American Indian Boarding Schools: What Went Wrong? What Is Going Right?
Looks at the use of Indigenous led educational approaches to combat the effects of boarding and residential schools.
Looks at the use of Indigenous led educational approaches to combat the effects of boarding and residential schools.
Primary reading level storybook.
For use with the storybook Askî and Turtle Island.
Colouring book with Ojibwe and English text.
Three stories about bullying prevention, justice and belonging told in English, Cree, Inuktitut, Michif, Mohawk, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, and Oneida.
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.
An introduction to the articles on the legacy of boarding school and residential schools in North America.
Created to support Ontario secondary courses Grade 11 Contemporary Aboriginal Voices and Grade 11 English.
Includes book summaries, literacy prompt questions, and enrichment activities for books appropriate to each grade. Revised Version.
General environmental education resource with some references to the Lake Superior watershed.
Includes discussion questions and activity ideas for each volume of the atlas.
Indigenous Language Revitalization Project (MILR) -- University of Victoria, 2018.
Primary reading level storybook.
Examines the effects Mnidoo Mnising Anishinaabek Kinoomaage Gamig (MMAK) kindergarten program on child development.
Education Thesis (MEd) -- Queen's University, 2017.
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
Title refers to the Chippewa, Cree and Métis.
Primary reading level storybook.
Lessons structured around items from the Seattle Museum of Art's collection.
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
Lesson plan for use with the book Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance.
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.
Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.
Uses Cree/Nêhiyaw cultural teachings to support development of healthy relationships with peers, dating partners, family and community. Designed for Grade 9 students.
For use with the book by Monique Gray Smith. Includes summary, essential questions, key concepts, vocabulary and learning activities for each chapter of book. Recommended for ages 9-13.
Series of nine short animated videos which tell traditional Ankara, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chipewyan, Ho-Chunk, Chippewa, Cree, Mohawk, and Paiute stories about how certain stars and constellations came to be.
Education Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Simon Fraser University, 2018.
Primary reading level storybook.
Discusses the long history of Indigenous agriculture, how plants from the New World spread to the Old. and the need to return to traditional practices and regain food sovereignty. Educators share their experiences and lesson plans which use the story of the Three Sisters to teach a variety of subjects. Created to accompany the video.
Lesson involves having students create a story using coloured illustrations from books as inspiration.
The three books are The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, Those Who Run in the Sky by Aviaq Johnston, and Will I See? by David Alexander Robertson.
Turtle Island Reads Teacher's Guide: Introduction & Pre-Reading Activity
Special themed issue of Canada's History's children's magazine Kayak (September 2018). Suitable for ages 7-12.