Traditional Métis Transportation
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.
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.
Recommended for: Science Grades 9-12; Resource Science (forests) Grades 11 and 12; Science and Technology Grade 11; Social Studies Grades 11-12; and Home Economics Grades 11-12.
Recommended for Grade 10-11 Social Studies and First Nations Studies.
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.
Examines the correlation between Indigenous driven educational programs and a student's family context to asses the negative and positives effects of Native Language and Culture (NLC) within an educational setting.
Uses techniques involved in creating a Coast Salish blanket to teach concepts of slope and equations in Grade 10 Mathematics Curriculum.
Examines the factors affecting education of Aboriginal youth, creating graduation rates that lag behind that of their non-Aboriginal classmates.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.44.
For use with the virtual exhibition Why Treaties Matter.