Aboriginal Elders: A Grade 12 Unit Lesson Plan
Discusses the importance of respect for Elders, their role as sources of knowledge, community leaders and carriers of culture, and the value of orality and learning through stories and conversation.
Discusses the importance of respect for Elders, their role as sources of knowledge, community leaders and carriers of culture, and the value of orality and learning through stories and conversation.
Children's book tells the story how a Cree boy escapes the cannibal spirit with the help of Wesakaychak.
Communicated by Wilfred Campbell and read May 26th, 1908.
Children's story teaches counting and basic phrases; in Ojibwe and English.
Related Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Study guide for the book about a young Inuit girl's day on the land with her grandmother.
Suitable for PreK to Grade 2.
Story of a boy's last days at home before attending residential school. Lesson plan recommended for Grades 3 to 7.
Children's book about the importance of sacred tobacco in Ojibwe culture; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Primary reading level storybook.
For use with the storybook Askî and Turtle Island.
General information on choosing appropriate texts, common themes, copyright and protocol and dealing with sensitive content followed by an extensive list of material with annotations for grade level, description, themes and content cautions.
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.
A poem about gender and identity.
Children's story about harvesting wild leek or ramps; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Designed for Grade 6 students.
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Children's story teaches lessons about cooperation and preparedness.
Related Material: Michif Version. Michif Narration.
The traditional story of how Wisakedjak caused the great flood and how, with the help of Muskrat, he was able to remake the world.
Extract from Native Voices edited by Freda Ahenakew, Breanda Gardipy, and Barbara Lafond.
English Honors Thesis (BA) -- University of California, 2020.
Children's picture book.
Lesson plan for book written by Brenda J. Child and illustrated by Jonathan Thunder. Designed for Pre-K to Grade 2.
Material divided into seven categories: graphic novel, nonfiction, novel, play, poetry, short stories, and stories. Each entry contains summary, information about the author and list of titles also written by them.
Three stories about bullying prevention, justice and belonging told in English, Cree, Inuktitut, Michif, Mohawk, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, and Oneida.
A poem about identity and the buffalo.
Activities for the following titles: A Promise is a Promise; Awasis Bannock; Bowwow Powwow; Gifts from Raven; Go Show the World; How Raven Stole the Sun; I Like Who I Am; My Heart Fills with Happiness; Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak; Sweetest Kulu; Walk on the Shoreline; We Are Water Protectors; Windy Lake; and You Hold Me Up.
Simple activities and questions to help parents who are reading and discussing books with children.
Primary-level storybook based on a personal recollection.
Argues that the limitations of the medium or cultural materials and the offered resistance fuel the creative tension in the novel.
Although designed for use with the STARLAB cylinder, contains script which can be adapted for use without it.
Includes 10 short stories, 20 poems, and 5 novels. As well as synopses identifies themes and content to consider before using works in the classroom.
Republished from the Montreal Herald.
Republished from the Montreal Herald.
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.
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.
Resources categorized by grade level and subject matter.
Typewritten transcription.
English Thesis (PhD) -- Simon Fraser University, 2018.
Discusses the benefits of incorporating educational drama into Indigenous teacher education programs.
Excerpt from the book briefly highlights Tanya Tagaq Gillis, Martin Sensmeier, Priscella Rose, Kelli Clifton, and Tom Greyeyes.
Annotated list of Chipewyan language books suitable for use in the classroom.
Traditional creation story. Extract from Native American Stories by Joseph Bruchac and Michael J. Caduto.
Illustrated version of the Iroquois creation story.
English Thesis (Ph.D)--City University of New York, 2020.