X̱wi7x̱wa Library Guide
Elementary Education
- Bill Reid: Exploring Identity (Bill Reid Foundation)Explore the concepts of identity and belonging with your class using Grade 4 lesson plans for combined social studies and visual arts learning, and an all-grades guide to using "The Raven's Call" story and animation.
- Sharing Perspectives: Indigenous Contemporary Art Workshop Teachers' Guide (Surrey Art Gallery)Teachers' guide designed to support and deepen understanding of the Sharing Perspectives workshop. For Grades K-3.
- Drawing It Out: Junior Division Drawing UnitGrade 6. The purpose of the unit is to help teachers infuse Indigenous content into the Ontario Arts Curriculum at a Grade 6 level.
Secondary Education
- Bill Reid: Exploring Identity (Bill Reid Foundation)Explore the concepts of identity and belonging with your class using Grade 4 and Grade 9 lesson plans for combined social studies and visual arts learning, and an all-grades guide to using "The Raven's Call" story and animation.
- PRIDE: Exploring Aboriginal Identity Through Art (Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation)Students create a collaborative art piece related to Aboriginal identity. Addresses social and political themes (e.g. clanship, land claims, traditional teachings, and community) through art.
Elementary and Secondary Education
- Indigenizing Music Education (University of Victoria)Learning series on Indigenizing K-12 music based on the redesigned K-9 and 10-12 (draft) music curriculum documents. Captured in three videos.
- Teacher Resources (Indigenous Arts & Stories)Interactive classroom activities for Primary, Junior, and Senior students, designed to support the research and creative process, as well as encourage critical thinking. Also includes a teachers kit designed to help teachers support their students in the Indigenous Arts & Stories competition.
- S’abadeb - The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art & Artists (Seattle Art Museum)Educator resource guide for grades 3-12. (2008).
- Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the Classroom (Ottawa Art Gallery) [book]Includes lesson plans. (2018).
Subject Headings
Subject headings are a tool designed to help researchers find similar materials. These are only some examples of the many subject headings that X̱wi7x̱wa Library uses. Spend a few minutes exploring them when you find a book in the catalogue that supports your research.
Browse Catalogue > Subject begins with:
- First Nations--Art--Curricula.
- First Nations--Art--Study and teaching.
- First Nations--Crafts--Study and teaching.
Try searching for specific artistic practices:
- First Nations--Basketry.
- First Nations--Beadwork.
- First Nations--Carving.
- First Nations--Masks.
- First Nations--Weaving.
- Coast Salish--Weaving.
- First Nations--Art--Contemporary.
For more subject headings, see the Books & Media page of this guide.
Research Tip
Try looking for teacher resources on art gallery and museum websites.