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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
Bannir la culture autochtone
Le but ultime de la Loi sur les Indiens a toujours été l'assimilation des Peuples Autochtones en tant que nations distinctes dans la société majoritaire du Canada.
Traditional Education
The idea that Western culture was superior and that the Indigenous Peoples needed to be Christianized and civilized came from the biases of Europeans and their unwillingness to appreciate the complex, largely unwritten teaching processes inside indigenous communities.
Éducation traditionnelle
L'idée selon laquelle la culture occidentale était supérieure et les Autochtones devaient être christianisés et civilisés est venue des préjugés des Européens ainsi que de leur refus d'apprécier les enseignements complexes et largement non écrits des communautés autochtones.
Aggressive Assimilation
The key to this policy was a system of industrial schools where religious instruction and skills training would help the Native Americans catch up with the demands of Western society.
Assimilation agressive
L'élément central de cette politique était un système d'écoles industrielles où l'enseignement religieux et l'enseignement des métiers allaient aider les Autochtones à s'adapter aux exigences de la société occidentale.
Legislation for the Residential Schools
Prime Minister Macdonald authorized the creation of new residential schools and granted government funds for those that were already in place.
Législation pour les pensionnats
Le premier ministre Macdonald a autorisé la création de nouveaux pensionnats et octroyé un financement gouvernemental à ceux qui existaient déjà.
The Role of the Churches
Learn about the Catholic and Anglican churches' role in propagating residential schools throughout Canada.
Le rôle des églises
Learn about the Catholic and Anglican churches' role in propagating residential schools throughout Canada.
Building the Indian Residential Schools System
One of the most important historians of the residential schools, James R. Miller, estimates that a great number of indigenous students were, in fact, educated in day schools, although the residential schools left the most painful, long-lasting marks on indigenous communities.
Construire le système des pensionnats autochtones
L'un des historiens les plus importants sur les pensionnats, James R. Miller, estime qu'un grand nombre d'élèves autochtones étaient, dans les faits, éduqués dans les écoles de jour, bien que les pensionnats aient laissé les marques les plus douloureuses et durables sur les communautés autochtones.