Indian Education for All Model Teaching Units: Language Arts - Elementary Level, Volume One
Lesson plans for use with the stories The Little Duck Sikihpsis, The Good Luck Cat, Jingle Dancer, The Moccasins, and Red Parka Mary.
Lesson plans for use with the stories The Little Duck Sikihpsis, The Good Luck Cat, Jingle Dancer, The Moccasins, and Red Parka Mary.
Lesson plans for use with the stories Where Did You Get Your Moccasins?, The Gift of the Bitterroot, Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story, and The War Shirt.
To accompany film based on the book of the same name by Richard Wagamese.
Script adapted from one of the short stories in Indian Shoes. Through students reading parts in script activity is meant to develop reading fluency.
To be used in conjunction with book by Thomas King. Compilation includes information about the author, interviews, book reviews and discussion questions, as well as general article on Understanding and Navigating Privilege While Travelling.
For use with Grades 5-12.
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Series of eight modules designed to teach Grade 6 students about the importance of biodiversity, local community and Indigenous knowledge by creating gardens. Each module should take place over the course of a week.
Includes discussion questions and activity ideas for each volume of the atlas.
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Involves students researching leaders Nicolle Gonzalez, Roxanne White, Madonna Thunderhawk, and Auntie Pua Case and their work using ancestral knowledge to protect the sacred.
Teacher's resource includes lesson plans, classroom activities, links to online resources, and worksheets divided into five sections with associated themes: human geography (Indigenous peoples, civilizations and territories; contact to 1763 (encounters with Europeans); 1763 to 1876 (oral histories and biographies); 1876 to 1914 (policies and politics); 1914 to 1982 (separate and unequal); and 1980s to present day (toward reconciliation).
Brief list arranged under headings leaves and plants, berries, and barks, with location, description and uses.
Focuses on Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous representations of Indigenous peoples and their stories in film.
Additional material:
Links to pages for Sylix, Salteaux, Anishinabemowin (Algonquin), Cree, and Inuktitut languages, and Every Child Matters.
Series of 13 videos (each approximately 5 minutes long), geared toward children, explore how Indigenous knowledge and traditions have contributed to the modern world.