Muffins for Granny

Muffins for Granny A documentary by Nadia McLaren

The interviews and the stories that you will hear during this film study belong to real people. As grade nine students, you are expected to be respectful, empathetic, open- minded and mature throughout this film study. Failure to participate in this manner will result in exclusion from class and further consequences.

Perspectives Narrator Mrs. Mr. Garnet Ralph Delaney Eulalia Roy Littledeer Johnson

Watch the documentary carefully and answer each of the numbered questions in the space provided below

1. How did Mr. Johnson’s father choose his family’s “English” name? ______

2. Why did Mr. Johnson’s father choose an “English” name for his family? ______

3. How did different families respond when their children were apprehended and taken to residential schools? ______4. Describe the living conditions in residential schools. ______

5. Describe the moment of separation for parents and for children. ______

6. Why were the children numbered? ______

7. Describe the communities left behind after all the children were taken away to residential school. ______

8. Why was one night a long time for a child in residential school? ______9. Describe the punishments meted out in residential schools. ______

10. What did children miss when attending residential schools? ______

11. Why did some of the interview subjects choose to use alcohol/drugs? ______

12. What was found beneath the foundation of the school? ______

13. Why does the subject (Johnson) smile throughout his interview? ______

14. Why did Mr. Johnson prefer the possibility of eternal burning in purgatory/suicide to his own life? ______

Analyzing the film Choose 2 of the 6 ☼ items from the list below. Respond to each in a 1/2 page of organized and edited writing

☼ Image Analysis – waterfall, lone moose, lone bird, butterfly struggling on ground, owl ☼ Sound Analysis – what is the impact of silence during the interviews and throughout the film? ☼ Image Analysis – the sun coming through the trees ☼ Image Analysis – chained tree ☼ Lyric Analysis – explain the connections between the story about taking a baby bird from its nest and the stories of residential school survivors. ☼ Image Analysis – mother bear & cubs, mother duck & ducklings

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