I value and incorporate the First People Principle of Learning my all of my lessons during my practicum. Most of the principle were Incorporated in the different subject areas that I taught. However, the one I used frequently in my lesson is ” learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective,experiential, and relational ( focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships and a sense of place)”. In Visual Art I adapted lesson to deepen students’ knowledge about black bear and experience enduring understanding of the First Nation’s Seven Sacred teaching. The core-competency that we focus on for the month of February was Bear. Bear carries courage. We seek the strength and courage to face our greatest enemy-oneself, The bear gives understanding to seek relationship through spiritual interventions: hence spiritual healing to deal with anger, pain, in ourselves,and to show kindness to self and others.
The integrated approach has help to revisit this core-competency in our visual art lesson. Students will use water color to paint their black bear and experiment with water color techniques. The teacher will also review what students have learned about Primary, and Secondary color before starting to paint, show students how to hold their brushes, and reinforce proper rinsing before using another color.
