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Alaska Native Cultural Resources (ANKN) Searchable Lessons & Units

Alaska Native Cultural Resources (ANKN) Searchable Lessons & Units

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This is a database of lessons and units searchable by content and cultural standards, cultural region and grade level.

Included are lessons and units on:
Whouy Sze Kuinalth - "Teaching Our Many Grandchildren"
Tauhna Cauyalitahtug - (To Make a Drum)
Math Story Problems
St. Lawrence Island Rain Parka
Winds and Weather
Willow
Driftwood
Snowshoes
Moose
Plants of the Tundra
Animal Classification for Yup'ik Region
Rabbit Snaring
The Right Tool for the Job - Fishing Tools and Technology
Blackfish
Family Tree
Medicinal Plants of the Kodiak Alutiiq Archipelago
Beaver in Interior Alaska
Digging and Preparing Spruce Roots
Moose in Interior Alaska
Birds Around the Village
Dog Salmon

This site also has the "Handbook for Culturally Responsive Science Curriculum".

Subject:: English Language Arts; Health Education; Indigenous Perspectives; Aboriginal Languages; Native Studies; Math; Practical & Applied Arts; Science; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Homework/Assignment; Lesson; Reading; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Author:: Alaska Native Cultural Resources
Date Added:: 11/20/2018

Anaana's Tent: Inuit Clothing

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Anaana's Tent: Inuit Clothing

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Rita Claire teaches us about the importance of Inuit clothing and how it protects against the cold. Rita Claire and Celina Kalluk perform a throat song together, and we read the book Viivi’s New Kamik.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Native Studies; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: CBC Gem
Date Added:: 02/03/2022

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Be a ConnectR

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ConnectR is an online tool created to inspire Reconciliation in Canada.
ConnectR helps you choose your next steps towards reconciliation.
Find calls to action to grow what you know, encourage a shared future and generate change.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Native Studies; Social Studies; History
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Reconciliation Saskatoon
Date Added:: 09/23/2021

Buffalo Treaty

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The Buffalo: A Treaty of Co-operation, Renewal and Restoration.

This site offers the history of this Treaty, the relationships it involves, related films and news articles and access to the Buffalo Treaty blog.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Aboriginal Languages; Native Studies; Treaty Education; Truth and Reconciliation; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Reading
Author:: buffalotreaty.com
Date Added:: 09/28/2022

Bunny by Allan Weir

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Bunny by Allan Weir

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Haida Art-Indigenous Art
Math Colour By Number
Sums 9-16

Bunny
By Allan Weir, Haida
NativeNorthwest.com

Subject:: Arts Education; Indigenous Perspectives; Math; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Allan Weir; Native Northwest
Date Added:: 10/27/2021

CREE CALENDAR – Shapes, Patterns, Cycles

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CREE CALENDAR – Shapes, Patterns, Cycles

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Students use washable paints, markers, and construction paper to illustrate a month from the traditional Cree Calendar

Students will be able to:

illustrate a month from the traditional Cree calendar;
demonstrate an understanding of the changes, cycles and patterns that occur in nature through words and images;
draw/paint geometric and organic shapes;
create the illusion of depth in space using size;
connect personal life experiences to their artworks.

Subject:: Arts Education; Visual Arts; English Language Arts; Indigenous Perspectives; Nēhiyawēwin; Math; Science; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: crayola
Date Added:: 09/14/2022

Calls to Action - Spirit Bear's Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Calls to Action - Spirit Bear's Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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In 2008, a group called the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was made. Their job was to listen
to stories about residential schools and then write the stories down so we can learn from our mistakes.
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission announced their 94 Calls to Action. These are 94
activities all governments, courts, businesses, schools, and people living in Canada can do to help fix the
mistakes of the past and present so that all children – including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children –
can grow up happy, healthy, safe, and proud of who they are.

This booklet is written by Spirit Bear as a youth-guide to the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action. Each of the calls is outlined in student-friendly language that will give them a deeper understanding of Truth and Reconciliation process.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Reading
Author:: First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Date Added:: 09/27/2022

Canada's History: Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Educational Package

Canada's History: Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Educational Package

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Applicable for Grades 3–6 and Grades 7–12.

