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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.
Aboriginal Perspectives General Lesson for the Web Site
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from five documentaries: The Caribou Hunters, Kanata : Legacy of the Children of Aataentsic, You Are on Indian Land, Riel Country and Circle of the Sun.
Ava and the Little Folk: Book Study
British Columbia Métis History
Building a Resilient and Prosperous North: Centre for the North Five-Year Compendium Report
Celebrating the Year of the Métis: Junior
Changemakers Lesson Plans: Remote Learning
Lesson plans focus on Native Americans who are fighting invisibility and creating change through their work, contributions from the past, and current actions which will impact the future.
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.
Circle of the Sun (1960) Standing Alone (1982) Round Up (2011): An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Community Organising Training Manual
CSRD Implementation in Native American Sites: Cross-Site Lessons Learned
Results from the federally-funded program which supports schools in investing in a comprehensive change process.
Debating Cultural Appropriation
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.
Discrimination and Identity
Diversifying Identity, Diversifying Strategy: Revisiting the Sami of Sweden
Dreaming from the Margins, Living in the In-Between: Identity, Culture, and the Power of Voice
Uses historical documents in conjuction with Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices. Developed for use in Advanced Placement English Literature or Language classroom, Grades 11 and 12.
Educator Information: To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions
The Experimental Eskimos
Final Report: Supporting Aboriginal Children and Youth With Learning and/or Behavioural Disabilities in the Care of Aboriginal Child Welfare Agencies
Fishing for Put-Ups
From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
Grade 6: Our National Identity: Canada's Diverse Communities
Grade Six Treaty Education Learning Resource
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Moving towards Fulfillment of Treaties" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Healing Historical Trauma: Relocation of Aboriginal Communities: Case Study
Hearing Native Voices: Analyzing Differing Tribal Perspectives in the Oratory of Sitting Bull and Plenty Coups
Developed for Grades 7 and 8. Students compare and contrast the two leaders' responses to the events of the late nineteenth century; one confrontational, the other conciliatory. Designed to supplement material found in Chapter 7 of Montana: Stories of the Land.
Helping Students Succeed: Vision, Goals and Priorities For Yukon First Nations Education
Hunters and Bombers: [Study Guide]
Independent Study Unit #1: Content Focus: Food Security in the North
Indigenous Knowledge Centres - The Queensland Experience Six Years On
Indigenous Peoples' Day Lesson Plan: Remote Learning
Involves students researching leaders Nicolle Gonzalez, Roxanne White, Madonna Thunderhawk, and Auntie Pua Case and their work using ancestral knowledge to protect the sacred.
The Invisible Nation: Lesson Plan
The Ipperwash Inquiry
Island Métis K-12 Resources Project: A Living Document of Métis Resources and History for Students and Teachers
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
Kekina'muek (learning): Learning about the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia
Kindergarten Treaty Education Learning Resource
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Getting to Know My Community" inquiry questions about spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
King Lear
Living and Working in Oona River: A Teacher’s Guide
Recommended for Grade 11 Social Studies.
Additional material: The River People: Living and Working in Oona River student resource book.
Mémére Métisse = My Métis Grandmother: Educational Resource
Métis Agriculture in Saskatchewan
[Métis Community & Kinship]
Designed for Grades 4-9.
[Métis History & Identity: Lesson Plan]
Created for Grades 10-12.
Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog): [Study Guide]
Mohawk Girls: Educational Resource
Moon of the Crusted Snow: Reading Guide
To accompany book written by Waubgeshig Rice which tells the story of a small northern Anishinaabe community which finds itself completely isolated from the external world just as winter sets in. The key to survival is reconnecting with the land. Guide is arranged around the themes of land, colonialism, community, gender, language, traditions and culture, and real world events.o accompany story written by
Mvskoke (Creek) Customs and Traditions
Nationalism in the North: Exploring Land Claims and Treaties with the Historical Timeline of the Northwest Territories: A Resource Guide for Teachers of Social Studies 20-1 and 20-2
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Our Thinking Made Visible: Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions
Designed to accompany videos featuring Inuit, First Nations, and Metis leaders.
Our Thinking Made Visible: Issues of Indigenous Peoples in a Global Context
For use with videos featuring Metis, First Nations, and Inuit leaders.