Big Idea
First Peoples texts and stories provide insight into key aspects of Canada’s past, present, and future
Elaboration
any type of oral, written, visual, or digital expression or communication:
- Visual texts can include gestural and spatial components (as in dance) as well as images (e.g., posters, photographs, paintings, carvings, poles, textiles, regalia, and masks.).
- Digital texts can include electronic forms of oral, written, and visual expression.
- Multimodal texts can include any combination of oral, written, visual, and/or digital elements and can be delivered via different media or technologies (some examples of multimodal texts are dramatic presentations, web pages, music videos, on-line presentations, graphic novels, and closed-captioned films).
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a narrative text that shares ideas about human nature, motivation, behaviour, and experience. Stories can record history, reflect a personal journey, or explore identity. Stories can be oral, written, or visual, and used to instruct, inspire, and/or entertain listeners and readers.