“Speak up, make your voice heard” by HowardLake is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
When exploring some of the First Peoples Principles of Learning, such as “Learning requires exploration of one’s identity” and ‘Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story,” I was looking at ways to enhance student voice within my classroom. I came across the website and organization called Unlocking Silent Histories. This organization aims to offer support to many Indigenous youth around the world by providing access to technologies and skills that could help them create their own documentaries, sharing stories in their perspectives. Their “goal is to cultivate indigenous youth leaders and provide global access to traditional knowledge and problem-solving approaches that contribute to sustainable community-led actions.” Additionally, I found an Edutopia article that showcases some of their work and how it can be done in a classroom, which I think could be helpful as well.
DeGennaro, D. (2014, January 14). Unlocking silent histories: Critical and creative expression for Indigenous youth. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/unlocking-silent-histories-creative-expression-donna-degennaro
Unlocking Silent Histories. (2021). Our Work. Unlocking Silent Histories. https://www.unlockingsilenthistories.org/