Residential Schools, Truth and Reconciliation: Selected Resources
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2021.
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2021.
Educational animated short (8:26 min.).
Lesson Plans: Food Is a Gift suitable for K-2; Gifts of the Season suitable for Grades 3-5; Gifts of the People suitable for Grades 6-8.
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Role playing game which involves John A. Macdonald asking students to become spies and send information back to the government. Suitable for Grades 5-11.
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn 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 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
Describes a new student data system brought online by Saskatchewan Learning that helps track children in schools, both on-and-off reserve.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.
Pitseolak Ashoona is a renowned Inuk artist from Nunavut.
Designed to complement the book Pitseolak Ashoona: Life and Work.
Includes biography, discussion of artist's style and techniques learning activities, and image file. Designed to complement Norval Morrisseau: Life and Work by Carmen Robertson.
Sample lesson focuses on one chapter in book which follows the adventures of grandfather and his grandson. Recommended grades 2-3.
A series of lesson plans for each of the teachings: respect, wisdom, love, bravery, humility, honesty and truth. Related material: Student Manual.
Designed to give teens and young adults with disabilities an improved quality of life, connection to culture and increased work-related skills.
Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves learning about growing and harvesting plants and their names in Michif.
Additional resources: Plant Harvesting Image Cards; Michif Terms Teacher Card.
Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 goals include recognizing the importance of harvesting, and identifying and describing the uses of several plants using Michif and English terms.
Photographs of 20 plants accompanied by a brief description of their medicinal uses.
Although created for the Old Crow Experiential Educational Project, some activities can be adapted for other contexts. Lessons are grouped by Grades 7-9, Grades 4-6, and Grades 1-3.