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.
Pronunciation guide in Michif, English and French.
Resource for teaching number, pattern and space/shapes by incorporating images and forms used in First Nations art. Includes black line masters.
Pictures of animals accompanied by their names in English and heritage Michif.
Pictures of animals accompanied by their names in English and Northern Michif.
Recommended for Grades 9-10 social Studies.
Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in a script for the traditional story.
Recommended for Grade 11 Social Studies.
Additional material: The River People: Living and Working in Oona River student resource book.
Photographs relating to Metis culture accompanied by brief explanations in French, Michif and English.
Lesson plan about the Mohawk men who worked the high steel in New York City. For use with The Mohawks Who Built Manhattan by Renee Valois.
Related video High Steel.
Children's book.
Four scenes, each taking place at a different location (Ottawa, Fort Garry, outside Fort Carleton and Fort Carleton) and involving individuals significant to the negotiations such as Governor Alexander Morris, James McKay, Chief Ahatahkakoop, Chief Mistawasis, Poundmaker and Peter Erasmus. Includes discussion questions and short biographies.
Resource uses the medicine wheel as tool for exploring the life of a residential school survivor.
Each month children take part in an activity which fosters cross-cultural understanding.
Reports findings from annual survey of 1,044 schools across the province.
Related Material: Infographic.
Three thematic activities which explore knowledge transfer: learning through objects and tools, learning through making and learning through land and community.
Lesson plan discusses construction and use of canoes, York boats, and the Red River cart, as well as the role of snowshoes, dogs, and horses.