Chapter 1 Questions
+ Voices from the Story and Referenced Resources
Think about it
- How does this story connect to larger themes, issues, or current events?
- Explain systems change.
- Do you believe storytelling is a powerful tool to make change?
- Ian Brown told us, in his opinion, “I don’t think storytelling just matters, I think it’s the only thing that matters.” What do you think? Why or why not?
- What is a story that sticks with you? Why do you think you are drawn to it?
- What can we learn from storytelling in nature?
- What stories do you want to tell?
- Why does research matter?
- How often do you go beyond a Google search when doing your research?
- How can good research help us tell better stories?
Hot Takes
Reflection Activity
- Option One: Write down three questions you have about this story and try to find the answers. Hint: the Curated Library might be a helpful tool for your research.
- Option Two: Deliver a one minute speech (to your class or in small groups) about why storytelling matters to you.
- Option Three: Select a concept from this story that's new to you. Learn more about the topic using the Curated Library and then describe what you’ve learned to your peers in small groups.
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Referenced Resources
- Grizzly Bears
- Donald Trump's inheritance
- Justin Trudeau’s childhood marked by privilege and upheaval
- Kaia Gerber Doesn’t Deny the “Privilege” of Nepotism
- Drake's childhood
- Where Exactly Was 'the Bottom' for Drake?
- Natal dispersal of grizzly bears
- Confronting race, shame and reconciliation at sea in the Far North
- How The World Became Data-Driven, And What's Next
- Big Data Is Changing The Way People Live Their Lives
- Just Using Big Data Isn't Enough Anymore
- The Globe and Mail
- The importance and influence of Indigenous storytelling
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Canada & Indigenous Traditional Stories
- Ojibwe Cultural Foundation
- Nanabush, the Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Sacred Teacher and Trickster
- What is Turtle Island?
- Welcome to Petroglyphs Provincial Park
- Papyrus in Ancient Egypt
- Takeout noodles inspire UChicago scientists to invent remarkable synthetic tissue
- Mariupol Maternity Hospital Airstrike
- World Wildlife Day International Youth Art Contest announces 2023 winner
- Great Big Nature
- The Storytelling Animal
- Communication in Marine Mammals
- Groundbreaking effort launched to decode whale language
- Ravens have social abilities previously only seen in humans
- Ravens Use "Hand" Gestures to Communicate
- Ravens remember the nature of a single reciprocal interaction sequence over 2 days and even after a month
- Crows share intelligence about enemies
- Ravens Hold Grudges Against People Who Cheat Them
- The girl who gets gifts from birds
- Chimp communication gestures found to follow human linguistics rules
- Jays: the birds that can talk like humans
- Are We on the Verge of Chatting with Whales?
- Do Birds Have Language?
- Do Animals Tell Stories?
- 2 Mental Abilities Separate Humans from Animals
- Social Cognition and the Evolution of Language
- Science is revealing more about animals' rich, complex inner lives
- This Is How Boring the Internet Has Become
- Meet the rehashed, repeated, warmed-over Web
- The Internet Is Rotting
- Mass Polarization in Canada: What’s Causing It? Why Should We Care?
- What Happens When Democracies Become Perniciously Polarized
- Library of Parliament: Kim Campbell
- Library of Parliament: Kim Campbell
- For Mark Miller, the highway to TV success runs through Canada
- Highway Thru Hell
- The problem of living inside echo chambers
- Echo chambers, rabbit holes, and ideological bias: How YouTube recommends content to real users
- The Small but Mighty Danger of Echo Chamber Extremism
- Lost husky reunites with family after strangers’ incredible efforts to bring her home
- Liberal MP Han Dong secretly advised Chinese diplomat in 2021 to delay freeing Two Michaels: sources
- “Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It”
- The Misadventures of Canuck, the World’s Most Infamous Crow
- Why, when and where did honey bee dance communication evolve?
- Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language – bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skills
- Titanic crew member’s weathered skeleton key sells for $131K at auction
- Since 13, he's been fighting to protect B.C.'s spirit bear
- Andrew Potter: Canada's shame is Ukraine's disaster
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source
- Is Wikipedia as ‘unreliable’ as you’ve been told? Experts suggest the opposite may be true
- Bighorn protest still on; new survey shows support for proposal
- Canadian Association for Girls In Science (CAGIS)
- National Geographic photographer shares heart-wrenching video of starving polar bear
- Video of Starving Polar Bear ‘Rips Your Heart Out of Your Chest’
- National Geographic says it 'went too far' with emaciated polar bear video
- The real story behind the famous starving polar-bear video reveals more manipulation
- FAKE NEWS: ‘Nat Geo’ Photographer Admits Viral Photo Of Polar Bear ‘Dying From Climate Change’ Is False
- US Drought Monitor
- Climate warming increases extreme daily wildfire growth risk in California
- Why do we know so little about the Druids?
- The Secret Life of Druids
- How do you write a Christmas letter for 2018, a year of hell?
- Woodpecker brains process their own tree-drumming as if it's birdsong
- Why woodpeckers don't get concussions, a really weird tongue and other surprising facts about these birds
- David Suzuki on The Nature of Things: 44 years in 44 seconds
- Time to skip Suzuki's style of polarizing perfectionism for environment
- The decline of wild bees: Causes and consequences
- Silence of the Bees
- The Magnetic North
- Our Food, Our Health. Nourishing biodiversity to heal ourselves and the planet
- What School Lunches Have to Do With Fixing Wealth Inequality
- Overview of the food and beverage processing industry
- The edible midterm: U of T history students serve curry for their final history grade
- DreamNow
- Sorted Library