Aborignal Symbols
This handout includes popular Aboriginal Symbols to help aid any lesson on Aborigines or Australia! ...
Picture Books About Present Day Indigenous Families | Imagination Soup
Picture books like these show Native American and Native Canadian indigenous cultures incorporating tradition, culture, and language in the present day.
Indigenous Artists of Canada Inspired Art Projects
This set of art projects incorporates painting, oil pastels, printmaking and carving to study six different artists of Canada who identify as First Nations or Métis through creating a piece of art inspired by George Littlechild, Bill Reid, Dana Standinghorn, Jason Carter, Benjamin Chee Chee and Leah...
Things I Like – First Nation’s Art
Respecting First Nations, Metis and Inuit Cultures in the Classroom
Beautiful Alphabet Cards for Teaching Upper Elementary (grades 4, 5, 6) about First Nations, Metis and Inuit Culture, Alberta, Canada Read Aloud
Orange Shirt Day Lesson Plans
Orange Shirt Day is held every September 30th. The Manitoba Teachers’ Society – together with Manitoba’s education partners and many Indigenous organizations – will be honouring residen…
Explore Métis Storytelling Through Indigenous Art Lessons – Ninja Notes
Use stories and illustrations told by the Metis People to enhance your Indigenous art lessons with this ready to use activity.
The Seven Grandfathers
Today is Tuesday, November 12, 2013. The Anishinaabe Ojibway people teach their children a set of principles known as the Seven Grandfathers. The story goes that seven grandfathers (spiritual bein…
Respecting First Nations, Metis and Inuit Cultures in the Classroom
Beautiful Alphabet Cards for Teaching Upper Elementary (grades 4, 5, 6) about First Nations, Metis and Inuit Culture, Alberta, Canada Read Aloud
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Sugar Falls
Sugar Falls book. Read 70 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Da...
button blankets - a First Nations tradition from the NorthWest Coast
Pacific North West button blanket project for pre-school, kindergarten or primary aged children.
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An Inuksuk Means Welcome
An inuksuk is a stone landmark that different peoples of the Arctic region build to leave a symbolic message. Inuksuit (the plural of inuksuk) can point the way, express joy, or simply say: welcome. A central image in Inuit culture, the inuksuk frames this picture book as an acrostic: readers will learn seven words fro
Teaching Ideas and free resources on the R.I.C. blog
This week's Freebie Friday giveaway is a page of Indigenous games! These games provide a fun variation on more commonly-known western games like chasey, hide-and-seek, tunnel ball etc. As well as being an enjoyable and effective way to burn energy, this hands-on approach is a great way to teach students about this part of Indigenous culture.
Teaching by the Medicine Wheel | Education Canada Magazine
A focus on its applications to education is addressed through pedagogy and the transmission of Medicine Wheel teachings.