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Indigenous Storytelling with Elder Hazel
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Indigenous people have long passed on knowledge from generation to generation through oral traditions, including storytelling. Storytelling teaches history, values, beliefs and ways of life.

Enjoy this series of oral stories told by Elder Hazel, where you'll hear all kinds of fascinating stories.

Subject:
Education
Indigenous Perspectives
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Date Added:
02/07/2023
Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation Learning Channel
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The Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation learning channel aims to engage learners in discussions about Canada’s colonial history and its impact on Indigenous communities. Explore our collection of films by distinguished Indigenous filmmakers, creators, and allies.

Subject:
Aboriginal Languages
Arts Education
Career & Work Exploration
Communication Studies
Education
Elementary Education
English Language Arts
Geography
Higher Education
History
Indigenous Perspectives
Journalism Studies
Law
Media Studies
Native Studies
Practical & Applied Arts
Social Studies
Truth and Reconciliation
Material Type:
Primary Source
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NFB Education
Author:
National Film Board Of Canada
Date Added:
11/22/2020
Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation Playlists
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NFB educational playlists are selections of films on themes that tie in with Canadian curricula and address the important issues of the day. Many of the playlists are also linked to our study guides.

Subject:
Arts Education
Education
Elementary Education
English Language Arts
Geography
Higher Education
History
Indigenous Perspectives
Law
Native Studies
Social Studies
Material Type:
Primary Source
Provider:
NFB Education
Author:
National Film Board Of Canada
Date Added:
11/22/2020
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada YouTube channel
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This YouTube channel offers many videos with Indigenous content.

Please subscribe for more INAC videos: http://goo.gl/esyayp

Get more INAC: http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/

Subject:
History
Indigenous Perspectives
Native Studies
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Author:
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
Date Added:
11/13/2018
K-12 - Great Lesson Plans for Internet Safety
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"The best internet safety lessons recognize the complexity of these topics and help students build the critical-thinking skills and habits of mind to navigate the dilemmas they encounter."

This site links in the best lessons for internet safety from Common Sense Media for K-12.

Subject:
Education
English Language Arts
Health & Fitness
Health Education
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Common Sense Media
Date Added:
02/11/2020
K-12 Resources for Citizenship Education from Concentus
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Concentus Citizenship Education Foundation Inc. is the foundation that administers, supports, and fundraises for the development and advancement of the Concentus classroom-ready, kindergarten to grade 12 teaching resources for citizenship. A committed group of teacher-leaders developed these grade-specific resources to directly align with Saskatchewan curricula.
The declared purpose of the Concentus Citizenship Education Foundation is to:

Educate and empower individuals to understand their rights
Encourage responsible, respectful and participatory citizenship
Promote a commitment to justice in a pluralistic society.

Resources and lessons tied to curricular outcomes for SK are provided for K-12!

Subject:
History
Indigenous Perspectives
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Author:
Concentus
Date Added:
12/06/2018
Kahoot! Online Trivia Game: Make Learning Awesome!
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Kahoot! is a game-based platform that makes learning awesome for millions of people all over the world. Sign up to create and play fun quiz games!

Having students make quizzes on Kahoot! is a great way for them to extend their learning and benefit the entire class!

Kahoot! is an excellent formative assessment tool. You can give feedback to your students after each question as you play. Make learning a game show...your students will never have so much fun being assessed.

Subject:
Education
English Language Arts
History
Math
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Bodo K Rcher
Christopher Shelly
Daria Golubeva
Evelien Jacobs
Jacqueline Prester
Leo Silva
Louise Runstr M Tech Data
Nicole Bansal
Richard Bo
The K Rew
Date Added:
11/16/2018
Keep Learning - Open School BC
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This site offers a collection of resources to help support learning while families are home due to the COVID-19 pandemic and suspension of in-class instruction. It will be updated as more resources are identified and there is new information to share.
Sections include: (for Early Learning and Primary Years through to Adult Learning)
- Weekly Home Learning Videos
- Activities
- Learning from Home
- Everyday Learning Activities (ideas for promoting learning in many subject areas and with many activities)
- Resources (including educational programming from museums, science centers, zoos, artists, storytellers and others on a wide variety of topics, activities, games, videos, books and reading, educational collections, hands-on activities, languages, math, outdoor education, science, natural and human history, special education, French resources, and much more)
- Keeping Healthy

Subject:
Arts Education
Career & Work Exploration
English Language Arts
Health & Fitness
Health Education
Math
Physical Education
Practical & Applied Arts
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Author:
Open School BC
Date Added:
05/13/2020
Khan Academy: Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice
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Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free.
Now with ELA!

*Math K-12 (including "get ready for grade X to prepare") + college level
*Computing
*Science
*Arts, Business & Humanities
*Reading & ELA
*Life Skills - growth mindset, AI, financial literacy, SEL, safety, career
*Economics

Subject:
21st Century Competencies
Arts Education
Biology
Business
Calculus
Career & Work Exploration
Chemistry
Computer & Digital Technologies
Computer Science
Economics
Education
English Language Arts
Financial Literacy
Health & Fitness
History
Life Transition
Math
Mental Wellness
Physical Education
Practical & Applied Arts
Pre-Calculus
Psychology
Science
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Wellness
Workplace and Apprenticeship
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
GAP 4
GAP 5
GAP 6
Lesson
Module
Unit of Study
Author:
Khan Academy
Date Added:
11/16/2018
Kialo - The tool to teach critical thinking and rational debate
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"Use Kialo to help students get to the core of the issues they’re discussing To put their knowledge into action.

