Lesson Plan Resources
This page provides lesson plan resources to integrate Aboriginal themes in your classroom in order to promote social diversity and create an inclusive classroom.
Resources
WITS Aboriginal Lesson Plans
Link: http://witsprogram.ca/schools/lesson-plans/aboriginal.php
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This resource provides primary lesson plans that are connected with picture books, like The First Strawberries. The lesson plans’ objective is to teach lessons in seeking help and communicating with each other.
National Gallery of Canada
Link: http://gallery.ca/cybermuse/teachers/plans/activities_e.jsp?lessonid=44
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This resource provides K-12 contemporary lesson plans that introduce students to new techniques in Aboriginal art and knowledge on the cultural identity of Aboriginals.
Aboriginal Perspectives: A Guide To The Teacher's Toolkit
Link: http://edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/toolkit.html
This Ministry of Education K-12 resource provides teachers with a toolkit to bring Aboriginal views in a classroom. This toolkit enhances the teaching and learning experience in a classroom on Aboriginal perspectives.
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
Link: https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1302868012055/1302868605384
This resource provides holistic lesson plans that include games, arts, storytelling, picture books, and more. It focuses on including the Aboriginal history and identity in classrooms.
Project of Heart
Link: http://projectofheart.ca/teacher-guideslesson-plans/
This resource provides Aboriginal lessons plans from the primary level to the secondary level. One of the lessons’ objectives is to provide education for reconciliation and social justice pertaining to Aboriginal communities.
The University of British Columbia
Link: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=306840&p=2047415
This UBC resource provides lesson plans to bring authentic Aboriginal content to classrooms. Focusing on the primary level, the resource focuses on First Nations children and Aboriginal family values.
Native Studies & Documentary Film
Link: http://dragonflycanada.ca/resources/lesson-plans2/
This resource provides lesson plans on Aboriginal studies while incorporating short films on Aboriginal topics. Connected with the Ontario curriculum, the lessons are heavily discussion-based in reference to the short films.
Aboriginal Law
"In our deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."
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- From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy
The Mission
"Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children."
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- Ancient Indian Proverb
