Grades 8-12 Resources
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Authentic Indigenous Classroom Resources
Bead Timeline
Bead timeline storytelling created and shared by Suzanne Camp, Courtenay BC. This Bead Timeline can be used as a visual representation in many ways, for example, to explain how long Aboriginal people have lived here, oral storytelling traditions, telling the story of cedar, conservation, and environmental impact, community development plus much more.Beyond 94
BLM - Nonfiction Strategies (Blackline Masters)
Book Lists
Bullying
Bursaries and Grants
Scholarships and bursaries are an important way to help fund your education.
Cedar - The Tree of Life
"From the mighty cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the early Northwest Coast Indian way of life, its art and culture. For thousands of years, these people developed the tools and technologies to fell the giant cedars that grew in profusion." Hilary Stewart, Cedar
Community Links
Community organizations and services in the Comox Valley
Current Events
Field Trips - Local Indigenous
Fishing
FNESC - Learning First Peoples Classroom Resources
With the increased inclusion of First Peoples’ content in the changing BC curriculum, there is a need to incorporate unappropriated First Peoples’ perspectives across the curriculum. The First Nations Education Steering Committee and the First Nations Schools Association, in collaboration with teachers and partners, have developed the following Learning First Peoples series of teacher resources to support English Language Arts, Science Social Studies and Mathematics courses.
Identifying Indigenous
Louis Riel Day
Métis Culture
Culture is the sum of the attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguish one group of people from another.Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
These locally developed teacher resources explore the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
National Indigenous Peoples Day
North Island Hospital Art Project
"The CVAG creative team took on the project of conceptualizing, designing and producing artwork for the new North Island Hospital in the Comox Valley. CVAG’s Community Space features a design project for art at the new North Island Hospital in Courtenay. We worked closely with the North Island Hospital Art Project, K’ómoks First Nation, Elder Barb Whyte, other local artists, plus students, parents, and educators from Queneesh Elementary School."
O Canada- Indigenous Languages
Cree
Cree
Orange Shirt Day
"The annual Orange Shirt Day on September 30th opens the door to global conversation on all aspects of Residential Schools. It is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind. A discussion all Canadians can tune into and create bridges with each other for reconciliation. A day for survivors to be reaffirmed that they matter, and so do those that have been affected. Every Child Matters, even if they are an adult, from now on."
Picture Book Lessons
Look here for locally developed lessons to go with picture books plus links to other great lesson from Strong Nations and Adrienne Gear.
Post Secondary Education
Resources for Aboriginal students entering post-secondary education.
Reconciliation: A Journey for All Canadians
What does reconciliation mean to you? What does reconciliation look like in the classroom? How will you make reconcilation part of your day to day life? How can we move forward in a postive way to build a new relationship, between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, and hold each other up?
Residential Schoola variety of lessons, resources, book lesson, including a full inquiry set of lessons
Remembrance Day
Salish Weave Collection
Salish Weave is a large private collection of contemporary Coast Salish art that weaves together the distinctive art form, designs and style of established and emerging artists. The collection stems from and mostly resides on traditional Coast Salish territories of British Columbia.
Salish Weave has developed a School Program and has donated 3 box sets of prints to several school districts, one of which is SD7. Salish Weave, views the prints of Box Sets I, II and III as its 'working collection’ in education: prints being brought to classrooms and used as teaching resources in all subjects to educate children of all grade levels. Click here for direct link to School Program lessons plans.
Salmon
"It's hard to quantify the enormous impact a simple fish has had on the Aboriginal people of British Columbia. But the salmon has been a vital part of First Nations diet, economy and mythology for centuries." (from Aboriginal Tourism BC - Meet a Local Legend)
Secret Path
Book by Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire to highlight the story of Chanie Wenjack, a boy who attempted an escape from Residential School. Lessons for all grades. Please use with discretion at early years and note that the lessons outlined here only refer to one page in the book. We suggest this book to be studied in depth at later grades and with support from teachers.
It is our hope that these lessons will help with classroom communication and can be used in a number of different subject areas. These lessons can focus on oral language Learning Outcomes or can be used in conjunction with any other subject areas.
Tipi Building
- Did you know SD 71 Aboriginal Education has a tipi that you can bring to your school site?
- To book the tipi contact the Aboriginal Support Worker for your school.
- Information on Tipi's