Lesson Plans – Treaties

These lesson plans relate to understanding treaties, which includes hearing and learning from the perspectives of residential school survivors, understanding resistance movements against colonialism and getting to know the history of the land and the negotiation processes that led to the creation of treaties.

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

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

Land and Treaties: Indigenous Orientation Toolkit for Newcomers to Canada

This one-day workshop introduces newcomers to Canada to the foundational history of Indigenous Nations and their historical and contemporary contributions to the country's development. This explora...

Residential Schools and Reconciliation, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Civics

History

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

6:00

Notre territoire comme espace d’apprentissage

Cette activité s'insère dans une série qui comprend quatre différentes activités concernant l'histoire naskapie du point de vue naskapi. Ces activités ont été conçues pour s'étaler sur une année s...

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

History

Grade: 10 [5, 6]

9:45

Les enseignements du caribou

Cette activité s'insère dans une série qui comprend quatre différentes activités concernant l'histoire naskapie du point de vue naskapi. Ces activités ont été conçues pour s'étaler sur une année s...

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

History

Grade: 10 [5, 6]

3:20

Installation dans un nouveau territoire

Cette activité s'insère dans une série qui comprend quatre différentes activités concernant l'histoire naskapie du point de vue naskapi. Ces activités ont été conçues pour s'étaler sur une année s...

Social Studies, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Indigenous Language

History

Grade: 10 [5, 6]

4:10

Se souvenir du long cheminement de nos ancêtres

Cette activité s'insère dans une série qui comprend quatre différentes activités concernant l'histoire naskapie du point de vue naskapi. Ces activités ont été conçues pour s'étaler sur une année s...

Social Studies, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Indigenous Language

History

Grade: 10 [5, 6]

3:25

Our Land as a Learning Space

This lesson plan is part of a series that includes four different lesson plans relating to Naskapi history from a Naskapi perspective. These lesson plans have been designed to spread over one scho...

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

History

Grade: 10 [5, 6]

9:45

The Teachings of the Caribou

This lesson plan is part of a series that includes four different lesson plans relating to Naskapi history from a Naskapi perspective. These lesson plans have been designed to spread over one scho...

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

History

Grade: 10 [5, 6]

3:20

Settling into New Territory

This lesson plan is part of a series that includes four different lesson plans relating to Naskapi history from a Naskapi perspective. These lesson plans have been designed to spread over one scho...

Social Studies, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being

History

Grade: 10 [5, 6]

4:10

Remembering the Journey of our Ancestors

This lesson plan is part of a series that includes four different lesson plans relating to Naskapi history from a Naskapi perspective. These lesson plans have been designed to spread over one scho...

Social Studies, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Indigenous Language

History

Grade: 10 [5, 6]

3:25