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Grade 9 level 1. This is the research-based element of the Residential School project. There is another document that explains this more fully. You are responsible for collecting 4 sources and writing one paragraph with in-text citations used properly. Your sources should all be relevant to the Residential School issue in Canada. just this i have a sample for this Residential school research project One of Canada’s biggest mistakes in history was the residential schools. 1840 was the year that the first canadian residential school was opened. These schools were run by the european and mostly christian settlers that came to canada. Residential schools were meant to “civilize and christianize” all the aboriginal people in canada. These schools were brutal and cruel to the aboriginal people and it tainted their culture. Point 1 – The aboriginal kids that went to residential school were usually beaten and abused mentally, physically and sexually. Point 2 – death from abuse, disease, etc was very common. It was so common that most residential schools had graveyards built right across the road from them. Point 3 – The aboriginal people were not allowed to speak their own language or practice their own culture. They would cut their hair and attempt to christianize them. This tainted their culture. Works Cited Downie, Gordon, and Jeff Lemire. Secret Path. Simon & Schuster Canada, 2016. Sellars, Bev. They Called Me Number One Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School. 2013. Downie, Gord. “Gord Downie’s The Secret Path.” YouTube, YouTube, 23 Oct. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGd764YU9yc. Paikin, Steve. “The Story of Chanie Wenjack.” TVO, 1 Nov. 2016, tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/the-story-of-chanie-wenjack. Miller, J.R. “Residential Schools.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 Oct. 2012, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools/