 6 yeys they do they want you to be able to get a job and get a good life and not just be homeless.

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  4. 1 yes
    2 because the people weren't treated well and not fed well either
    3 because the white people didn't think that they mattered so they didn't give them proper graves
    4 to stop the indigenous languages and cultures and make them more like the English people because they thought that would make them better
    5 that would make famillies not teach the origianal ways and have a harder time teaching well because the white people taught them wrong so they might be abusive or might be very hard on their families
    6 yes they try to educate the children but also get them to be better people and help not have these things happen again.

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  5. 3. because they thot that they where lower than them

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  6. they got forced into it they got treated badly schools dont really do more than educate from my experience of the 8 or 7 schools ive been to and o canada does not count because thats still teaching us to respect the anythem and i reall dont care for what you have to say

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  7. 1. No 2. They treated them bad 3. They did not care 4. To change their culture 5. It would mean that it would be hard for the kid and the parent to connect 6. Schools do not do more than educate us, we come here to learn and that is what happens

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  8. The school attendance was not voluntary, they were forced to go to school. The death right was because they were all together treated bad, and had bad health care. The dead children were not marked because they did not care about them. The goal was to get the Indian out of the child. Family would not be able to talk to each other and become bad parents farther in life because they were taught that way. Now kids have a choice of coming to school and talking to people, we do that so kids can be who they want to be.

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  9. 1. School attendance was involuntary for many
    2. the death rate was high due to poor health care conditions, lack of care, and neglect
    3. the dead children were often not given grave due to the unreasonable idea that the children were of lower value compared to the Europeans
    4. the goal of the residential schools were probably to turn the indigenous children into Europeans.
    5. being away for so long from families, learning different religious practices and languages, would would split families
    6. yes. schools today do more to educate children on things they will need in real life. if kids need special help, the schools give it to them.

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  10. 1. no the kids did not want to go to the schools
    2.because the kids tried to run away and they didn't make it home and often froze to death in the winters
    3.the nuns didn't care about the kids
    4.The nuns thought they where better then the others
    5.i don't know but i think it would be less and less in there religion
    6.yeah i think so but I'm not sure

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  11. 1. NO. They forced you to go to school.

    2. I think that when the kids would try to run away they would get cought and they would get hit and every hit would make the kids weaker and they would get to weak that they would pass away

    3. Because they didn`t care about the kids. they thought that they were better then everyone else.
    4. .

    5.well they wouldn't know how to be parents.

    6. Yes. schools now try to socialize and to work with others. If you do something wrong they will help you fix it.

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  12. nick the marshmello5 January 2021 at 07:31

    no they were forced to
    they did not care
    they had no respect
    to take away there culture
    they would forget there language
    schools are way different now of days

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  13. 1) NO
    2) THEY TREATED THE KIDS BADLY
    3) THEY DIDN`T CARE
    4) TO GET RID OF THEIR CULTURE
    5) THE KIDS THAT WENT TO RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS WOULDN`T KNOW HOW TO RAISE THEIR KIDS PROPERLY
    6) SCHOOLS TODAY TEACH ABOUT OTHER RELAGION

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  14. 1)no

    2)they did not take care of them

    3)they thought that they were lower then them

    4)to change them to become more like them

    5)they would not be good parents

    6)they teach them Canadian culture (example we listen to o Canada every day in the morning.

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  15. 1: the schools were not voluntary
    2: because you got hit
    3: because they did not care
    4:to change the children to more like their self
    5:it would be hard
    6: if we want, we can talk to people and now classrooms there is a mix of girls and boys

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  16. 1. was not attendance


    2.cuz they were n

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