In "Indian Residential Schools," Kids Britannica discusses the effects of the Indian Residential School system in Canada, as well as the country's efforts toward healing and repair over the last two decades.
Pair “Orphans’ Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape a Child’s Brain” with “Indian Residential Schools” and ask students to discuss how being forcibly removed from their homes likely impacted Indigenous children, as well as their families, for generations to come. According to “Orphans’ Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape a Child’s Brain,” what are some of the common effects of growing up in an institutional setting, and/or without a parental figure? According to “Indian Residential Schools,” how did Indigenous children end up at the residential schools, and what was the government’s goal in placing them there? How did time spent in residential schools impact Indigenous children’s family relationships, personal development, and connections with their cultures? Based on your understanding of both texts, how might the history of the Indian Residential School system continue to affect Indigenous people, families, and communities today?