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These lessons can be adapted for use with any age group K-12.
Here you will find an abundance of place – based lessons that can be used daily, weekly, or throughout each season. Get outside rain or shine to learn from this beautiful place – the traditionally territory of Tsawwassen First Nation and Musqueam First Nation.
The teacher can use a visual (the beaded timeline) to help students understand what the acknowledgment of territory is and why it is important. Students can use their senses to gain a better understanding of where they live and to connect with their local place so they can nurture and protect where they live.
Students are able to share their learning about trees and their local place through story.
Students will learn about the physical, spiritual, and functional characteristics of the cedar tree and for students to make connections between each other, themselves and their local place.
Alder Big Leaf Maple Cottonwood Douglas Fir Western Red Cedar (Tree Identification Cards)
1 or more of the 5 species of trees listed above can most likely be found on your school grounds in Delta. Use the Identification Cards to ask questions and get out on the land to learn more about your place.
The representation of time immemorial and understanding why we acknowledge traditional territory can be challenging.
A great way to visually represent the length of time First Peoples have lived in what we now know as British Columbia is to build a beaded timeline. The beaded timeline helps students and teachers understand why we acknowledge traditional territory.
How to Facilitate a Talking Circle Lesson
Students will experience the cultural practice of a Talking Circle and learn how to follow the expected protocols.
Children can learn about their identity by exploring their special qualities in relation to west coast animals.
Students can gain a better understanding of their local place by using their senses – specifically sound and touch.
Everything is Connected Lesson with Animal & Plant Cards
Students will visually experience the relationship between land, plants, and self to gain a deeper understanding of their natural world – everything is connected.
Children can build on their identity by gaining a sense of self and trust in their abilities to make decisions on their own. Also, children can build a connection to land by gaining a deeper awareness of their local place.
Impact of Residential School Lesson
Students learn about the impact of Residential Schools in Canada through an experiential exercise.
Strong Nations is First Nations publishing house on Vancouver Island.
Our thanks to Brenda Boreham for writing these fantastic lesson plans for Strong Nations!
You will find several titles that have been selected to specifically to connect with teaching reading comprehension through the use of 6 learning strategies for both fiction and non-fiction. Some of the selected titles also include a free downloadable lesson plan. Please visit our Educators page for more information.
SetBC Classroom Technology and First Peoples Principles of Learning
This course explores examples and strategies of ways teachers can use technology-based projects aligned with the First Peoples Principles of Learning to begin infusing a First People’s perspective into their classroom environment and community.
Your go-to site for BC teaching resources.
MMIWG2S+ Project - Dressing Delta Red
The below video was created to explain the project of Dressing Delta Red. For resources around Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and 2-Spirited People, please click here.
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