Lesson Plans – Governance

These lesson plans relate to governance including understanding the past and learning about resistance to colonialism through stories of survival by residential school survivors in order to make connections between people, place, environment, culture and government.

Indigenous - Settler Political Relations in Canada: An Overview

This lesson plan guides students to explore questions of Indigenous - Settler identity constructions and political relations in Canada. Students will engage with content found in 'Voice Thread Talk...

History, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being

Social Studies

Grade: 11 [Post-Secondary, 12, 9, 10, Youth (up to age 30)]

4:30

Bison Unit: Lesson 3 - Bison Produce and Hunting Procedures

Students will learn about First Nations' and Métis hunting perspectives and processes of the bison. Students will learn the traditional hunting practices and the uses of the the buffalo, along with...

Biology, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Indigenous Language, On-the-Land, Nutrition, Social Studies, Science

History

Grade: 10 [12, Post-Secondary]

2:00

Résistance des Dénés au colonialisme : L’enquête Berger

Dans cette activité, les élèves découvriront l’histoire de la résistance de la Nation dénée à l’égard du projet de pipeline de la vallée du Mackenzie dans les années 1970, ainsi que leur participat...

Social Studies

Grade: Youth (up to age 30) [11, 12, Post-Secondary]

4:00

Résistance des Dénés au colonialisme : l’enquête Berger (réflexion personnelle)

Cette activité pédagogique est la continuation du travail de groupe d’une activité connexe sur l’enquête Berger (voir Activités pédagogiques connexes), mais il peut également être une activité péda...

Social Studies

Grade: Youth (up to age 30) [11, 12, Post-Secondary]

2:30

Dene Resistance to Colonialism: The Berger Inquiry (Personal Reflection)

This lesson plan is a continuation of the group work in a related lesson plan on the Berger Inquiry (see 'Related Lesson Plans'), but this could be a stand-alone lesson plan, too. It teaches criti...

Social Studies

Grade: Youth (up to age 30) [11, 12, Post-Secondary]

2:30

Dene Resistance to Colonialism: The Berger Inquiry

In this lesson plan, students will learn about the history of the Dene Nation's resistance to the 1970s MacKenzie Valley Pipeline Project, and their participation in the Berger Inquiry. Using key d...

Social Studies

Grade: Youth (up to age 30) [11, 12, Post-Secondary]

4:00

'Forgotten Children' in: 'Spirit of the Island: Manitoulin's People' (Gathering Nine)

This lesson plan is part of a series of four Gatherings shared with NCCIE from the book 'Spirit of the Island: Manitoulin's People ~ Stories of Indigenou...

Health, Art, Family and Parenting, History, Performing Arts or Drama, Civics, Indigenous Language, Social Studies, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being

Residential Schools and Reconciliation

Grade: 12 [Professional Development/Continuing Education, Youth (up to age 30), 10, 11, Post-Secondary]

0:50

Cultural, Environmental Photo Scavenger Hunt

Through art, technology, writing, and hands-on learning, this lesson plan explores the connections between people, place, environment, culture, and government....

English Language Arts, Art, Indigenous Language, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Physical Education

Social Studies

14:00

'A Survivor's Story' in: 'Spirit of the Island: Manitoulin’s People' (Gathering Two)

This lesson plan is part of a series of four Gatherings shared with NCCIE from the book ‘Spirit of the Island: Manitoulin’s People ~ Stories of Indigenou...

History, Civics, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Social Studies, Health, Indigenous Language

Residential Schools and Reconciliation

Grade: 12 [10, 11, Youth (up to age 30), Post-Secondary, Professional Development/Continuing Education]

0:50