Settler colonial histories

Item

Activity

Settler colonial histories

Lesson description

After going through a timeline that covers the arrival of newcomers in the past three centuries, students journal their reflections on how colonialism shapes the past, present, and future. In the second video, students learn about concepts such as moving into a place, arrivants, guests, and write a 3-5 sentence positionality biography.

Discipline

Social Sciences

Course modality

Online asynchronous

Temporal coverage

Contemporary present

Estimated time for students to complete activity

Two hours

References

Ostroff, J. (2017). How a smallpox epidemic forged modern British Columbia. Maclean's.

https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/how-a-smallpox-epidemic-forged-modern-british-columbia/

Creator

Natalie Baloy

Institutional affiliation

Western Washington University

License

Creative Commons Noncommercial Share Alike

Format

Web-based

Item sets

Salish Activities

Media

Settler colonialism, part I: Timeline

Settler colonialism, part II: Concepts