Grade 6 Language: Identity and Community

Acknowledgements

Some images supplied by Getty Images. Other images, graphs, diagrams, and illustrations in this course, unless otherwise specified, are TVO created.

Learning Activity 1

The Gender Unicorn, Anna Moore (illustrator), Landyn Pan, Eli Erlick, et al. (design), Trans Student Educational Resources, URL: https://transstudent.org/gender/, Published 2015, Accessed 04/11/2024. Granted under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Front cover of A Boy Named Queen, Betsy Everitt (cover artist), Michael Solomon (cover design), Sara Cassidy (author), House of Anansi Press Inc, URL: https://houseofanansi.com/products/a-boy-named-queen, Published 2016, Accessed 04/11/2024.

Excerpts from A Boy Named Queen, Sara Cassidy, Toronto: House of Anansi Press Inc, 2016.

Raven's Quest – Shine, Florence Productions Inc, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/ravens-quest/videos/shine, Published 28/06/2022, Accessed 04/11/2024.

Gender Pronouns, Landyn Pan, Trans Student Educational Resources, URL: https://transstudent.org/graphics/pronouns101/, Published undefined, Accessed 04/11/2024.

Learning Activity 2

Damage done by the Asiatic Exclusion League to the store of K. Okada, 201 Powell Street, Unknown Photographer, URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3193210&lang=eng, Published 11/1907, Accessed 04/11/2024. Library and Archives Canada / C-023555.

Relocation of Japanese-Canadians to camps in the interior of British Columbia, Unknown Photographer, URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3193870&lang=eng, Published 1942, Accessed 04/11/2024. Library and Archives Canada / C-046355.

Japanese-Canadians being relocated to camps in the interior of British Columbia, Unknown Photographer, URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3193868&lang=eng, Published 1942, Accessed 05/11/2024. Library and Archives Canada / C-057250.

Internment camp for Japanese - Canadians [Lemon Creek, B.C], Jack Long / National Film Board of Canada, URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3191570&lang=eng, Published 06/1945, Accessed 05/11/2024. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada / PA-142853.

Front cover of Stealing Home, David Namisato (illustrator), J. Torres (author), Kids Can Press Ltd, URL: https://www.kidscanpress.com/product/stealing-home/, Published 2021, Accessed 05/11/2024.

Excerpt from Stealing Home, J. Torres (author), David Namisato (illustrator), Toronto: Kids Can Press Ltd, 2021, pages 106-110.

Excerpt from Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story (2002), Director: Jari Osborne, National Film Board of Canada, URL: https://www.nfb.ca/film/sleeping_tigers_the_asahi_baseball_story/.

Canadian Japanese War Memorial in Stanley Park, Vancouver, Jozef Durok/iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Learning Activity 3

Raven's Quest – Joshua, Florence Productions Inc, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGukFDDZePY, Published 29/07/2019, Accessed 14/11/2024.

Raven's Quest – Quill, Apartment 11 Productions Inc, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POy50BBPzSs, Published 14/03/2018, Accessed 14/11/2024.

Raven's Quest – Wiingashk, Florence Productions Inc, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl31YgPFbCM, Published 27/01/2020, Accessed 14/11/2024.

Raven's Quest – Jacob, Apartment 11 Productions Inc, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry_L9QQAxsU, Published 24/01/2018, Accessed 14/11/2024.

Front cover of Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, Nicole Neidhardt (cover illustrator), Molly Fehr (cover design), Cynthia L. Smith (editor), HarperCollins Publishers, URL: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/ancestor-approved-intertribal-stories-for-kids-cynthia-l-smith, Published 2022, Accessed 05/11/2024.

Excerpt from Brothers, David A. Robertson, published in Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, ed. Cynthia L. Smith, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.

Headshot of David A. Robertson, KC Adams, URL: https://quillandquire.com/authors/the-prolific-david-a-robertson-on-reconnecting-with-his-cree-heritage-and-paying-tribute-to-his-father/, Published undefined, Accessed 05/11/2024.

Learning Activity 4

"The Secret Pocket" Salish Weaving, Frieda George, Peggy Janicki, URL: https://www.peggyjanicki.ca/2-book-storycontext-b-lessons-initiatives, Published undefined, Accessed 05/11/2024.

Distant view of Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Industrial School with tents, [Red River] carts and teepees outside the fence, Lebret, Saskatchewan, [May 1885?], O.B. Buell, URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3194883&lang=eng, Published ca. 1885, Accessed 05/11/2024. Library and Archives Canada / PA-182246.

Coast Salish blanket, Unknown Artist, Photograph: Markku Haverinen/Finnish Heritage Agency, URL: https://www.finna.fi/Record/museovirasto.334DB9D97724B968676D492DD9FA058F?sid=4886036082, Published undefined, Accessed 05/11/2024. Physical object from the collection of the National Museum of Finland, VK-1, Catalogued in 1828. Photograph granted under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

sitən (hən'q'əmin'əm' : basket), Unknown Artist, Photograph: Museum of Anthropology, URL: https://moa.ubc.ca/2023/03/excerpt-from-where-the-power-is-indigenous-perspectives-on-northwest-coast-art-a-basket-and-a-poem/, Published 07/03/2023, Accessed 05/11/2024. Physical object from the collection of the Museum of Anthropology, 2904/4, Created c. 1900.

Woven Haida hat, Unknown Artist, Canadian Museum of History, URL: https://www.historymuseum.ca/teachers-zone/haida-arts-and-technologies/formline-design/hat/, Published undefined, Accessed 07/11/2025. Photograph: Canadian Museum of History, VII-B-892, created 1884 or earlier.

The Secret Pocket, Peggy Janicki (author), Carrielynn Victor (illustrator), Orca Book Publishers, URL: https://www.orcabook.com/The-Secret-Pocket, Published 2023, Accessed 05/11/2024.

Cruncher Review, Peggy Janicki, URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DfBo9WAt9Sl64_ps0itZtI8Mp1wgpI8t/view?usp=drive_link, Published undefined, Accessed 05/11/2024.

The Next Chapter – Angela Sterritt, Children's Book Panel, CBC/Radio-Canada, Published 10/06/2023, Accessed 05/11/2024.

Secret Pocket Paper Pins, Peggy Janicki, URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wuUvgixzoqQRpiFWm7InRaBXWZlb2b5P/view, Published undefined, Accessed 05/11/2024.

Learning Activity 5

Portrait of Laura Hershey, Unknown Photographer, URL: https://denverlibrary.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/1133082, Published undefined, Accessed 07/11/2024. Denver Public Library Special Collections, WH2274-2016-226.

You Get Proud by Practicing, Laura Hershey, URL: http://www.laurahershey.com/?p=340, Published 1991, Accessed 24/09/2024.

Working Together: Part 1. Introduction, Ontario Human Rights Commission, King's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOicdh2C8A0, Published 14/03/2013, Accessed 07/11/2024. © King's Printer for Ontario, 2013.

How to Use Active & Passive Voice to Improve Your Grammar, Interactive English, James Consulting, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRqbAvO9uNQ, Published 24/03/2018, Accessed 07/11/2024.

Learning Activity 6

FIRST PERSON – How I’m Managing High School While Having ADHD, Rian Hede, CBC Kids News, URL: https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/first-person-how-im-managing-high-school-while-having-adhd, Published 02/11/2023, Accessed 07/11/2024.

Excerpt from Jude Saves the World, Ronnie Riley, New York: Scholastic Press, 2023.