Residential Schools Reconciliation Resource Kit - Middle
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.
Teaching Resources:
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) – 1 copy Video
Truth & Reconciliation - What is it all About? 1 booklet
Video Resources:
The Awakening of Elizabeth Shaw, DVD (1 copy included)
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:
Also available on Vimeo: vimeo.com/27172950
Curriculum Resources:
Speaking Our Truth Teacher Resource Guide
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 This BC based site has lesson plans, photo galleries and video links.
Power of Place, Curriculum Enhancement Toolkit (1 copy is 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.) https://bctf.ca/HiddenHistory/eBook.pdf
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.)
Reconciliation Begins With You Poster - 1 copy
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.)
https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/sites/ece/files/resources/northern_studies_10_teaching_guide.pdf
A Stranger at Home (Authors: Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton) – 1 copy
As Long As the Rivers Flow (Author: Larry Loyie) – 1 copy
Fatty Legs (Authors: Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton) – 1 copy
I Am Not a Number (Authors: Jenny Kay Dupuis & Kathy Kacer) – 1 copy
My Name is SEEPEETZA (Authors: Shirley Sterling) – 1 copy
Neekna and Chemai (Author: Jeannette C. Armstrong) – 1 copy
No Time to Say Goodbye: Children’s Stories of the Kuper Island Residential School (Authors: Sylvia Olsenwith, Rita Morris and Anna Sam) – 1 copy
The Secret of the Dance (Authors: Andrea Spalding and Alfred Scow) – 1 copy
Secret Path (Authors: Gord Downie & Jeff Lemire) – 1 copy
Shin-chi’s Canoe (Author: Nicola I. Campbell) – 1 copy
Shi-shi-etko (Author: Nicola I. Campbell) – 1 copy
Speaking Our Truth ( Author: Monique Gray Smith)
We Feel Good Out Here (Authors: Julie-Ann Andre & Mindy Willet) – 1 copy
When I was Eight (Authors: Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton) – 1 copy