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 * Lesson Ideas/Assignments:**


 * 1) [[file:Battle batoche grade 6 ss.doc]] This lesson uses the grade six social studies textbook, examining Louis Riel's role in the Battle at Batoche.


 * Resources:**


 * 1) Louis Riel Historica Commercial
 * 2) Biography of Graham, Andrew Wilson
 * 3) [|Winnipeg Free Press Article: Riel was a Hero, not a Traitor] WFP article that discusses NDP Pat Martin's call for Louis Riel's exoneration on the 125th anniversary of his death.