In September of 2017, I joined three of my fellow teacher candidates from Brandon University to work in collaboration to create The Star Quilt Project. The Star Quilt Project started as a simple project for a Teaching Aboriginal Studies course, but evolved into something extraordinary! In February 2018 my group members and I will be presenting our work at Western Canada Association For Student Teachers (WestCAST) in Winnipeg, MB.

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Each group member had a specific role to play in the creation of the Star Quilt Project. My role was to build a unit and course plan surrounding the experiences of building the star quilt. Although it started as a simple unit what emerged was a full course plan and one complete unit. From discovering the history of the star quilt to the relational aspects of building a community, the themes that emerged sparked my interest in building a cross curricular unit based on experiential learning and inquiry.

Below is a video introducing and showcasing the project in it completion. To find out more about The Star Quilt Project please click the find out more button and enter the password TAS2017

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My pieces of the Star Quilt Project can be found by either  visiting the project website (clicking on A Unit Plan tab) or by visiting my Samples of Work page.

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Linked Site:https://elenigal33.wixsite.com/thestarquiltproject

Password: TAS2017