The British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF) has developed a wonderful compilation of resources for teachers. For example, the teaching resource page has ten areas of support for a teacher including booklists by First Nation authors, spotlight on artists, treaty process, timelines, and preventing racism.
Information can be found on:
Aboriginal education program
Employment equity for aboriginal teachers
Enhancement agreements
Aboriginal education survey
Policy on aboriginal education
Teaching resources
Links
Employment equity for aboriginal teachers
Enhancement agreements
Aboriginal education survey
Policy on aboriginal education
Teaching resources
Links
Blog: Starleigh Grass
Southern Interior
Lillooet, BC, Canada
Southern Interior
Lillooet, BC, Canada
“I'm a teacher, blogger, and mother from the Tsilhqot'in Nation who currently works in St'at'imc territory. I like talking to teachers about teaching.”
http://twinkleshappyplace.blogspot.com/
She also tweets:
http://twitter.com/#!/starleigh_grass
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
http://twinkleshappyplace.blogspot.com/
She also tweets:
http://twitter.com/#!/starleigh_grass
Bulkley Valley - School District #54 - lesson plans
(As Teacher-Librarians,) "we would like to share a few of the lessons we developed using First Nations literature. Each lesson contains ideas for Connecting/Processing/Transforming the text using strategies from Close, Brownlie, and Gear."
First Nations Awareness: Putting It All Together, 4th ed.
Karin Clark
Victoria: Greater Victoria School District
1999
247 pages
ISBN: 1-894114-02-7
Created by First Nations Education Division of the Greater Victoria School District for First Nations studies for grades K-7. This curriculum resource provides teachers with 10 lessons about Northwest Coast First Nations peoples and their culture. Nations include: Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Salish. As well, this resource provides teachers with accurate background knowledge on various topics such as the meaning of culture, the role of the environment in shaping culture, the role and importance of families and clans, and ideas for incorporating art, music, dance, drama, and storytelling.
Themes: First Nations, social studies, and language arts.
"This guide has been created to help you, the BC elementary school teacher, make appropriate decisions about which of these resources might be appropriate for use with your students. The annotated listings provided in this guide identify currently available authentic First Peoples texts that your students can work with to meet provincial standards related to literacy as well as a variety of specific subject areas."
2011
History Trek History Trek is a portal designed in Montreal, Canada, by the Web Wonders. It links you to over 2300 websites about Canadian history that have been specially chosen by researchers for students aged 9 to 12. History Trek is available in both English and French versions.
80 pages
Shared Learnings
Integrating BC Aboriginal Content K-10
Aboriginal Education Enhancements Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Education
2006 ISBN 0-7726-5592-8
162 pages
This guide provides teachers with authentic aboriginal content to integrate in their classrooms throughout British Columbia. The purpose of the resource is to give First Nation students a sense of place and belonging in the public school system as well as promote understanding of First Nations peoples among the general student population. The resource also encourages teachers to seek participation of aboriginal teachers, Elders, and other knowledgeable members from the aboriginal community. The book is organized by grade level and subject area. It also provides instructional strategies on how to integrate aboriginal content into a teacher’s lesson.
