Treaty Ed Learning Experiences
Special focus on Mi'kmaw culture and history. Lesson plans for Grades 4-9.
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.