The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation
by Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- American Indian
Year Published 2022
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1030L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Internats pour Autochtones--Canada
- Art therapy--Canada
- Installations (Art)--Canada--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Autochtones--Sante? mentale--Canada--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Aboriginal Canadians--Residential schools
- Installations (Art)--Canada
- Off-reservation boarding schools
- Aboriginal Canadians--Art
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--Residential schools--Juvenile literature
- Re?conciliation
- Art therapy
- Reconciliation--Juvenile literature
- Off-reservation boarding schools--Canada--Juvenile literature
- Art-the?rapie--Canada
- Indigenous peoples--Mental health--Canada
- Re?conciliation--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Indigenous peoples--Mental health--Canada--Juvenile literature
- Installations (Art)--Canada--Juvenile literature
- Aboriginal Canadians--History
- Installations (Art)
- Newman, Carey, 1975- Witness blanket--Juvenile literature
- Internats pour Autochtones--Canada--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Art therapy--Canada--Juvenile literature
- Art-the?rapie--Canada--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Newman, Carey, 1975- Witness blanket--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Off-reservation boarding schools--Canada
- Reconciliation
- Canada
- Newman, Carey, 1975-
- First Nations art--Canada--Juvenile literature
- Aboriginal Canadians--Sculpture
- Art indien d'Ame?rique--Canada--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Aboriginal Canadians--Tangible objects
- Lists With This Book
- Activists and Action 6-8
- Refugee Camps and Detention Centers
Our Original Resources 4
Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Authors 2
Author Interviews 5
Interview with Carey Newman
Created by Canadian Children's Book Centre
Interview with Kirstie Hudson
Created by Canadian Children's Book Centre
Interview with Carey Newman
Created by Inclusion Incorporated
Interview with Carey Newman
Created by University of Victoria - Fine Arts Department
Interview with Kirstie Hudson
Created by Inclusion Incorporated
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Lesson Plan from Teach Magazine
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Teacher Guide from Canadian Museum for Human Rights
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Teacher Gujide Overview from Canadian Museum for Human Rights
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 6-8 Selection, 2023
Norma Fleck Award, 1999-2023
Winner, 2023
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2023
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2005-2024
English Finalist, 2023
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