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Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit Day 2: Water is In Us and All Around Us

Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit Day 2: Water is In Us and All Around Us

Talk to the children about the phrase, “Water is in us and all around us,” and ask them to think about what that means. Remind them that yesterday (or the previous lesson on water) they were asked to look around their house and see how water is used (cooking, washing, flush toilet, brush teeth).

Grade Two Thematic Unit Part 3: Importance of Water to Self, Health, Community and Culture

Grade Two Thematic Unit Part 3: Importance of Water to Self, Health, Community and Culture

Students will learn about extended families and the role they play within an Aboriginal community. As discussed in previous lessons, family or kinship ties set the limits of an individual's rights and responsibilities within the indigenous community.

Grade Five Thematic Unit Part 2: Tribal Affiliations and Water Transportation

Grade Five Thematic Unit Part 2: Tribal Affiliations and Water Transportation

Watercrafts have long played a vital role in the cultures of most First Peoples in Canada. Indian and Inuit boat builders have produced many varieties of wooden dugout, bark canoe and skin boat, each designed for specific purposes and particular conditions

Grade Five Thematic Unit Part 4: Water Spirit- Water is in us and all around us

Grade Five Thematic Unit Part 4: Water Spirit- Water is in us and all around us

Water is a life-sustaining liquid. Water is an essential element of life because without it, everything dies. Because water is sacred, it should not be contaminated and polluted.

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 1: First Nation Creation Stories

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 1: First Nation Creation Stories

Students will be able to read over various First Nation Creation stories. Students will look for the commonalities within the Creation Stories. Students will be made aware that there is more than one theory of how First Nations people came to the Americas rather than the traditional scientific theory of the Bering Strait.

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 2: Medicine Wheel Teachings

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 2: Medicine Wheel Teachings

Students will be provided with a handout regarding the Medicine Wheel and its teachings.Students will be able to do a variety of large and small group activities discussing the teachings of the Medicine Wheel.

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 4: Respecting Water and Water Conservation

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 4: Respecting Water and Water Conservation

Students will be able to review various stories regarding water issues of First Nation and Métis People. Students will be able to identify water issues within the media and provide the classroom with current events and facts regarding water in their area.

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 5: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Traditional Knowledge Regarding Water

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 5: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Traditional Knowledge Regarding Water

Students will be able to understand Aboriginal science perspectives through Dr. Jim Morin’s analytical perspective regarding indigenous knowledge. Student will be able to identify the four components of Traditional Knowledge and provide examples.

Grade Eight Thematic Unit: Compare and Contrast Foreign Treaties with First Nations

Grade Eight Thematic Unit: Compare and Contrast Foreign Treaties with First Nations

Students will be able to compare and contrast their foreign treaty with that of the spirit and intent of treaty 4 or 6. Students will begin to understand that First Nations had little choice but to surrender their lands and sign treaties.

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