Trail of Tears Curriculum Guide
For use with videos On a Spring Day and Incident at Rock Roe. Collection of lesson plans for English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Spanish and Physical Education.
For use with videos On a Spring Day and Incident at Rock Roe. Collection of lesson plans for English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Spanish and Physical Education.
General information on treaties in Canada.
Set of 19 Kindergarten to Grade 12 lesson plans which focus on Manitoba.
Focuses on five themes: First Nations peoples' lives before contact, the impact of newcomers' arrival due to the fur trade, the importance of the buffalo, understanding what a treaty is, and the significance of the number four.
Special focus on Mi'kmaw culture and history. Lesson plans for Grades 4-9.
Involves an alien race arriving to inhabit earth and that the only hope for their continued existence is to sign a treaty. Students need to decide what aspects of their lifestyle they want to preserve and include them in the treaty terms. Leaders sign a document written in symbols they don't understand and subsequently legislation is enacted which makes the original inhabitants wards of the state.
Additional material:
Guide and handouts for game in which students role-play significant people involved in the negotiation and signing of the treaty.
Lesson plan uses text of newspaper article by Marsha King, originally published in the Seattle Times February 3, 2008.
"A guide of playful, creative, reflective and engaging activities to encourage Indigenous language learning."
Learning-to-read story in English, Cree, and Cree syllabics.
Recommended for Grade 10 Social Studies.
Chapter 8 from Flashback Canada by J. Bradley Cruxton and W. Doug Wilson.
Can be used in conjunction with Spy Mission: The Trouble at Red River.
Science unit also teaches the Haida language. Intended for Grades K-2.
Related Material: Teacher Resources.
Recommended for Grade 10-11 Social Studies and First Nations Studies.
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.
The three books are The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, Those Who Run in the Sky by Aviaq Johnston, and Will I See? by David Alexander Robertson.
Turtle Island Reads Teacher's Guide: Introduction & Pre-Reading Activity
Storybook suitable for use with primary school students.
Twana is the collective name for a group of nine Coast Salish peoples.
Includes explanation of the main features of the two knowledge systems and three brief case studies: Indigenous plant classification and nomenclature; pine mushroom industry in Northwestern BC; smallpox epidemic of 1862; and AIDS and its impact on Indigenous populations.
Recommended for Grade 8 Biology.
Discusses the US government's wanted treaties in order to gain control of land, the treaties signed within Montana, tribal strategies for survival, and clashes between government troops and Indigenous warriors.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.