I volunteered to develop courses in Aboriginal Studies. They have outcomes and textbooks. The textbooks are no longer in print.
Then I was told the First Nations treaty officers thought people didn't understand treaties. Could we create a teaching unit on that topic? No problem I said.
How hard could it be? Treaties are legal agreements my ancestors signed with the ancestors of indigenous people. I would find out what those agreements were, find historical documents and images, fit them into the learning outcomes for Aboriginal Studies and Social Studies and we would have a course.
I bought books. Lots of books. Do you know how many books about treaties there are? LOTS OF BOOKS.
I have no background in Aboriginal Issues and a very limited background in Canadian history but I'm relatively intelligent. I know course design. I can learn.
Yeah.
Not as easy as all that.
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