Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Complete Novel Study - Digital & Print!

Waubgeshig Rice's novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, is a unique and compelling take on the apocalypse narrative, written, this time, with an Indigenous lens. The story follows Evan Whitesky and his community as they navigate a widespread power outage from their reserve in Northern Canada.

Published in 2018, Moon of the Crusted Snow is a high-interest novel that engages all learners. Although it was published two years prior to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many events within the novel are eerily similar to events that have occurred recent years, which means your students will be able to make significant connections to the experiences and emotions of the characters, just as ours did!

The novel study includes OVER 400 pages/slides worth of resources (worksheets, activities, lesson plans, assessments, presentations and graphic organizers) - everything you need to teach this novel! You will have access to BOTH the GOOGLE DRIVE LINK (Google Docs/Slides) and the PDF resources, which means you can either print-and-go, or edit to suit the needs of your students! Using the Google Drive files in conjunction with Google Classroom is perfect for distance learning.

Unit resources include the following:

• Chapter Questions
• Chapter Quizzes (including answer keys!)
• Anishinaabemowin (vocabulary) review
• Novel Table of Contents
• Suggested Lesson Plans
• Sample Novel Study Calendar
• Literary Analysis Essay (including outline, templates & rubric)
• Pre-reading activity
• Graphic & note-taking organizers
• Literature Circle resources
• Worksheets for independent study
• Small and large group activities
• Ekphrasis activity
• Close reading
• and much much more!

This unit is interdisciplinary meaning a significant portion of the lessons and activities in this novel study focus on its historical context, specifically the history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Students will learn about the parts of Canadian history most relevant to the novel, including:

• The colonization of Turtle Island
• Treaties & the Indian Act
• Residential schools
• Land-Based Knowledge
• Indigenous Worldview
• and more!

As non-Indigenous educators, we recognize the ways in which we have benefitted from the historical and ongoing colonization of Turtle Island and the oppression of Indigenous Peoples. We recognize our responsibility as settlers and the descendants of immigrant families to continuously (re)educate ourselves, challenge and dismantle systems of oppression.

As such, we will be DONATING 100% OF THE SALES from this novel study resource to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS), an organization that “provides essential services to Residential School Survivors, their families, and those dealing with Intergenerational traumas” throughout Canada.

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