Residential Schools Reconciliation Resource Kit

Elementary

To Borrow any of the Indigenous Education Resource Kits please email Sherry Burton sburton@saanichschools.ca and kits will be delivered and returned in district mail.

A Teacher’s Guide: An Overview of Residential Schools in Canada, McIntyre Media

DVD: An Overview of Residential Schools in Canada, McIntyre Media

Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide – Grade 5 (Published by: First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association)

Truth & Reconciliation - What is it all About? 1 booklet

Teaching Resources:

Educating Our Youth: Vancouver event student responses Truth and Reconciliation Commission: vimeo.com/75812900 (Video available on enclosed memory stick.)

Powwow at Duck Lake 1963 National Film Board of Canada. 14 min 30 sec. / www.nfb.ca/film/powwow_at_duck_lake (Please view it through the above link or the link is available on the School District No. 63 HUB under Staff Links under Resources/Indigenous Education/Curriculum/Residential Schools & Reconciliation.)

What is Reconciliation? Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 2 min 55 sec., vimeo.com/25389165 (Video available on enclosed memory stick.)

Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools Legacy of Hope Foundation video: www.legacyofhope.ca/projects/where-are-the-children/video Also available on Vimeo: vimeo.com/27172950 (Please view it through the link above or the link is available on the HUB under Resources/Indigenous Education/Curriculum/Residential Schools & Reconciliation.)

The Awakening of Elizabeth Shaw, DVD (1 copy included)

Project of the Heart: Illuminating the Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in BC – 1 copy (English & French) (1 copy English and French is included.)

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools – The Devastating Impact on Canada’s Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Findings and Calls for Action (Author: Melanie Florence) (1 copy is included.)

Curriculum Resources:

100 Years of Loss – The Residential School System in Canada (Legacy of Hope Foundations) (A copy is available to sign out from Indigenous Education Services.)

From Apology to Reconciliation: Residential School Survivors A Guide for Grades 9 and 11 SS Teachers in Manitoba (Manitoba Education Teacher Resource Guide) (1 copy of the Guide for Grade 9 and 11 SS Teachers is included.)

Indian Residential School Resources irsr.ca This BC based site has lesson plans, photo galleries and video links. (Please view it through the link or the link is available on the School District No. 63 HUB under Staff Links under Resources/Indigenous Education/Curriculum/Residential Schools & Reconciliation.)

Power of Place, Curriculum Enhancement Toolkit (1 copy is included.)

The Residential School System in Canada: Understanding the Past – Seeking Reconciliation – Building Hope for Tomorrow Comprehensive Teacher’s Guide developed by the Government of Northwest Territories, Government of Nunavut, and the Legacy of Hope Foundation, 2013. (Second ed.) www.ece.gov.nt.ca/files/Early-Childhood/ns_-_residential_schools_resource_-_second_edition.pdf

(Please view it through the link or the link is available on the School District No. 63 HUB under Staff Links under Resources/Indigenous Education/Curriculum/Residential Schools & Reconciliation.