699 Day Schools
A map of Federal Indian Day Schools in Canada with a corresponding RG-10 file for each location.
A map of Federal Indian Day Schools in Canada with a corresponding RG-10 file for each location.
Series of videos and transcripts with mathematical themes, most of which are translated into various Indigenous languages. Teaching guides can be found under classroom resources section.
Education Thesis (PEd) -- University of Ottawa, 2022.
Six pages are images from Sacred Feminine and IKWE colouring books.
Searchable website is an online portal giving educators access to Indigenous sky-knowledge resources.
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.
Lesson plan for book written by Brenda J. Child and illustrated by Jonathan Thunder. Designed for Pre-K to Grade 2.
Contains links to lists of: film for screening; production/media; film festivals; curricular supports; projects/others and check list for assessing films.
Uses primary sources of information on the Kamloops, Shubenacadie, Beauval, and Blue Quills residential schools. Suitable for use with students in Grades 5-12.
Designed for Grade 4.
Colouring pages based on design that features plants and the animals associated with them.
Special digital edition of Canada's History's magazine for children Kayak. Suitable for ages 7-12
For use with Grades 5-12.
Series of 13 videos (each approximately 5 minutes long), geared toward children, explore how Indigenous knowledge and traditions have contributed to the modern world.
Examines the company's role in fostering the development, promotion, collection and market for Inuit art. Suitable for Grades 4 to 12.
Lesson plans for math, literacy and French as a second language using themes from the books The Water Walker, Sharing Our Stories, When We Are Kind, and Let's Play Waltes.
Focus on Mi'kmaw culture and Nova Scotia, but lessons could be adapted to other contexts. Lesson plans for all levels as well individual grades.
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
Designed for Grades 4-9.
For use with Grades 4-9.
Designed for Grades 4-9.
Designed for Grades 10-12.
Designed for Grade 4.
Book about the nighttime activities of animals on the Pacific Northwest coast. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade Four.
Created for Grade 4.
Power Point presentation deals with the Métis residential school experience. Can be used with Grades 5-12.
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Lesson plans suitable for Grades 4 to 6.
Advanced reading copy. "Middle reader nonfiction: Ages 9-12."
Intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Retelling of traditional story.
For use with the article The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation! by Lisa Jane Smith found on page 24 of Remembering the Children.
Digitized versions of originals (1879-1949) mainly relating to day-to-day running of individual schools across Canada such as building maintenance, general administration, teachers' salaries and residences, and supplies. In some cases admissions and discharges (residential schools), death of pupils (residential schools), applications to teach, inspectors' reports, drugs and medical supplies for treatment of students, and vocational training supplies are also mentioned. Some headquarters files are included. Also included is link to indexes to the Indian Affairs School Files.
Magazine-style publication features short articles about residential schools in general, as well as specific schools and highlights examples of reconciliation in action in the education system.
Related Material: Educator's Guide.
Young children's about the long fight for equal funding for First Nations' education before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Includes artist biography, learning activities, explanation of her style and technique, image file, and link to book about the artist.
Uses video clips by five Indigenous artists as a starting point for discussion, writing and research activities.
Series of five short videos which look at traditional Cree understandings of astronomy.
For use with article Black and Indigenous by Oscar Baker III found on p. 12 of the special issue "Black History in Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 5 to 8.
Discusses the company's history from its origins to the present day and its historical relationship with Indigenous peoples.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Young adult novel is about Indigenous teenage girl who is caught between the real and virtual worlds. Recommended for Grades 7-12.
To accompany book about Josephine-ba Mandamim, an Ojibwe Grandmother, and her love for water; she has walked around the Great Lakes to raise awareness of the importance of protecting it for future generations.
Appropriate for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-3). English text with some Ojibwe vocabulary.
Education Thesis (PhD) -- Walden University, 2020.
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.