B12 Chilcotin War Unit Plan (Secondary) (**repeated in C11) In 1864, a road was built from Bella Coola to what is now Williams Lake. “Unfortunately” for the white settlers, there were people living along the proposed route and those people did not want a road going through their territory. They fought back, so they were given gifts to appease them. These gifts were infected with small pox. The Tsilhgot’in Chiefs fought back again. They were then invited to a meeting where they were all subsequently arrested and hanged. Recently the Federal Government offered apologies on this matter and members of the Tsilhgot’in Nation were invited to Ottawa. Working closely with the Tsilhgot’in National Government, we have created a lesson plan to teach this unit in Law 12, BCFN 12, Explorations in Socials 11, and Social Justice 12. This unit plan has now been published and is available for use across the province. Complete with lessons, possible guest speakers, access to a pronunciation guide, and the TNG produced videos, this unit plan is a positive movement towards the reconciliation of the TRC. Discussion also includes how to facilitate locally developed resources in connection with local Aboriginal groups, through our own trials and errors to create this unit and have it published and produced provincially.
Shannon Rerie, for the past 12 years, has worked at the highschool in Williams Lake. She has taught everything from Computer Science to English, but her passion is Social Studies- specifically Genocide Studies 12 and BCFN 12.
