Mi'kmaq Culture Assignment -- due: Sun. Nov. 27th at midnight on turnitin.com

Unit 2: People and Culture                                                                                                                           KJ Flick

Mi'kmaq Culture Assignment

You have read about the Mi'kmaq way of life; now it is your turn to reflect on your own lives, culture and society.

Part I:

Please choose two (2) topics from the “Mi’kmaq notes” (pg. 11-19 on the PDF file below) and write a compare and contrast paragraph for each topic.

http://www.edu.pe.ca/gray/class_pages/rxmacdonald/peiclass/peinotes.pdf

http://bowvalleycollege.ca/Documents/Learning%20Resource%20Services/Library%20Learning%20Commons/E-Resources/Study%20guides/writing%20para_comp.pdf

Possible topics:

·         People

·         Housing

·         Clothing

·         Food

·         Gender roles

·         Children

·         Elders

·         Pastimes

·         Tools

·         Marriage

·         Festivals

·         Funerals

·         Fishing/Hunting

·         Medicine

·         Religion and beliefs

·         Justice system

·         Government

·         Alcohol

·         Disease

Part II:

Choose one thing/idea/principle/concept relating to Mi'kmaq culture that you believe our society could benefit from. You must write a well-developed paragraph to support your claim.

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