1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving
Lesson plan for Grades 6-8 focuses on the book by Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret M. Bruchac.
Lesson plan for Grades 6-8 focuses on the book by Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret M. Bruchac.
Includes instructions for making a model canoe and a basket.
For use with the coming-of-age young adult book by Sherman Alexie.
Unit lloks at how the Seven Years' War restructured the balance of power between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in North America. Designed for Grade 8 students.
Children's story teaches counting and basic phrases; in Ojibwe and English.
Related Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Purpose of guide is to present educators with accurate information about the "discovery" of America and provide classroom resources to approach the topic in a new way.
Resource for suitable for grades 4-8 presents three themes (environment, community, encounters) central to understanding both Native Americans and the deeper meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Discusses historical representations of Indigenous peoples such as the noble and ignoble savage, the assumptions underpinning these concepts, and debates among historians about stereotypes and makes suggestions for guiding classroom discussions.
Bibliography divides material into three age categories: children, young adult and adult. The list also includes information as to whether the author/illustrator/translator is of Canadian and/or Aboriginal background or northern Aboriginal background.
Lists 367 fiction and non-fiction works published between 1931 and 1972 and graded for students. Supplement to An Annotated Bibliography of Young People's Fiction on American Indians.
Note: Due to age of publication, some selections may no longer be considered appropriate.
Lists over 250 works of fiction written between 1933 and 1969. Each annotation notes tribe involved in the story and the suggested grade level. An index arranged by tribe name lists works that concern each particular group.
Note: Due to age of publication, some resources may not be considered appropriate by modern standards.
Children's book about the importance of sacred tobacco in Ojibwe culture; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Traditional story about how coyote, with the help of other animals, stole fire from the Fire Protectors and gave it to humans so that they could stay warm during the winter months.
Children's story about harvesting wild leek or ramps; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
Individual games for teaching Dakota, Cree, Ojibwe, and Oji-Cree.
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
Annotated list gives reasons why material is considered inappropriate.
Lesson plan for book written by Brenda J. Child and illustrated by Jonathan Thunder. Designed for Pre-K to Grade 2.
Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.
Brief text accompanied by archival photographs. Suitable for use with elementary school students.
Colouring book with Ojibwe and English text.
Primarily designed for Kindergarten to Grade 5 students enrolled in Chinuk Wawa immersion programs.
What Do I Bail? student booklet in English. What Do I Bail? student booklet in Chinuk Wawa.
Introduction to biases and stereotypes about Indigenous and other groups.
Lesson plans focus on Native Americans who are fighting invisibility and creating change through their work, contributions from the past, and current actions which will impact the future.
Science unit also teaches Haida vocabulary. Intended for use with Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
Children's book retells a traditional story. Suitable for use with Grades K-2.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Although designed for use with the STARLAB cylinder, contains script which can be adapted for use without it.
Includes brief instructions in both English and Seneca and the story Legend of the No Face Doll.
Teacher's resource for the children's adaptation of humorous story which retells the story of Christopher Columbus from an Indigenous point of view.
Suitable for Grades K to 3.