Introduction
The clothes you wear, the languages you speak, and the food you eat are all part of your cultural identity. Your spiritual beliefs and overall ideas are influenced by your culture. How would you feel if you were not allowed to practise your culture? Or if the government valued another group’s culture over your own?
Historically, different cultural groups in Canada were more empowered than others. Between 1870 and 1914, the government of Canada encouraged people from Europe—particularly Britain—to immigrate to western Canada and to bring their cultural practises with them. To make space for the British settlers, the government forced Indigenous peoples off their traditional territories. The government also promoted cultural assimilation and actively attempted to make Indigenous peoples abandon their traditional cultural practises.
Today, different groups in Canada experience cultural empowerment more than others. They do not have to worry about discrimination against their race, religion, ethnicity, or nationality, while others struggle to keep their traditional ways of life alive.
Task
Cultural Identities/empowerment
https://share.edwin.app/lessons/18596?rand=LlJOhL
After watching the videos listed above answer 1a,b and 2a,b.
You can complete them in a goggle doc and submit in goggle classroom.
1a) How many different cultures are in Canada?
b)Pick one culture and find 5 things they deem important
2a) What is the largest ethnic group in Canada?
b) What are some things that are considered important in their everyday life within their culture.