Resources for All

Aboriginal Education Resources:

Blog roll:

http://starsusask.blogspot.com/ Student Teachers Anti-Racism and Indigenous Education Blog- U of S- several online resources and lesson ideas.

http://twinkleshappyplace.blogspot.com "Twinkles Happy Place" - Academic research and discussion on Indigenous pedagogy.

http://apihtawikosisan.com/ Blog went viral after a posting about Attiwapiskat. Very good information about Aboriginal issues.

Metis:
Back to Batoche
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Batoche/html/about/index.php

Gabriel Dumont Institute Virtual Museum
http://www.metismuseum.ca/exhibits/resources/index.php


Multimedia:

CBC's "ReVision Quest" Radio Program (also available as a podcast) http://tunein.com/radio/ReVision-Quest-p199790/

CBC's 8th Fire- Four series documentary covering history and current issues
http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/8thfire/

NFB Online Film Resources
http://www3.nfb.ca/enclasse/doclens/visau/index.php?mode=theme&theme=30660&language=english

http://img.csit.carleton.ca/vpow/ "Virtual Pow Wow" Resources

Four Directions Teaching- Focus on Worldview
http://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/main.html


Treaty Education:

Living Sky SD Treaty Site
http://treaty6education.lskysd.ca/

Treaty 6 Webquest
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/webquests/treatysixquest/index.html

Office of the Treaty Commissioner
http://www.otc.ca/

Myths and Stereotypes:

Lesson Plan by CARED
http://www.ucalgary.ca/cared/laaboriginalpeopleincanada


Saskatchewan First Nations:

Saskatchewan Heritage- Many good links
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/saskatchewan100/theme-%20first%20peoples.html


Science:

Indigenous Science
http://www.dlisr.org/nativescience.html

First Scientists Vignettes
http://www.science.gc.ca/Videos/First_Scientists-WS5ED44C5C-1_En.htm

Forests and Oceans for the Future
http://www.ecoknow.ca/activities.html

Indigenous Knowledge in Science Education
http://livingknowledge.anu.edu.au/html/educators/index.htm

Worldview:

Four Directions Teachings- Interactive
http://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/main.html

Residential Schools:

Where are the Children- Interactive
http://www.wherearethechildren.ca/en/

Iroquois on Prezi

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14th. The day of love and chocolate and flowers.

Did you know that Canadians will spend about 1.5 BILLION (!) dollars to celebrate this day!?? I sure didn't.

George Stroumboulopoulos has put together an article on ethical "valentining," because many of the treats we enjoy, like chocolate, may actually be exploiting people across the globe. And, if this post comes a bit late, the bug is in your ear for next year :)

An Ethical Valentine's Day- Strombo


What's happening in my classroom:

ELA 10: We are doing some writing about human rights.

ELA 30: We should be wrapping up "The Crucible" this week. A socratic seminar will be happening on Thursday or Friday. A test will likely be given on Friday.

History 30: We are studying the beginnings of colonization. We are learning about Cartier and other Europeans who claimed North America for France and England.

History 10: We are studying the social structures of the Iroquois Confederacy. Presentations must be ready to go either Thursday or Friday (TBA).


Soundtrack for the day:

what's a fella to do? 'cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue...

Grade 10 ELA- Infographics!

We are going to be studying infographics to survey a large number of global issues in a short amount of time!

Here is an example of an infographic. Tomorrow in class you will be studying different infographics.


Via: OnlineSchools.org

Thursday!

Here is a recap of what we did today!

ELA 10- I love the things we get to study in this class!

We started the day with a writing activity...
Then, we discussed some scenarios depicting human rights dilemmas.

After our discussion we did a viewing activity where we watched the following video on the history of human rights.



To show you understood what you were seeing, you answered the following question: "Who is responsibile for ensuring that human rights are upheld, 'universally."

History 30- Canadian Studies, my fave!
We learned the 3 theories as to the origins of the original inhabitants of North America...1) Creation stories 2) Beringia/Clovis/Bering Strait/Land-bridge theory
3) Ocean Migration/Asian origins/Boat theory

We listened to a podcast about different theories and challenges to the theories.

You then read and began to illustrate a telling of the Cree Creation Story.


History 10-

We discussed society and the structures that exist within society that promote order and structure.


ELA 30-

We completed ACT 1 of "The Crucible"