Abstract Haida Explorations: Cut Paper Designs
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Grades 4-7.
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Grades 4-7.
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Created to be used with the article Warp, Weft, Weave: Joining Generations published in vol. 53, Issue, 3, 2020 of British Columbia History magazine. Designed for students in Grades 8 to 12.
Resource for teaching number, pattern and space/shapes by incorporating images and forms used in First Nations art. Includes black line masters.
Plot of novel involves a young Shuswap woman who leaves her reserve for the city and is ultimately raped and murdered. Includes overview of play, biography of playwright and director, and focus questions.
Four lessons designed for Grades 8-12.
Lesson teaches the cultural significance of totems poles, how they're constructed and Haida vocabulary relating to them. Designed for Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
Hoy was a photographer who worked in Quesnel, British Columbia at the start of the twentieth century, when the Fraser River and Cariboo Gold Rushes were taking place, resulting in different cultural groups coming together in one location. Many of his portraits were of Indigenous people living in the area. Designed to complement the online exhibition Through the Lens of C.D. Hoy: How a Chinese Canadian Photographer Memorialized a Community.
Catalogue of exhibition which featured works by Maynard Johnny Jr., lessLIE , John Marston , Susan A. Point, and Dylan Thomas
Related material: Educational website.
Looks at ten totem poles found in Duncan, British Columbia. Each carver gives a brief description of the stories and thought process behind his pole.
Story about a nine-year-old Kwakwaka'wakw boy who witnesses a Potlatch Ceremony in 1935. Book suitable for Grades 2 to 6.
Although designed to accompany class visit to an exhibition of the Musqueam artist's work, can be used alone.
Science unit also teaches the Haida language. Intended for Grades K-2.
Related Material: Teacher Resources.
Uses techniques involved in creating a Coast Salish blanket to teach concepts of slope and equations in Grade 10 Mathematics Curriculum.