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Aboriginal Perspectives
Aboriginal Perspectives: A Guide to the Teacher's Toolkit: Teaching Resources and Strategies for Elementary and Secondary Classrooms
Access materials in the Teacher's Toolkit
Aboriginal Perspectives into the Teaching and Learning of Science Education: Beginning the Conversations in Southern Saskatchewan
Astrodigenous
Searchable website is an online portal giving educators access to Indigenous sky-knowledge resources.
The Birch Bark Canoe: Navigating a New World
Discusses the importance of the Indigenous invention in the development of Canada.
Additional Material: The Birch Bark Canoe: Navigating a New World: 21st Century Curriculum Connections and Video Resource for Manitoba Teachers (Grades 5-9).
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
Characteristics of Rocks, Their Uses and Local Landforms: A Two-Way Science Learning Unit for Qikiqtani Elementary Students
Topics explored include characteristics of rocks found in Nunavut, how these characteristics determine their uses, how they are classified, what they show about local geological history, and how they are changed by natural processes.
Chíin: Salmon
Science unit also teaches Haida vocabulary. Intended for use with Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
The Communicative Difficulties of Integrating Traditional Environmental Knowledge Through Wildlife and Resource Co-Management
Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions: Balancing Competing Needs in Canada [Unit 1]
Uses the book The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations, by Alootook Ipellie with David MacDonald as a starting point to teach about how the Inuit have used the natural resources available to meet the needs of their communities. For use with students in Grade 5.
Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation
Designed as a brief introduction to the issues for educators.
Design, Construction & Use of Traditional Halibut Hooks: A Teaching Unit for Educators
Lesson plans designed to teach mathematical concepts through cultural heritage and hands-on activities.
Exploring the Great Bear Sea: Elementary Grades 4 - 7 Resource
Designed for use with the film The Great Bear Sea: Reflecting on the Past, Planning for the Future.
Exploring the Great Bear Sea: Environmental Science Grades 11 & 12
Designed for use with the film The Great Bear Sea: Reflecting on the Past, Planning for the Future.
Exploring the Great Bear Sea: Social Studies Grades 11 & 12
Designed for use with the film The Great Bear Sea: Reflecting on the Past, Planning for the Future.
Fire Keeping-Oshkaabewis – Matter
Designed for Grade 5 science. Lesson number 2.
First Nations & Inuit Technologies
Designed for Grade 3 Social Studies classes. Students learn about indigenous inventions and discoveries and how they helped European settlers.
First Nations Resource Use on the Northwest Coast: Investigations into Geography, Ecology, Knowledge and Resource Management
Recommended for Grades 9-10 social Studies.
First Nations Weather
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From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
Going Wild!: Teaching about Wild Products from BC's Coastal Rainforests: A Guidebook for Educators for Grades 4-7
How I Survived Four Nights on the Ice: Educator's Resource
Idaa Trail: Lessons from the Land: Teacher's Guide & Lesson Plans
In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom
An Indian’s Description of the Making of a Buffalo Pound
Indigenous and Imported Primary School Textbooks in Belize: A Comparative Study
Indigenous Ingenuity and the Fur Trade: Lesson Plan
For use with Grades 5-12.
Indigenous Knowledge and Our Connection to the Land
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Indigenous Knowledge Centres - The Queensland Experience Six Years On
Indigenous Knowledge in the Sciences and a Practical Application in the Super Saturday Project
Indigenous Knowledge & Pollinator Gardens: Workshop Series
Series of eight modules designed to teach Grade 6 students about the importance of biodiversity, local community and Indigenous knowledge by creating gardens. Each module should take place over the course of a week.
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.
Inuit Siku (Sea Ice) Atlas
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum: Avoidance of Conflict-Paaqæaktautaiññiq
Involving Community Members to Develop Culturally Relevant Word Lists For First Nations and Métis Students
Iskigamizigedaa: Let's Boil Maple Sugar
Colouring storybook features a grandparent and grandchildren engaging in conversations about traditional teachings, when to begin and end harvesting, the equipment used, and processing and use of maple sugar. Text in English with some Ojibwe words interspersed.
A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Blueberry: Learning Journeys of the Whitefeather Forest, Pikangikum First Nation, Ontario
Kinoomawaaying g'E'kinoomaagenig Kinoomawaaying gdo Kinoomaagnag Anishnaabe Ganawaamdamig = Educating Our Educators, Educating our Students: An Aboriginal Focus: A Guide for Staff
Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science: Book Two
Land-Based Learning
Lesson Plan: Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
Lesson: The 13 Moons
Lessons from the Earth and Beyond: Bringing Indigenous Knowledge Systems into the Classroom: Educator Resources
Website includes curriculum connections, lesson plans and inquiry-based activities for primary, junior and intermediate grades for three topics: lessons from the earth, lessons from the water, and lessons from beyond.
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Educator Guide Phase 1 [The Forks]
Interactive game in which students travel back in time to become members of the Anishinaabe Nation in Manitoba before the European contact and engage in activities in which they learn about the environment, traditional worldviews, and a scared site called Manito Ahbee, and gain knowledge from Knowledge Keepers. Game is free, but students must register to play.
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Student Guide Phase 1 [The Forks]
Interactive game in which students travel back in time to become members of the Anishinaabe Nation in Manitoba before the European contact and engage in activities in which they learn about the environment, traditional worldviews, and a scared site called Manito Ahbee, and gain knowledge from Knowledge Keepers. Game is free, but students must register to play.