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
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Authors 3
Author Interviews 5
Interview with Carey Newman
Created by Canadian Children's Book Centre
Interview with Kirstie Hudson
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Interview with Carey Newman
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Interview with Carey Newman
Created by University of Victoria - Fine Arts Department
Interview with Kirstie Hudson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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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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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 6
Norma Fleck Award, 1999-2023
Winner, 2023
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2023
Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 6-8 Selection, 2023
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Winner, 2023
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2005-2024
English Finalist, 2023
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