The lesson plans in Treaties and the Treaty Relationship: Educator’s Guide are framed on the Historical Thinking Concepts and offer teachers interactive instructional approaches that foster engaged student inquiry. They are fortified with maps, weblinks, and supporting Blackline Masters.

Lesson plan themes explore Treaties across Canada from time immemorial to the present, making a concerted link between the past and the future.

As well, each learning activity offers adaptions and/or activities based on the lesson theme for exploring Treaties in grades three to six.

It is with the greatest appreciation that we thank the many contributors and supporters of the Treaties and Treaty Relationship: Educator’s Guide.

Go to the website to download the pdf package.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Native Studies; Treaty Education; Social Studies; History
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Homework/Assignment; Lesson; Reading; Unit of Study
Author:: Canada's History
Date Added:: 09/13/2018

Canadian Art Education Teacher Resource Guides

Canadian Art Education Teacher Resource Guides

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Canadian art is a door to learning about a wide range of subjects.

The Art Canada Institute teacher resource guides presented here offer students the opportunity to study a multitude of subjects—from environmental awareness to activism, social justice to gender studies, politics to computer science (to name a few)—through the art and artists who have defined this country’s visual culture.

Following our provinces’ education curricula, the teacher resource guides provide multidisciplinary learning activities that reveal how Canadian art powerfully reflects our world so we can better understand it.

Activities for K-12!

Subject:: Arts Education; Drama; Visual Arts; Business; Computer & Digital Technologies; Education; English Language Arts; Indigenous Perspectives; French; Practical & Applied Arts; Science; Computer Science; Social Studies; Geography; History
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Homework/Assignment; Lesson; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Author:: Art Canada Institute
Date Added:: 12/15/2022

Concept to Classroom – Inuit Lesson Plans

Concept to Classroom – Inuit Lesson Plans

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This site provides lessons developed to help students understand the Inuit culture.
Lesson 1
- Lesson Question: How do Inuit on Baffin Island live, and how does Arctic life resemble and differ from ours?
Lesson 2
- Lesson Question: What can Inuit life on Baffin Island teach us?
Lesson 3-4
- Lesson Question: How does a short book about the Arctic (such as Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak's NORTHERN LIGHTS: THE SOCCER TRAILS or his BASEBALL BATS FOR CHRISTMAS, both from Annick Press, Buffalo, NY) illustrate Inuit life, social interaction, and environments?
Lesson 5
- Lesson Question: How does Inuit culture reflect beliefs, issues, and events relevant to societies past and present?
Lesson 6
- Lesson Question: How does Inuit culture compare to my own culture?

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Native Studies; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Homework/Assignment; Lesson; Reading; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:: Educational Broadcasting Corporation; WNET Education
Date Added:: 11/13/2018

Cree Code Talker

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Cree Code Talker

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Cree Code Talker reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles ‘Checker’ Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US archives it depicts the true story of Charles’ involvement with the US Air Force and the development of the code talkers communication system, which was used to transmit crucial military communications, using the Cree language as a vital secret weapon in combat.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Native Studies; Social Studies; History
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Website Nsi-canada Ca
Date Added:: 11/02/2022

Cree Code Talkers

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Cree Code Talkers

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In this lesson, students will expand their knowledge and dive deeper into lesser-known Indigenous histories in Canada, particularly those of Second World War Cree Code Talkers. Students will then be asked to summarize and compare both histories.

What are Cree Code Talkers? What was their purpose?
During the Second World War, encryption and coded messages were deemed essential to winning the war. Utilizing Cree, the government relied on Indigenous men to use their language to aid the war effort; these men were known as Cree Code Talkers.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Native Studies; Social Studies; History
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: History Canada
Date Added:: 06/21/2022

Cree: Language of the Plains

Cree: Language of the Plains

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Provided by the Government of Saskatchewan to the University of Regina, this is a Cree Language Learning resource that one can download and use for free.
The comprehensive resource includes chapters on dialects, many grammatical topics, expressions, vocabulary and much more.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Aboriginal Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Homework/Assignment; Lesson; Primary Source; Unit of Study
Author:: Jean L. Okimāsis; University of Regina Press
Date Added:: 06/22/2022

