This is a lesson designed to teach Elementary students about Treaty 6. …
This is a lesson designed to teach Elementary students about Treaty 6.
The script has been divided into four scenes, each taking place at a different location. To help students make sense of the locations, here is an outline map of Canada with capital cities.
I have listed the readers in each scene to allow you the opportunity to include all class members in the Reader’s Theatre experience.
New words and locations are identified by an asterisk * to give teachers an opportunity to stop the reading to discuss the term.
Photographs of the people involved in the Treaty process are included at the end of the script.
Visit this Saskatchewan based site that offers lots of great lessons/units that …
Visit this Saskatchewan based site that offers lots of great lessons/units that focus mainly on integrating Aboriginal science and technology with the provincial science curriculum.
The CCSTU project has produced: - strategies for teaching and assessing students (illustrated in the materials produced) - 6 exemplary curriculum units (Wild Rice, Trapping, Snowshoes, Nature's Hidden Gifts, The Night Sky, Survival in Our Land) - a prototype process for adapting any curriculum material to suit the local culture - " Teacher Guide" for CCSTU - "Stories from the field", a guide to involving community people.
The main site can be accessed at https://education.usask.ca/ccstu/main_menu.html
Missing children and the existence of unmarked burial sites at Residential Schools …
Missing children and the existence of unmarked burial sites at Residential Schools across Canada have been well-known for decades among Indigenous communities. However, Canadians are still grappling with the truths about Residential Schools, spurring long-overdue conversations inside and outside the classroom.
Remembering the Children, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s publication for students, offers a way to begin those conversations. It takes readers to a variety of Residential Schools across time and space, opening a door into a past that reverberates today, while also celebrating the resilience and resurgence of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples’ culture.
The publication Remembering the Children and this complementary educator’s guide were designed …
The publication Remembering the Children and this complementary educator’s guide were designed to help students achieve the following goals: • gain a more complex understanding of the history and reality of residential schools in Canada, recognizing that children who attended Residential Schools, day schools, industrial schools and boarding schools had their own unique experiences and that these experiences varied across the country and across time • gain an appreciation for Indigenous knowledge and the diversity of traditional cultures, languages and teachings of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities • understand the depth of loss that occurred as a result of the Residential School system • learn about contemporary people and organizations who are engaged in cultural revitalization efforts • understand that they have an individual and collective role in reconciliation Students and teachers all over Canada will be at different stages of learning. We hope that the Remembering the Children publication and educator’s guide provide you with content, resources, voices and ideas so that you can continue these important conversations all year long. With appreciation to all educators who are taking on this important work
In this unit students will learn about the mixed media artworks of …
In this unit students will learn about the mixed media artworks of artist George Littlechild who addresses topics of identity, history, story, and memory. Students will be asked to research and represent role models that reflect their own identities, cultures, and communities. Students will collect photographs or create drawings of their role models and will develop personally meaningful symbols and colour palettes in order to create a mixed media collage representing their own identities. Students will explore collage processes, symbolism, and layering.
Based on the book Roots by Brie Philips, Sun West School Division …
Based on the book Roots by Brie Philips, Sun West School Division created this bundle of resources to help guide the infusion of Indigenous perspectives into early years classrooms. The Roots bundle encourages students to learn about the land they are on and form personal connections to the natural world around them through literacy, exploration, and play.
It’s been a long winter in Qyah, and everyone is out of …
It’s been a long winter in Qyah, and everyone is out of birch syrup. Luckily, Auntie Midge is teaching Molly and Tooey how to tap trees so they can make more...
The Science First Peoples 5-9 Teacher Resource Guide provides educators with resources …
The Science First Peoples 5-9 Teacher Resource Guide provides educators with resources to support increased integration of the rich body of First Peoples knowledge and perspectives into classrooms and schools. Developed in British Columbia.
The resource guide includes 8 engaging multi-grade thematic units: Unit 1 – Traditional Ecological Knowledge Unit 2 – Plants and Connection to Place Unit 3 – Power from the Land Unit 4 – Bear and Body Systems Unit 5 – Climate Change Unit 6 – Shaking and Flooding Unit 7 – Interconnectedness of the Spheres Unit 8 – Ocean Connections
Each unit contains a brief intro, essential questions, enduring understandings, curriculum connections, cross-curricular links, suggested activities, resources, assessment activities, and suggested additional resources.
The Science First Peoples Teacher Resource Guides for Grades 5-9 (2016) and …
The Science First Peoples Teacher Resource Guides for Grades 5-9 (2016) and Science First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide Secondary (2019) were developed by the First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association.
These guides support educators integrating the rich body of First Peoples knowledge and perspectives into Science courses and other curricular areas.
