Metis Peoples Biography Poster Activity

Activity Overview

Métis Peoples of Canada are famous leaders, artists, athletes, activists and much more! Researching real people helps students to get a more concrete and compassionate understanding of the culture, lives and diverse perspectives of different people. Students will research a person and then create a biography poster highlighting their accomplishments.

These posters can be printed out, laminated, and hung around the room as a visual reminder of notable people from the Metis Nation. Students can also present their posters to their classmates, sharing their knowledge about their person, thus combining research, writing and public speaking skills into one powerful assignment.

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Important Métis Peoples

Howard Adams, Métis activist, author, and leader
Pierre Bottineau, Minnesota frontiersman, surveyor, diplomat. and translator
Michel "Mitch" Bouyer, Métis of French Canadian and Sioux ancestry; interpreter, and guide
James P. Brady, Métis politician and activist
Pierre Delorme, Métis politician and activist
Gabriel Dumont, Métis military leader during the North-West Rebellion
Cuthbert Grant, Métis political and military leader
John Norquay, Métis politician, Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887
Malcolm Norris, Métis politician, activist, and leader
Louis Riel, Métis leader
Keith Barker, playwright
Joe Fafard artist
Sandra Birdsell, novelist
Robert Boyer, artist
Maria Campbell, writer and filmmaker
George R. D. Goulet, author
Dylan Miner, artist
Gregory Scofield, acclaimed poet, beadwork artist, dramatist, non-fiction writer, activist and educator
Kamala Todd, community planner, filmmaker, curator
Loretta Todd, filmmaker, producer, cultural theorist
Katherena Vermette, writer
Arlette Alcock, musician, songwriter, and social activist
Andrea Menard, actress, playwright, and singer; Métis
Thelma J Chalifoux, Métis ; community activist; First Aboriginal Woman appointed to the Senate of Canada
Shelly Glover, Métis ; Member of Parliament
Dan Vandal, Métis ; Member of Parliament
Arron Asham, professional ice hockey player
Tantoo Cardinal, actress; of Métis and Cree ancestry
Roseanne Supernault, actress; Métis of Cree descent

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Objective: Research a famous or notable person that is of Métis heritage. Create a Biography Poster that highlights their major accomplishments.

Student Instructions:

Choose a person.
Using school resources, conduct some research and learn more about your chosen person.
On the poster, include your person’s name and dates of birth (and death if applicable). Choose a character that resembles your person. Add words and images to describe your person’s accomplishments.

Requirements: Person’s image, name, dates of birth/death, accomplishments.

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Lesson Plan Reference

Grade Level 4-6

Difficulty Level 3 (Developing to Mastery)

Type of Assignment Individual

Type of Activity: Biographies

Common Core Standards

[ELA-Literacy/RH/9-10/3] Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
[ELA-LITERACY/CCRA/R/1] Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
[ELA-LITERACY/CCRA/R/7] Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
[ELA-LITERACY/CCRA/R/9] Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
[ELA-LITERACY/WHST/6-8/2/B] Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.