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Aboriginal Peoples: Resources Pertaining to First Nations, Inuit and Métis. 2011 Supplement.
Aboriginal Youth Justice: Teacher's Resource
About the 1967 Referendum
Alberta Authorized Resource List and Annotated Bibliography: Aboriginal Studies 10-20-30
Bringing Them Home
Changing Times
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation
Designed as a brief introduction to the issues for educators.
Currents: Exploring Traditional Aboriginal Justice Concepts in Contemporary Canadian Society
Debating Cultural Appropriation
Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.
Accompanying Material: Student Version.
Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.
Dene Laws = Mek’éé Dene Ts’ı̨lı
Elders' brief descriptions of nine rules to live by.
Dreaming from the Margins, Living in the In-Between: Identity, Culture, and the Power of Voice
Uses historical documents in conjuction with Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices. Developed for use in Advanced Placement English Literature or Language classroom, Grades 11 and 12.
Evaluating American Indian Textbooks & Other Materials for the Classroom
Explorations in Haida Formline Design: Abstract Paintings
Four lessons designed for Grades 8-12.
Finding Dawn: A Guide for Teaching and Action
First Nations Education Manifesto: Annotated Bibliography
From Dream to Reality: The Story of Treaty Land Entitlement
From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
Glossary [Our Hearts are Bleeding: Digital Collection]
Grade Seven Treaty Education Learning Resource
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Understanding Treaties in a Contemporary Context" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Grade Three Treaty Education Learning Resource
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Exploring and Challenges and Opportunities in Treaty Making" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
The Hours That Remain by Keith Barker: Study Guide
In Brief: Idle No More
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12: Book 2: The Documentary Evidence
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide [Social Studies] 10
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide [Social Studies] 5
Indigenous Perspectives Education Guide
Teacher's resource includes lesson plans, classroom activities, links to online resources, and worksheets divided into five sections with associated themes: human geography (Indigenous peoples, civilizations and territories; contact to 1763 (encounters with Europeans); 1763 to 1876 (oral histories and biographies); 1876 to 1914 (policies and politics); 1914 to 1982 (separate and unequal); and 1980s to present day (toward reconciliation).
[An Introduction to Residential School Unit K-7]
The Invisible Nation: Lesson Plan
The Ipperwash Inquiry
The Issues of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada: Teaching Unit
The James Bay Treaty Turns 100: Grade 12: Canada: History, Identity, and Culture
Kinoomawaaying g'E'kinoomaagenig Kinoomawaaying gdo Kinoomaagnag Anishnaabe Ganawaamdamig = Educating Our Educators, Educating our Students: An Aboriginal Focus: A Guide for Staff
[Lesson Plans, Residential Schools]
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Native Life
Native Studies 20: Case Studies and Readings Package
Native Studies 20: Student Resource Guide
Native Studies: A Curriculum Guide for Grade 11: International Indigenous Issues
Ojibwe Treaty Rights: Understanding and Impact
Designed to introduce younger readers to Ojibwe history, culture and exercising rights and resource management.
5th edition
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Our Thinking Made Visible: Issues of Indigenous Peoples in a Global Context
For use with videos featuring Metis, First Nations, and Inuit leaders.
Project: Restorative Justice and Aboriginal Sentencing Circle: Classroom Presentation, Resources and Lesson Plan
Reconciliation through Revitalization
For use with the article The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation! by Lisa Jane Smith found on page 24 of Remembering the Children.
Reimagining History: "Righting" Treaty Wrongs
Based on the article Living Well Together by Aimée Craft and the special issue of Canada's History magazine Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Suitable for Grades 7 to 12.
Report on Priority Actions in View of Improving First Nations Education
[Reserve Pass Lesson Plan: Social Studies 8]
Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity.