Many of these issues frame the evidence of Perseverance that students 

will have been asked to consider in other lessons. Deconstruction of these 

issues will need to be tailored to the needs of your students in order for them 

to fully understand Angela James’s triumphs and challenges that support 

evidence of Perseverance in her life.

After the students have viewed the video, have discussions with them about 

the challenges and triumphs that Angela James had and the impact they 

had on herself, others and society.  

Possible questions to spark discussion:

• Why would Angela James be so well regarded as a hockey player but not 

be included on Canada’s women’s Olympic team?

• How would Angela’s exclusion from the Olympic team impact herself, her 

family and other hockey players?

• How would Angela’s upbringing have an impact on her learning and 

excelling in hockey?

• Why is Angela James considered the “female Wayne Gretzky” yet many 

of us have not heard of her?

Give students time to add their conclusions and additional information to the 

second column (“The impact on herself, others and society…”) of BLM #3, 

Focused Viewing/Shared Reading Graphic Organizer. 

SHARED READING AND DOCUMENTATION OF THINKING

Teacher Talk: We are going to get another perspective on Angela James’s 

life by reading the following text. Take some time to read this to yourself 

and then we will read it together as a class. As you read, write down any 

information that you learn about Angela James on your Graphic Organizer.

Facilitation Note: Structure the reading of this text to best meet the needs 

of your students. You may choose to do a read aloud, a full-class shared 

experience or have guided learning experiences with small groups of 

students. You may also project the text so that the entire class has access 

to it. As they read, students complete the third column of BLM #3, Focused 

Viewing/Shared Reading Graphic Organizer (“What I read…”).

Shared Reading: Read the text, stopping to have meaningful conversations 

regarding the triumphs and challenges in Angela James’s life. Make 

connections between what they viewed in the video compared to what they 

read in the text (e.g., “Has your thinking been confirmed or contradicted by 

the reading of this text?”).

Black Canadian Curriculum – Intermediate – ETFO – 2014