Treaty Walks for Kids

Treaty Walks for Kids Assignment

What is a Treaty Walks Narrative?

Check out Mrs. Koops’ Treaty Walks blog www.treatywalks.blogspot.com 

A Treaty Walk is a hike, a stroll, a field trip with treaty on the mind. A Treaty Walks Narrative is a story about your adventure with some small or grand idea of treaty woven into the story. (See Accompanying Rubric)

Treaty Walk Destinations in your Hometown? Museums, street names, monuments, flags, town hall, chamber of commerce, hospital, schools (hallways, playgrounds) graveyards, or book a bus and get out on the land or visit somewhere with treaty significance, which is everywhere in Saskatchewan.

Background Information: Students need one idea to carry with them, to meditate on, as they go to their Treaty Walk.

·         If your students do not have any treaty education background knowledge, or if their understanding is limited, sharing the first chapter in Treaty Essential Learnings: We Are All Treaty People (Office of the Treaty Commissioner) is a great place to start.

·         Or, you may offer a specific class-wide treaty “teaching” like “brother to brother” or “getting along together on the land”.

Sample Treaty Walks Samples Attached:

·         Day Four: Thank You for Sharing This Land http://www.treatywalks.blogspot.ca/2011/09/day-four-thank-you-for-sharing-this.html

·         Day Eight: Light Changes Things http://www.treatywalks.blogspot.ca/2011/09/day-six-light-changes-things.html

·         “We are All Treaty People” (2011) by Jack Lee, Grade Ten Student, Bert Fox Community High School http://www.treatywalks.blogspot.ca/2012/10/we-are-all-treaty-people-by-jack-lee.html

Category	High	Medium	Low	Incomplete
Descriptive: Uses the five senses. Details, details, details.	10           9               8         7                    6      5                     4  3  2  1
Title: Adds to the story in some manner	5                    4                        3                       2                     1
Narrative: Tells a story that grabs people’s attention with a strong lead	5                    4                        3                       2                     1
Narrative: Keeps them reading with rising tension	5                    4                        3                       2                     1
Narrative: Wraps things up in a satisfying manner.	5                    4                        3                       2                     1
Conventions: Spelling, punctuation, and usage?	Less than three or no mistakes.	Few mistakes	Many mistakes	Mistakes make it difficult to read.
	5                    4                        3                       2                     1
Special Requirement: Weaves “Treaty Teaching” seamlessly into narrative.	10           9               8         7                    6      5                     4  3  2  1
Above and Beyond… Could be super neat or super voice or super something…	5                    4                        3                       2                     1