To sharpen their critical reasoning skills

To demonstrate their understanding

To engage constructively with each other

Take your classroom discussions online, break down complex subjects for students, and shake it up with new types of assignments."

This education version is free for teachers to use!

Subject:
Biology
Chemistry
Education
English Language Arts
Higher Education
History
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Kialo
Date Added:
12/10/2019
Kid Scoop - Fun Learning Activities & News With Kids
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Kids Scoop is News magazine that features standards-aligned activity packs for kids K-5.

Kid Scoop News magazine is available as a free PDF or print newspaper delivered to classrooms. This magazine can be shared with students to read at home or in the classroom. After students have read through the magazine, teachers might have them share out to the class something they learned or had a question about. This could kick off a discussion and might even lead to further research into some of the more interesting topics.

Beyond the magazine, teachers will find dozens of downloadable activities and lesson plans -- some free, some paid -- to slot into lessons. Many of these would work well as ways to kick off or cool down a class period. The resources for home-school connections offer helpful tips for communicating with parents about ways kids can use and benefit from Kid Scoop News at home.

The "Kids" section includes the following topics: Answers, How to Draw, Just Plain Weird, Puzzles, Scrub Squad, Write On

The "Teachers" section includes: Next on Kid Scoop, WWC Topics, Teacher Guide, Teacher Scoop, Standards, STEM News

The "Parents" section includes: Crafts, Recipes, Try This At Home

Subject:
Arts Education
Education
English Language Arts
Health & Fitness
Health Education
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Game
Homework/Assignment
Lesson
Reading
Author:
Kids Scoop
Date Added:
03/23/2021
Learn360
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"Learn360 is the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K–12 educational market: the complete district solution. Teachers, students, and parents can access more than 130,000 multimedia resources - including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, worksheets, and more - on any Internet-enabled device, anytime, anywhere. Its enhanced, state-of-the-art platform, featuring the content, navigation, educator tools, speed, and performance that today’s online experience demands, makes Learn360 a powerful tool for flipped classrooms, blended instruction, project-based learning, and 1:1 environments. Content is provided by more than 200 top educational producers, and that number is continually growing. Learn360 currently serves more than 22 million students in 26,900+ schools across the United States and Canada."

Included are:
*Videos
*Interactives
*Printable Materials
*Audio Books
*Feature Films

To access full movies from criterion click the menu and scroll down to PREMIUM CONTENT and click "Criterion on Demand". There you can find many full length feature films to watch!

Sun West Students can contact their teachers for login information for at home learning.

Subject:
Biology
Chemistry
English Language Arts
Geography
History
Math
Physical Science
Physics
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Game
Lesson
Author:
Learn 360
Date Added:
03/16/2020
The Learning Circle - Classroom Activities on First Nations in Canada
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The Learning Circle has been produced to help meet Canadian educator's growing need for elementary-level learning exercises on First Nations. There are four classroom guides (ages 4-7, ages 8-11, ages 12-14, ages 14-16) on First Nations in Canada. The Learning Circle is organized in thematic units. each with its own teaching activities. Units are designed to give teachers and students simple but effective exercises, projects and activities that will encourage students to learn more about First Nations. Educators can follow some of the exercises as stand-alone units on First Nations topics, or integrate them with existing curricula on Aboriginal peoples. Most exercises in The Learning Circle can be completed in one period. Certain others will take several periods, days or weeks.

From Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Subject:
Indigenous Perspectives
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Primary Source
Unit of Study
Date Added:
10/18/2018
Learning for Justice
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This site is an invaluable teacher tool to help reduce prejudice and encourage tolerance in schools, as well as within society as a whole. For grades K-12. Classroom resources include: Lessons, Learning Plans, Student Texts, Student Tasks, Teaching Strategies, Learning Plan Builder, Film Kits, Printable Posters.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Lesson
Reading
Author:
Learning for Justice
Date Added:
02/08/2021
Learning for Justice (Formerly Teaching Tolerance)
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"Learning for Justice seeks to uphold the mission of the Southern Poverty Law Center: to be a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people."

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Reading
Date Added:
01/29/2019
MENNONITE HISTORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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Our Mennonite History for Young People series of education materials tells the story of Mennonites who arrived in Manitoba from Russia in the 1870s and migrated to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s.
This series has been developed to be an excellent addition to existing social studies curricula in Canada for both public and private schools with Low German Mennonite students. The books can also serve as non-fiction readers for language classes.
The downloadable series includes:
Volume 1: Leaving Canada
Volume 2: Discovering Mexico
Volume 3: A New Home
Volume 4: Leaving Russia
There are also downloadable workbooks, worksheets and assignments to accompany it books in the series.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Primary Source
Reading
Author:
Plett Historical Research Foundation
Date Added:
05/17/2023
Me and My Family Unit.pdf
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This PDF resource covers the following "Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions:
1. What is a family?
2. People have families to help meet their needs.
3. What are basic human needs?
4. How do humans meet these needs and how has this changed over time?
5. How are families similar and different?

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Author:
First Grade Wow
Date Added:
10/13/2020