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8th Fire Guide for Educators
Aboriginal Education in Timmins
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 Peoples of Canada]
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.
Academic Treatment of the Indian in Public School Texts and Literature
An Analysis of Alberta's First Nations, Métis, and Inuit School-Community Learning Environment Project
Ava and the Little Folk: Book Study
Bartleman's Efforts Continue to Benefit Youth
Relates James Bartleman’s initiatives to institute educational programs that provide more learning opportunities, suicide counseling, and promote literacy and education to the youth.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Berens River: A Community Study
Birth of a Family [Educational Version]
British Columbia Métis History
Campfire Stories with George Catlin: an Encounter of Two Cultures
Canada's Aboriginal Education Crisis
Looks at the need for quality education for First Nations children equitable to that of all other Canadian children.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.18.
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.
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.
Circle of the Sun (1960) Standing Alone (1982) Round Up (2011): An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Saskatchewan Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. This edition is aligned with the Saskatchewan provincial curriculum for History 30: Canadian Studies, Native Studies 10, and Native Studies 30.
Connecting Traditions: Secsepemc Pre-contact Village Life [Winter Map]
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.
Davis Inlet: Moving From Misery
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
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.
Educating Inner-City Aboriginal Students: The Significance of Culturally Appropriate Instruction and Parental Support
Educator Information: To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions
Electricity: Changes in Northern Society: An Integrated Science Learning Unit for Yukon Students
The Experimental Eskimos
Exploring Inuit Culture Curriculum
Exploring Likenesses and Differences With Film
Final Report: Supporting Aboriginal Children and Youth With Learning and/or Behavioural Disabilities in the Care of Aboriginal Child Welfare Agencies
First Nations SchoolNet
The First Nations Struggle to Be Recognized: A Treaty Resource Guide for Grade 5
Fishing for Put-Ups
Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience: Workshop Guide
Fort Selkirk Virtual Museum
Four Communities: A Study of Hollow Water, Manigotogan, Seymourville and Aghaming
Related Material: Teacher Guide and Resource File.
From Dog Days to Horse Warriors: Montana's People, 1700-1820
Discusses the lifeways of Indigenous peoples of Montana just prior to contact and the impact that Europeans had on them.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing: A Common Threads Resource
God's Lake Narrows
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies (40S): A Course for Independent Study
"Field Validation Version."
Grade 5 Social Studies: People and Stories of Canada to 1867: A Foundation for Implementation
Modules: First Peoples, Early European Colonization (1600 to 1763), Fur Trade, and From British Colony to Confederation (1763 to 1867).
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.
Grand Rapids Stories: Volume 2
Related: Volume 1.