Akilak's Adventure by Deborah Kigjugalik Webster, Illustrated by Charlene Chau: Educator's Resource
Designed for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Designed for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Written as a court transcript, the author shows the use of a traditional narrative for academic discourse.
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.
Suitable for primary grades.
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Historical note:
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Pre-reading activities, discussion questions, learning activities, and extension activities for Grades 4 to 6.
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
Story is about a family throwing a party.
Art Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.
Looks at the Métis phrase miyo-pimatisiwin (good life) and how it connects the Métis past with the present.
Adaptations of sixteen traditional stories, most relating to Wenebojo.
Discuss the significance of oral history to the Woodland Cree to reinforce their cultural worldview into the modern era.
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Interviews conducted with Alan Syliboy, Albert Marshall, Michelle Marshall-Johnson, Catherine Anne Martin, Morgan Toney, Gerald Gloade, and Michelle Syliboy.
Examines the parallels between the Sakha concept Aiyy Yorege and the Cree word Pimachesowin towards each group's journey to self-determination.
Intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Reports findings from three surveys disseminated to teachers, curriculum leaders and representatives of professional education organizations in 2021.
Related Material: Summary Report.
English Thesis (PhD) - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2022.
For use with the book Suqak and the Raven (Inuktitut version).. Activities and discussion questions geared toward students in Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Excerpt contains overview about teaching Indigenous topics, and lesson one on Métis culture.
Pre-reading activities, chapter-by-chapter discussion questions, and extension activities geared toward Grades 9 to 12.
Uses video clips by five Indigenous artists as a starting point for discussion, writing and research activities.
Discusses how traditional Cree stories and lessons reflect the traditional Cree world view of pimatsiwin (life) and how pimatsiwin itself can better help the understanding Indigenous self-determination.