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Akilak's Adventure by Deborah Kigjugalik Webster, Illustrated by Charlene Chau: Educator's Resource
Designed for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Bashkweginiked Gookom [When Grandma Makes Leather]
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.
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.
Co-management of Aboriginal Resources
A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K-12
Examining the Evidence: Understanding Daily Life in Residential Schools
Uses primary sources of information on the Kamloops, Shubenacadie, Beauval, and Blue Quills residential schools. Suitable for use with students in Grades 5-12.
Fishing with Grandma: By Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula, Illustrated by Charlene Chua: Educator's Resource
Suitable for primary grades.
Garden of Relatives Coloring Book
Colouring pages based on design that features plants and the animals associated with them.
Indigenous Ingenuity and the Fur Trade: Lesson Plan
For use with Grades 5-12.
Inuit Art and HBC: Lesson Plan
Examines the company's role in fostering the development, promotion, collection and market for Inuit art. Suitable for Grades 4 to 12.
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.
Kiviuq and the Bee Woman By Noel McDermott, Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas: Educator's Resource
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Kiviuq and the Mermaids by Noel McDermott, Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas: Educator's Resource
Pre-reading activities, discussion questions, learning activities, and extension activities for Grades 4 to 6.
Land and Water Based Education
Focus on Mi'kmaw culture and Nova Scotia, but lessons could be adapted to other contexts. Lesson plans for all levels as well individual grades.
Learn about Western Canada in the Early 1900s through the Art of C.D. Hoy: Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 7-12
Hoy was a photographer who worked in Quesnel, British Columbia at the start of the twentieth century, when the Fraser River and Cariboo Gold Rushes were taking place, resulting in different cultural groups coming together in one location. Many of his portraits were of Indigenous people living in the area. Designed to complement the online exhibition Through the Lens of C.D. Hoy: How a Chinese Canadian Photographer Memorialized a Community.
The Legend of the Fog by Qaunaq Mikkigak and Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Danny Christopher; Educator's Resource
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
Lesson Plan: Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
Lgro Pawrti: Unn Istwér an Michif = Michif Storybook = Une Histoire en Michif
Story is about a family throwing a party.
[Orange Shirt Day (Residential Schools)]
Power Point presentation deals with the Métis residential school experience. Can be used with Grades 5-12.
Origin of Day and Night by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt, illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko: Educator's Resource
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
The Raven and the Loon by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; illustrated by Kim Smith: Educator's Resource
Intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Reconciliation through Revitalization
For use with the article The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation! by Lisa Jane Smith found on page 24 of Remembering the Children.
Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Magazine-style publication features short articles about residential schools in general, as well as specific schools and highlights examples of reconciliation in action in the education system.
Related Material: Educator's Guide.
[Reserve Pass Lesson Plan: Social Studies 8]
Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity.
Riel Country: [Study Guide]
Sukaq and the Raven by Roy Goose and Kerry McCluskey, Artwork by Soyeon Kim: Educator's Resource
For use with the book Suqak and the Raven (Inuktitut version).. Activities and discussion questions geared toward students in Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 9-12: Learn about Family and Intergenerational Knowledge through the Art of Annie Pootoogook
Includes artist biography, learning activities, explanation of her style and technique, image file, and link to book about the artist.
Those Who Dwell Below: Educator's Resource
Pre-reading activities, chapter-by-chapter discussion questions, and extension activities geared toward Grades 9 to 12.
Traditional Alaska Transition Skills: Winter Safety on the Land
Basic information on appropriate clothing, predicting weather, safe travel, and survival techniques.
Turtle Island: A Picture of Afro-Indigenous History in Canada
For use with article Black and Indigenous by Oscar Baker III found on p. 12 of the special issue "Black History in Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 5 to 8.
Wab Kinew: Walking in Two Worlds: Educator's Guide
Young adult novel is about Indigenous teenage girl who is caught between the real and virtual worlds. Recommended for Grades 7-12.
Wiijijiibaakwemaadaa Gookum [Let's Cook with Grandma]
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.