Drafting a Statement of Reconciliation with Students - NFB Blog

Drafting a Statement of Reconciliation with Students - NFB Blog

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Four mini-lessons have been created to address this topic. Highlighting Indigenous-made films from the NFB collection, the lessons will help students understand the spirit and intent of the treaties and provide them with the information they need to discuss the issues of access to drinking water, health care and education. In a spirit of reconciliation and co-operation, students are encouraged to write, record and share their Land Acknowledgement statements on social media

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Martha Gonya; Nfb Education
Date Added:: 09/07/2022

Education for Reconciliation Action Toolkit (pdf) (2015)

Education for Reconciliation Action Toolkit (pdf) (2015)

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"This action toolkit contains a variety of resources:

*Short sample introductions to use during announcement time, at a display table or in one-on-one conversations
*A two-hour workshop to introduce your community to the campaign
*Winds of Change Series (If you have a full day or 3 sessions)"

*** All products including free downloads must be added to the shopping cart by clicking on the ‘Add to cart’ button.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Native Studies; Treaty Education; Truth and Reconciliation; Social Studies
Material Type:: Primary Source
Author:: Kairos Canada
Date Added:: 09/18/2020

Enough is Enough Performance (Gr. 9-12)

Enough is Enough Performance (Gr. 9-12)

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Enough is Enough is a powerful 30-minute performance tailored to Saskatchewan Ministry of Education learning outcomes in Social Studies, Music, and English Language Arts for grades 9-12.

*A full teacher's guide is available to download.

Zoey Roy’s explains that:

Enough is Enough unravels what we think we know about Indigenous people in the context of Canada and rebuild a collective understanding of how we can learn from Indigenous knowledge and spirituality to make our home in Canada better for everyone. Inspired by my own pursuit of self-love, healing, and joy. The following lessons are steppingstones – a pathway for engaging the whole human self in learning and growing. Along my journey, I learned, you can’t think your way out of a broken heart. I want people to know that they are enough, to feel that they are enough, and to know that all people, animals, plants, minerals, and emotions all have a place in this world just like you. They are all enough too. Our journey is not theirs, so our judgements have no place in their journey. I want this unit to inspire compassion, will, solidarity and love.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Indigenous Perspectives; Social Studies; History
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Strategy Lab Marketing; Zoey Roy
Date Added:: 04/27/2022

Every Child Matters Colouring Page

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Every Child Matters Colouring Page

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Orange Shirt Day and what is now called 'The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is coming up on September 30. Here is a free resource for educators and parents of children learning and participating in Orange Shirt Day. A coloring page can be a simple tool to engage children and gives them an additional way to show their support as they learn about why orange shirt day is so important.
Coloring has been proven to have the ability to help relieve stress, generate mindfulness, engage active listening and help with the processing of emotions. And don't forget, coloring isn't just for kids!

Subject:: Visual Arts; Education; Elementary Education; Higher Education; Language Education (ESL); English Language Arts; Indigenous Perspectives; Aboriginal Languages; Native Studies; Treaty Education; Truth and Reconciliation; Emotional Wellness
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Hawlii Pichette; Urban Iskwew
Date Added:: 08/22/2022

Every Child Matters: Reconciliation through education

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Every Child Matters: Reconciliation through education

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Written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, this magazine, which is based on the Seven Sacred Teachings, is aimed for students in grades 5–12 and is available in both English and French.

Each chapter teaches children about residential schools, Treaties, and the historic and current relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

Accompanied by supplementary educational resources, the magazine is both a guide and a journal for young people as they explore their feelings, build confidence, and foster greater respect and empathy throughout their reconciliation journeys.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Social Studies; History
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Canada's History; Monique Grey-Smith; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Date Added:: 09/02/2022

Finding the Main Idea or Keyword from a Passage

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Finding the Main Idea or Keyword from a Passage

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This activity can be used to help find the main idea or keyword from a passage of text. This activity is excellent to develop vocabulary and deepen understanding of the content being examined.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Health Education; Science; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Melissa Lander
Date Added:: 11/02/2022

First Nations - Drumming, Totems and Powwow Video

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First Nations - Drumming, Totems and Powwow Video

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Bebe jumps at the chance to play a drum when she and Mo are invited to visit a First Nations powwow with Bob Goulais, while Gavin learns all about totem poles in British Columbia.

Subject:: Indigenous Perspectives; Treaty Education
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: TVO Kids
Date Added:: 02/03/2022