Diva Girls Group - Our Home on Native Land, Canadian History & Colonization
Divas Girl Blog
Jan 12th 2018
Session 14: Our Home on Native Land,
Canadian History & Colonization
This week the Diva girls had a history
lesson on Canadian history. The goal was for the divas to gain a
clearer understanding of the dark parts of Canadian history and to
learn ways we can recognize these parts while still enjoying what we
love about Canada. Since we are just coming back from the break the
divas first started off with circle rock talking about what they did
on the holidays.
To start off the first activity the
girls were told to write down all the words that you would use to
describe Canada. They also had to draw what they think of when
someone says “ Canada”. The divas were asked what are some
misconceptions that people think about Canada and what is one thing
they would change about Canada. After the divas shared their thoughts
and opinions they watched a video poem. The poem “Love You Some
Indians” by Rowie Shebala was about the cultural appropriation that
happens in Canada.
The divas also learned about Indigenous
people, Colonization and Manifest Destiny. This lesson was very
important for the diva girls to learn about and after all that
learning the divas took a break to enjoy a health snack. To end off
the program the divas started working on a poem and the theme of the
poem was “ What You Don’t Know About Canada”. The divas have
been working really hard on their poem and are excited to share with
everyone next week.
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