Students may examine how new media can increase cultural homogenization, inauthenticity in representation, and cultural appropriation, and at the same time increase opportunities for the revival of First Nations languages and social activism.

• someone who uses information technology (IT) to engage in society, politics, and government participation
• someone who uses the Internet regularly and effectively to interact with private and public organizations

refers to the land and other aspects of physical environment on which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity

Oral traditions are the means by which cultural transmission occurs over generations, other than through written records. Among First Peoples, oral traditions may consist of told stories, songs, and/or other types of distilled wisdom or information, often complemented by dance or various forms of visual representation such as carvings or masks. In addition to expressing spiritual and emotional truth (e.g., via symbol and metaphor), these traditions provide a record of literal truth (e.g., regarding events and/or situations). They were integrated into every facet of life and were the basis of First Peoples education system. They continue to endure in contemporary contexts.

• A person’s sense of identity is a product of linguistic factors or constructs, including oral tradition, story, recorded history, and social media; voice; cultural aspects; literacy history; linguistic background (English as first or additional language); and language as a system of meaning.
• Students may consider register (jargon, colloquialisms, vernacular, dialects, accent, diction, slang).