Memorable Mo ments
We did a plant medicine session with our
class where an artist shared how to use
spruce pitch to make a medicinal salve. This
session required me to take my class out to
harvest the pitch prior to the session.
Because I had never done this before, I
talked to our school's First Nations
language coordinator, and she supported
our class in this harvesting.
This provided the students with more
genuine background knowledge on the
topic. The rest of the materials for the pitch
were sent to me directly, which was very
helpful.
The most memorable sessions I have done with
Connected North have been art sessions. I teach a
class where I program all subjects for my
students, but have no art background or artistic
abilities. Being able to conveniently bring artists to
our class and provide the students with diverse
art learning experiences has been highly
beneficial for our class.
This has included a Northern Lights watercolour
painting workshop, a bag-weaving session and an
Indigenous anime drawing session.
Connecting to the Land
C o n n e c t e d N o r t h i n O u r C l a s s r o o m
Gina Sparling - Connected North in Our Classroom
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