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Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide [Social Studies] 5
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: First Nations
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Guide
Includes discussion questions and activity ideas for each volume of the atlas.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Indigenous Perspectives Education Guide
Teacher's resource includes lesson plans, classroom activities, links to online resources, and worksheets divided into five sections with associated themes: human geography (Indigenous peoples, civilizations and territories; contact to 1763 (encounters with Europeans); 1763 to 1876 (oral histories and biographies); 1876 to 1914 (policies and politics); 1914 to 1982 (separate and unequal); and 1980s to present day (toward reconciliation).
[An Introduction to Residential School Unit K-7]
The Invisible Nation
The Invisible Nation: Lesson Plan
Jim Thorpe: The World's Greatest Athlete: Study Guide
A Journey towards Reconciliation: A Shared History
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina = Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Guide to the Plains Cree Edition
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
Kinoomawaaying g'E'kinoomaagenig Kinoomawaaying gdo Kinoomaagnag Anishnaabe Ganawaamdamig = Educating Our Educators, Educating our Students: An Aboriginal Focus: A Guide for Staff
The Learning Circle: Classroom Activities on First Nations in Canada: Ages 12 to 14
Lesson 9: Residential Schools
Lesson Plan for the Film Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners
[Lesson Plans, Residential Schools]
Let the Journey Continue ...
Literature Circle Guide to: Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Literature Circle Questions
Little Butterfly Girl: An Indian Residential School Story
Living Voices Native Vision: Study Guide
Lost Innocence: The Teacher Guide
Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog): [Study Guide]
Mi'kmawe'l Tan Teli-kina'muemk: Teaching about the Mi'kmaq
Mistatim: Study Guide
The Moccasin Identifier Education Kit
[Model Teaching Unit for] Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac.
Model Teaching Unit - Language Arts - Grades 4-8 for Larry Loyie's As Long as the Rivers Flow
My Name is Seepeetza [by] Shirley Sterling: A Novel Study
My Name is Seepeetza [by] Shirley Sterling: A Novel Study
Recommended grade level 8 and up. Book is about a girl's life at residential school and her contrasting life at home before she was sent there.
Native American Boarding Schools
Native American Boarding Schools: The Education and Cultural Transformation of American Indians under the United States Government Boarding Schools
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
On the Side of the Angels: A Memoir by Jose Amaujaq Kusugak: Teaching Guide
Designed for use with students in Grades 7 to 9.
[Orange Shirt Day (Residential Schools)]
Power Point presentation deals with the Métis residential school experience. Can be used with Grades 5-12.
Project of Heart
Project of Heart: Illuminating the Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in BC
The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison Topeka, and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880-1930
Red Wolf
Lesson plan for use with the book Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance.
Reflections from Them Days: A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut As Told by Nellie Winters, Transcribed and Edited by Erica Obendorfer: Teaching Guide
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Reimagining History: "Righting" Treaty Wrongs
Based on the article Living Well Together by Aimée Craft and the special issue of Canada's History magazine Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Suitable for Grades 7 to 12.
Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Magazine-style publication features short articles about residential schools in general, as well as specific schools and highlights examples of reconciliation in action in the education system.
Related Material: Educator's Guide.
[Residential School Lesson 1]
Residential School System in Canada: Understanding the Past – Seeking Reconciliation – Building Hope for Tomorrow: Teacher's Guide
Residential Schools Senior Years Learning Resources: A Reference for Selected Learning Resources (February 2014)
Residential Schools: Truth and Healing
Residential Schools, Truth and Reconciliation: Selected Resources
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2021.
Resistance on the Giimooch: The Life of Mary Courchene: Teacher's Guide
Resource uses the medicine wheel as tool for exploring the life of a residential school survivor.