A history of aboriginal children who attended residential schools in Canada from 1831 to the 1990s. Traces the implementation of government policies of forced assimilation, outcomes, and impacts. Includes video of residential school survivors who share their stories, maps, historical photographs and documents, an interactive timeline, quizzes, and textbooks written for three levels of learners: grades 9-10, grades 11-12, and adults.

Additional Tags

act for the gradual civilization of the indian, canadian aboriginal history, first nations history, native peoples of canada, residential schools

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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