Alberta Authorized Resource List and Annotated Bibliography: Aboriginal Studies 10-20-30
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 6: Reconciliation
Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
Focuses on the numbered treaties and their effect on First Nations and the Métis, and the causes and impacts of the North-West Resistance. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies students.
Chapter from Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition, by Michael Cranny.
Changing Times
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
Chapter 8: The Métis
Highlights development of Métis identity and culture and the conflict between colonists and residents of the Red River which culminated in the Red River Resistances of 1869 and 1885. Student handout for use with Chapter from Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Conflicting Plans
2nd edition.
Contrasting Worlds
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Education of Aboriginal Students
Ending an Era
First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education: A Report from People for Education
First Nations, Métis, Inuit: Outcomes & Indicators: Grades K-3
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies: A Foundation for Implementation
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
For use with high school students. Excerpt from Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present by Linda Connor, Brian Hull, and Connie Wyatt Anderson.
"In From the Margins": Government of Saskatchewan Policies to Support Métis Learning, 1969-1979
Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Activity and Resources
Website contains links to game in which students make choices about what the Red River Settlement's people should do leading up to the creation of Manitoba; teacher resources; and other resources arranged by theme.
Related Material: From the Past Into the Future: Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia: Teacher’s Guide.
Louis Riel Spy Mission Task 2016
Mock letter from John A. Macdonald requesting students infiltrate the Red River Settlement to gather information. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies.
Métis Education Report: A Special Report on Métis Education Prepared by the Métis National Council for the Summit on Aboriginal Education
Metis Nation of Alberta Association Final Report: Native Education Policy Review
Métis Resistance Part 1
Part 2. Social Studies Grade 10. Power points look at the issues and events that were the impetus for the Red River and the North-West Resistance.
[Métis Scrip]: Lesson Plan
Designed for Grades 4-9.
[Métis Scrip]: Lesson Plan
Designed for Grades 10-12.
La Mishow Wayayshhaywuk = The Big Rip Off: Loss of a Land Base: Metis Land Disentitlement: A Teacher's Resource Guide
Simulation game designed to teach students how loss of land at the hands of the federal government contributed to the Metis Resistance of 1885.
Multiple Voices: Looking at the History of Batoche through the Eyes of Multiple Perspectives
Note Taking Frame: 1885 Resistance
Black line master designed for use with chapter Manitoba Enters Confederation in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
[Orange Shirt Day (Residential Schools)]
Power Point presentation deals with the Métis residential school experience. Can be used with Grades 5-12.
Report on Industrial Schools For Indians and Half-Breeds
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Gerald Morin, MIchele Harding and Clem Chartier, Metis Society of Saskatchewan
[Saskatoon Public Schools -Treaty Education Resources]: Grade Four
Shifting Riel-ity: The 1885 North-West Rebellion
Looks at Canadian government's military response to the potential uprising and how perceptions of the conflict have changed over time.
Originally appeared as Thunder on the Prairies in the February-March issues of Canada's History.
Social 7, Ch. 8 Study Guide
Includes key definitions, questions and answers. For use with Chapter 8: The Metis from the textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.