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Indigenous Education Lesson Plans
Decolonizing Teaching, Indigenizing Learning: Curriculum Bundles
First Nations Education Steering Committee:
- BC First Nations Land, Title, and Governance Teacher Resource Guide (Gr. 2-12)
- English First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide (Gr. 10-12)
- Indian Residential Schools (Gr. 5)
- Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guide (Gr. 10)
- Indian Residential Schools Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guide (Gr. 11-12)
- Units, Lessons, and Activities for Blended or Remote Learning Contexts
Musqueam & Museum of Anthropology (MOA):
BC Ministry of Education:
- Indigenous Education Resource Inventory
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Indigenous Knowledge and Perspectives in the K-12 Curriculum: By grade and subject
BC. ERAC: Resources for Integrating Aboriginal Ways of Knowing and Learning
BCTF: Aboriginal Education Resources
Blanket Exercise
A teaching tool by KAIROS to raise awareness and understanding of the nation to nation relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Circle Traditions: Talking Circle (Gr. 1)
Critical Thinking Consortium:
- Inquiring into Local and Indigenous Histories (Gr. 1-12)
- What Can I Contribute to Meaningful Reconciliation? Teaching and learning about residential schools (Gr. 6-12) A unit about the causes and consequences of residential schools in Canada.
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC):
- The Learning Circle: Classroom Activities on First Nations in Canada (Gr. 3-6)
- The Learning Circle: Five Voices of Aboriginal Youth in Canada (Gr. 8-9)
Crunchers: A Fun Fast-Facts Game about Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Source: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Summary: The cruncher is a fun colouring activity that will help children (ages 8-12) learn more about First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Canada.
Culturally-responsive Science Curriculum
Current Topics in First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Studies: A Foundation for Implementation
Curriculum Connections: Metis (2004) (Gr. 3, 6, 7, 8)
First Nation Child and Family Caring Society lesson plans
Good contextual discussion of First Nations education and some of the issues surrounding it, and includes links to other good resources as well: all in all, a great resource. Different documents for different age ranges:
http://projectofheart.ca//wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Education-Resources_K_2_FINAL.pdf
http://projectofheart.ca//wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Education-Resources_3_6_FINAL.pdf
http://projectofheart.ca//wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Education-Resources_7_8_FINAL.pdf
Discrimination and Identity (Gr. 9-12)
First Nation Child and Family Caring Society Lesson Plans (Gr. 9-12)
First Nations Resource Use on the Northwest Coast: Investigations into Geography, Ecology, Knowledge and Resource Management
(Social Studies – Grades 9-10)
First Nations Diary: Documenting Daily Life (Gr. 7-8)
From Apology to Reconciliation: Residential School Survivors (Gr. 9-11)
Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing
Substantial & broad resource – provides numerous secondary lesson plans, arranged by subject, which incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing
How Grandmother Spider Stole the Sun –Primary Lesson (Gr. 2-3)
Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre: Teaching and Learning Resources
Legacy of Hope Foundation: Education Resources
Living and Working in Oona River
(Social Studies, Geography 11)
Math First Peoples (Gr. 8-9)
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: Education (includes Teaching Resources)
Native Leaders of Canada Lesson Plan (Gr. 4-6)
On the Path of the Elders (Gr. 9-10)
Open School BC: My Seasonal Round: An Integrated Unit for Elementary Social Studies and Science
Putting it into Perspective: First Nations Soldiers in the First World War
Science First Peoples 5-9 Teacher Resource Guide
SD36: Indigenous Learning Teacher Website
Seasonal Traditions (Gr. 2)
A Sense of Place: Regional Identity, Informal Economy, and Resource Management
(Social Studies, BC First Nations Studies – Grade 11)
Stealing the Sun (Math Integrated Unit) Lesson 1 (Gr. 6)
Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Tsimshian
(Science, Social Studies, Home Economics – Grades 9-12)
Tsimshian Involvement in the Forest Sector
(Social Studies, BC First Nations Studies – Grades 10-11)
Two Ways of Knowing, Traditional Ecological Knowledge Meets Western Science
(Science & Traditional Ecological Knowledge – Grade 11)
Wilfrid Laurier University, Aboriginal Lesson Plans/Activities
This is a very good resource for teachers who are looking for Aboriginal lesson plans for all grades. Games, activities, and lessons for social studies, language, and history are all covered.
