<p> Muffins for Granny A documentary by Nadia McLaren</p><p>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.</p><p>Perspectives Narrator Mrs. Mr. Garnet Ralph Delaney Eulalia Roy Littledeer Johnson</p><p>Watch the documentary carefully and answer each of the numbered questions in the space provided below</p><p>1. How did Mr. Johnson’s father choose his family’s “English” name? ______</p><p>2. Why did Mr. Johnson’s father choose an “English” name for his family? ______</p><p>3. How did different families respond when their children were apprehended and taken to residential schools? ______4. Describe the living conditions in residential schools. ______</p><p>5. Describe the moment of separation for parents and for children. ______</p><p>6. Why were the children numbered? ______</p><p>7. Describe the communities left behind after all the children were taken away to residential school. ______</p><p>8. Why was one night a long time for a child in residential school? ______9. Describe the punishments meted out in residential schools. ______</p><p>10. What did children miss when attending residential schools? ______</p><p>11. Why did some of the interview subjects choose to use alcohol/drugs? ______</p><p>12. What was found beneath the foundation of the school? ______</p><p>13. Why does the subject (Johnson) smile throughout his interview? ______</p><p>14. Why did Mr. Johnson prefer the possibility of eternal burning in purgatory/suicide to his own life? ______</p><p>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</p><p>☼ 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</p><p>______</p>