The Seven Sacred Laws is a colourful and imaginative animated web series …
The Seven Sacred Laws is a colourful and imaginative animated web series that follows a young boy on an Indigenous rite of passage: a vision quest. On his spiritual journey, he meets seven sacred animals that teach him how we as people should live our lives on Mother Earth
In partnership with The Turtle Lodge International Centre for Indigenous Education and Wellness in Sagkeeng First Nation and IG Wealth Management, Manitoba 150 is honoured to present a series of short animated films on the Seven Sacred Laws. Written by Anishinaabe Elder, Dr. David Courchene, directed by Indigenous filmmaker, Erica Daniels of Peguis First Nation, and created by Manitoba’s Peg City Pictures Inc., the vignettes tell the stories of Indigenous Peoples in their own voices, in a format that is accessible not only for Indigenous people, but for all Manitobans.
The video series goes through the seven sacred teachings in kid-friendly language. …
The video series goes through the seven sacred teachings in kid-friendly language. There are seven videos, one for each teaching, as well as an overview video. The videos are short and can stand alone without the resource. The resource goes along with each of the videos. Could be paired with Leader in Me or character education.
Shattering the Silence is a Saskatchewan Project of Heart interactive ebook that …
Shattering the Silence is a Saskatchewan Project of Heart interactive ebook that uncovers the history of Indian residential schools in Saskatchewan. Written in 2017 by the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina, this document discovers the reality of residential schools in Saskatchewan. It is a great resource for teachers, students and the community that covers many topics and all the residential schools in the province.
This ebook is part of Project of Heart, which is a commemorative project that facilitates student learning about residential schools. The project is an inquiry-based, collaborative, intergenerational, and artistic journey to examine the history and legacy of Indian residential schools in Canada, leading to the acknowledgment of the losses incurred by former students, their families and communities.
Included in this resource: - Space activities and fun experiments to do …
Included in this resource: - Space activities and fun experiments to do in the classroom, with youth groups and at home. - Curriculum-based learning activities on the Moon for Canadian youth and educators. - Toolkits for educators and youth. - Indigenous Moon stories and lunar cycle, resources for and about First Nations, Inuit and Métis. - Digital games, e-book, quizzes, puzzle, podcasts, cutout, 3D printing models. - Posters, infographics, paper game, models, colouring sheets to download and print. - Resources for teachers, youth leaders, science centres, museums, community groups and parents. -
Welcome to the Teachers’ Resource Guide for Speaking Our Truth: A Journey …
Welcome to the Teachers’ Resource Guide for Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation by Monique Gray Smith. The guide follows the book, chapter by chapter, making it easy for teachers and students to dig deeper into the text and make personal connections to the material. Each chapter of the guide features a summary, essential questions, metaphors for learning, key concepts and vocabulary and detailed learning activities.
There is bonus material about making art, keeping a journal and doing research. Activities are laid out clearly, with instructions for teachers and for students as they embark together on the journey of reconciliation.
Tawow, Welcome to Pow-Wow Country is a collection of photographic artifacts and …
Tawow, Welcome to Pow-Wow Country is a collection of photographic artifacts and information dating back to the Indian Act of 1876 as digitalized by Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists. Patricia Deiter describes the history and acceptance of the pow-wow from the early 1900s to the contemporary pow-wow. Also included is information about the various dances and regalia.
This guide is a resource for educators at all levels to introduce …
This guide is a resource for educators at all levels to introduce the value of Indigenous women’s and girls’ lives into the classroom and into the minds and hearts of young people. It will prepare educators to use a decolonizing pedagogy and a trauma-informed approach in their teaching.
This series of lesson plans, built around the first-person narrative of a …
This series of lesson plans, built around the first-person narrative of a 12-year-old Inuk boy, will help you and your students appreciate life in the Inuit community of Salluit, in the northern part of Nunavik, Northern Quebec. Although designed for students from 9 to 12 years of age, some of the lesson plans and strategies in this unit can be adapted for other grade levels. Suggested activities and lists of research resources offer exciting and engaging opportunities to learn more about the history, customs and traditions of Inuit in Canada.
The aim of this booklet is to enhance the knowledge of students about the history, cultures and traditions of Inuit and, in particular, those who live in Canada's northern Inuit community of Salluit.
By completing the lessons in this booklet, students will be able to:
- express an appreciation for the strong traditions and unique culture of the Inuit people, in various ways - describe the various developments that affected Canada's Arctic from its early history to the present - locate the community of Salluit and its neighbouring Inuit municipalities on a map of Canada - relate the similarities and differences between life in Salluit and life in their own community.
Through Mala's Eyes...Life in an Inuit Community offers educators opportunities to address provincial learning outcomes in the social studies, history and geography portions of their curriculum. Given the nature of the suggested activities, students will also address learning outcomes in language, the arts and mathematics.
*Audio recordings of student readings are available through the website, but are not hyperlinked in the pdf document. *With some slight adaptations, this unit can be completed without technology.
In this video, Cree Elder Mary Lee shares tipi teachings that have …
In this video, Cree Elder Mary Lee shares tipi teachings that have been passed on to her from her mother and other teachers with whom she has learned during her lifetime.
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