Red Wolf
Lesson plan for use with the book Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance.
Lesson plan for use with the book Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance.
Includes information for teachers and ten student handouts.
Lists approximately 150 works.
Designed for Grade 1-3 art classes.
Note: Language and content reflect the attitudes of the times but would be considered offensive by modern standards.
2nd edition
Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Thesis (PhD) -- Charles University, 2021.
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Nine modules: Origins and Connections to the Land; Pre-Contact Cultures; Early European Exploration and Colonization; Nouvelle-France and Cultural Integration; French-English Rivalry; Refugees, Warriors and Reformers; Negotiating Confederation; Furs, Farms and the Métis; and Treaties, War, and the Changing West.
Integrates Dene, Inuvialuit and Inuinnait perspectives on history.
"Territorial Pilot 2011-2012".
Young children's about the long fight for equal funding for First Nations' education before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Includes stories about stars and constellations such as the Sweat Lodge, the Great Bear Hunt, the Dog Stars, and Kokominakasis.
Related resource: Cree Star Map
Brief description of stories associated with stars and constellations such as Ajiijaak (Cygnus), Biboonkeonini the Winter Maker, Jiibay Ziibi (Milky Way), Maang (Ursa Minor), and Ojiig (Big Dipper).
Related resources: Ojibwe Constellation Guide + Ojibwe Gizhig Anung Masinaaigan; Ojibwe Star Map.
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.
Brief description of stories associated with stars and constellations such as Agleoeka (Cygnus), Chanśáśa ipúsye (dried or red willow), Gleœka Wakaŋ (Sacred Hoop), Keya (Pegasus), and Wanagi Tacanku (Milky Way).
Related resources: Constellation Guide; Dakota and Lakota Star Map
Grade 6 Math lesson uses a Haida creation story as a starting point for exploring the concept of surface area.
Lesson plan for data management component of Grade 6 math curriculum.
A poem about the connection between clothing and culture.
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
Education Graduate Research Project (M.A) -- University of Northern British Columbia, 2011.
Compilation, edited and annotated, mainly consisting of newspaper articles published between 1920 and 1921. Text in bold, footnotes and words in square brackets are the editor's.
English Thesis (PhD) - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2022.
Contains chapters on the Red River Rebellion and the Red River Expedition.
Primary reading level storybook.
In Search of April Raintree is the unabridged version of the story and is recommended for Grade 10 and above. The abridged version, April Raintree, can be used with younger students.
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.
Annotated list of books in written in Dogrib that are suitable for use in the classroom.
Humorous short story from One Good Story, That One by Thomas King.
Lesson involves having students create a story using coloured illustrations from books as inspiration.
Discusses the Mi'kmaq traditional story of the Celestial Bear hunt (Ursa Major).
2nd ed.
4 Volumes
"A guide of playful, creative, reflective and engaging activities to encourage Indigenous language learning."
Learning-to-read story in English, Cree, and Cree syllabics.
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
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies Thesis (MA) -- University of Alberta, 2018.
Preschool children's storybook about how the snowshoe came to look as it does. Text in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Material.
Young adult novel is about Indigenous teenage girl who is caught between the real and virtual worlds. Recommended for Grades 7-12.
Recommended for Grades K-2. Reflects the Mi'kmaq perspective on humans' relationship with nature.
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.
Special themed issue of Canada's History's children's magazine Kayak (September 2018). Suitable for ages 7-12.
English Thesis (MA) -- St. Thomas University, 2014.
Linguistics Thesis (PhD) -- Carleton University, 2020.
Based on the Iroquois story as told by John A. Gibson in the 1890s. Done in a glossary format.
Traditional Iroquois creation story.
Series of five short videos: Stories; Collecting Maple Sap; Language; Maples Trees; and Maple Sugar.