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Grade 11, Workplace Preparation
E1. Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures, and, as appropriate, relevant media texts from non-Indigenous sources;
E2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning in the context of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures;
E3. Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts on subject matter related to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures, for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions,
and techniques;
E4. ReflectingonSkillsandStrategies:reflectonandidentifytheirstrengthsasinterpretersandcreators of media texts, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts on subject matter related to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures;
E5. First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices in Contemporary Media: identify various contributions of individuals, organizations, and initiatives, including technological initiatives, to the development of contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit media production, analysing the social and cultural influence of those contributions and the role of media literacy.
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
E1. Understanding Media Texts
By the end of this course, students will:
Purpose and Audience
E1.1 explain how both simple and complex media texts from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures, and, as appropriate, relevant media texts from non-Indigenous sources, are created to suit particular purposes and audiences (e.g., identify the audience for a blog written in the first person and
expressing personal ideas and opinions on a variety of topics; explain the purpose of using on-location footage and interviews with eyewitnesses or experts in a documentary)
Sample questions: “What does an audience expect the purpose of a documentary to be? How does a documentary convey authenticity and factual accuracy?”
Interpreting Messages
E1.2 interpret both simple and complex media texts from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures, and, as appropriate, relevant media
texts from non-Indigenous sources, identifying and explaining the overt and implied messages they convey (e.g., explain the implied message of a poster advertising a movie with a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit theme, identifying specific elements of the imagery or text that support their conclusions; identify key messages in a radio program about
an environmental issue)
Sample questions: “How did imagery play an important role in national news reports about the Oka Crisis in 1990? What were the overt and implied messages conveyed by the images included in reports of the stand-off? What effect did these images have on the audience?”
Evaluating Texts
E1.3 evaluate how effectively information, themes, ideas, issues, and opinions are communicated in both simple and complex media texts from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures, and,
as appropriate, relevant media texts from non-Indigenous sources, and decide whether the texts achieve their intended purpose (e.g., comment on the effectiveness of including authentic
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E. MEDIA STUDIES OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will: