School District #73

mplementing First Nations Content Across the High School Curriculum

Noreen Pankewich
Aboriginal Resource Teacher
School District No. 73
Kamloops

Ministry Prescribed Learning Outcomes:

These outcomes have been extracted from the current Ministry of Education document. They are not add-ons, or solely for First Nations students.  All teachers are mandated to teach and assess to all students, as we would with any Prescribed Learning Outcome.

• Grade 6-9
• English 10
• Social Studies 10
• Science 10
• English Language Arts 11
• Science and Technology 11
• Social Studies 11
• Civic Studies 11

An inspirational little piece on the importance of involving your students and their families:

• Cathleen Anne Tenning, Victoria High School, Victoria, BC

Best Practices for Teaching Aboriginal Students -some fantastic tips

Valuable on-line resource for the Secwepemc:

• Okanagan Mainline Regional Network
• Land of the Shuswap
• Spirit Map

Good websites, student friendly:

• Secwepemc-Kuc
• Secwepemc Traditional Lifestyle
• Secwepemc Cultural Education Society

Secwepemc Cultural Videos:

• Secwepemc WorldView then click on “SCES 18 videos” for the entire selection.

Check out Current Exhibit and Photo Gallery at Secwepemc Museum

Great Secwepemc PPT resource for teachers and students.

English/Writing Ideas:

• Print out this First Peoples English pamphlet for your staff
• Using FN Literature in the classroom
• Aboriginal Integration Project- English
• Using Storytelling as a Way of Knowing -an interesting document
• Storytelling - The Art of Knowledge
• Various FN legends - local and other areas on CBC
• NEW 2-disc CBC “Secwepemc Legends” from HGEC Library
• Great explanation of local Secwepemc Legends
• More background information and several local Secwepemc Legends
• Some more First Peoples Legends
• Twinkles Happy Place blog is a jackpot of ideas; check out her book list (go to her FN Book List and scroll down for middle & secondary school)       
• FN  Theme Book Bibliography 2008
• “No Time to Say Goodbye” and “Seepeetza”: easy-read books for low level readers  to read and learn about Residential School experiences-written by Aboriginal authors – many others, also
• Residential Schools – imposed assimilation and conversion-Seepeetza (HGEC Kit),  As Long As the Rivers Flow, No Time to Say Goodbye, Goodbye Buffalo Bay, When the Spirits Dance, Fatty Legs…(several NEW intermediate literature circle titles pertaining to the  Residential School topic)
• Raven’s Call – An Unfinished Story by Bill Reid
• Check out the Raven Tales Lesson plans  (Grade 7 & up) and Ravens Tales Teachings  - the integration of oral story telling in the Language Arts curriculum
• A new collection of Ravens Tales Graphic Novels of  in the HGEC Library
• Many FN Graphic novels in the HGEC Library
• Invite/study a local author: Garry Gottfriedson, Richard Wagamese, Chris Bose, Starleigh Grass, Nicola Campbell, Kevin Loring
• English First People 12 Teacher Resource Guide
• Lesson Plans to go along with (Junior High) novels and books by Larry Loyie
• Intermediate Novel Study kits- will also be good for Junior High students  - ask Noreen for more!
• NEW Eaglecrest chapter books available in Lit. Circle format some high interest low vocab (Gr 3-4 level ability)
• Garry Gottfriedson Lectures
• A short video clip of Eden Robinson on Monkey Beach
• Métis authors

Science Ideas:

• Science and technology of the natural world
  Traditional uses of local animals  and clothing  (scroll down)...great visuals for younger students!
• Spirit Map on clothing and more on Secwepemc clothing and tanning hides (left sidebar)
• Secwepemc Archeology and tools  (left sidebar) made from bones, stone, various and specific wood and plants
• Background information on Shuswap hunting, fishing & gathering
• Secwepemc hunting and more on hunting
• Traditional Secwepemc village life - both Winter and Summer graphics
• Fishing practices/net construction - specific wood and fibre was required to make nets (“Indian Fishing” by Hilary Stewart – a great resource), dipnet available through Noreen at HGEC
• NEW Secwepemc Fishing Kit available for teachers to sign out with resources, lesson plans and fun classroom activities, HGEC Library
• Great local information on Fishing Tools,  as well as many on-line videos describing how both past and present day fishing tools were/are made
• Secwepemc Fishing (left sidebar)
• Fishing, tools - KIB Museum has a mobile tool/artifact presentation
• Seasons - seasonal activities of the Secwepemc “We are the Shuswap”
  (great visuals in this book)
• Spirit Map seasonal activities
• Secwepemc Seasonal Rounds
• Ethnobotany - how a culture uses plants (food and medicine, tools), ask an Elder or Janet Deneault to visit
• Secwepemc Ethnobotany Gardens a local resource - student accessible
• Traditional Uses of Tranquille River Plants -more ethnobotany with great photos
• "The Healing Power of Plants" website
• ”Plants of the Southern Interior” a fantastic resource -this books is available at the HGEC library and many school libraries
• The technology of Secwepemc cooking & preservation of foods (left sidebar)
• Skeetchestn Basketry also has on-line videos of pine needle basket making
• Secwepemc Basketry (left sidebar)
• HGEC Kit: Appreciation of First Nations Basketry
• Food preservation practices (HGEC Kit); drying, smoking of meat –the science of this fish was only wind-dried up until a certain date in the Canyon, moisture content was extremely important or food would spoil
• Caches lined with specific plants for optimum food preservation
• Astronomy - (HGEC Kit) science of the constellations, stories that go with stars and moon 
• Oral traditions and science - natural disasters
• Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change -a documentary
• Plant use in the local Skeetchestn area (including detailed maps)
• Excellent local plant identification sites, more, and still more!
• Aboriginal Contributions & Inventions - a 'memory' card game with interesting facts!

Math & Physics Ideas:

• Do an experiment weighing and drying fruit in the classroom, calculate percentages from this
• Interesting pithouse math ideas: Pg 4-22
• Look at geometry of  the pow wow arbour at the TIB  (pg 3) as well as the structure of the TRU House of Learning -while under construction
•  as well as the structure of the TRU House of Learning -while under construction
• Statistics from fish runs and percentage of fish protein in diets over the past 150 years (Noreen has info on this) - graph these trends
• Canada Census Lesson Plans
• Website for math with a Aboriginal Curriculum Integration Project-Math has a collection of lesson plans as well as  other ideas to get students thinking about math in traditional cultures
• A spear fishing video is another way to view angles
• Integrating Aboriginal Culture With Math  K-12
• First Peoples Math 8 & 9 Curriculum developed by FNESC -fabulous links in this document to back the FN content
• Aboriginal Math Games
• NEW Aboriginal content Math teacher guides ... and more -available through Noreen! (Please note that the grade levels indicated on the covers of these books are not in alignment with our BC grades; the concepts align with middle/secondary math levels.)
• Math Pickle (K-12 Teacher website) -as recommended by Dr. Melania Alvarez

Social Studies/BCFN 12 Ideas:

• About the Secwepemc Territory
• Secwepemc News newspaper study - each school receives copies
• TIB Newsletter
• Current Aboriginal issues in the media
• AFN-current issues in the media
• Traditional Secwepemc/community/seasonal life - very basic interactive website for students to use independently (can be guided by teacher on line on overhead screen or independently for intermediates)
• Overview of the Social and Political Organization of the Secwepemc -an interesting powerpoint presentation
• Secwepemc Timeline
• Pre-contact Secwepemc trade (left sidebar)
• Post-contact Secwepemc life
• Laurier Memorial
• Tk’emlúps Indian Band Council study
• Aboriginal Integration Project -Social Studies - some great lesson plans here
• Band government and democracy
• Traditional vs. contemporary governemnt – this can be upgraded to high school level
• The Canadian Atlas of First Peoples
• First Nations Profiles Interactive Map
• First Nations Peoples Map of British Columbia
• First Peoples Language Map of BC
• A great lesson plan on mapping: Aboriginal Teaching Strategy "Using and Making Maps"
• Study local natural resources and the inseparable connection that FN people have with the land for survival; invite an Elder
• First People Historical Overview
• First Peoples of Canada
• First Nations in Canada website
• BC Association of First Nations website -good information on lands and governance
• Geomatics and Cartographics Research -featuring Indigenous knowledge
• Study surrounding FN cultural groups
• Tour K’san, a Northwest Coast Indian Village to learn about the people
• "What Is A Metis?"  -CBC 8th Fire documentary
• Metis Backgrounder -good, basic information
• Study of Métis culture  and also at Canada's First People
• Virtual Metis Museum
• The Metis Sash -a 2 minute background video on this interesting item
• NEW Métis cross-curricular Kits in HGEC Library
• Metis history and culture
• NEW Métis Cross-curricular Kits in HGEC Library
• Secwepemc War Veterans
• Injustices to Aboriginal War Vets: Elders'  Voices, Secwepemc Warriors-Veterans, Aboriginal Canadians in the Second World War, Aboriginal Veterans Honour List, Aboriginals in the Canadian Military
• Anne Tenning’s Residential School Lesson Plan
• Residential Schools: Reflecting on Meanings & Gathering the Facts -lesson plan
• About Residental Schools
• Where are the Children? offers complete lesson plans, bookshelf, Teacher resources, and quizzes on-line
• Local Kamloops Residential School information
• Kamloops Indian Residential School Information including commentary with an Elder
• "The Fallen Feather" video can be booked out of the HGEC Library - EXCELLENT and LOCAL
• Residential School Apology  can be viewed on line
• Truth and Reconciliation website
• Legacy of Hope website
• NEW HGEC Secondary Residential School Kit!
• A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools  -CBC Digital Archives
• Information on local Secwepemc  involvement in the Fur Trade and Gold Rush
•  Contact and Conflict 
• "Aboriginal 101" -CBC 8th Fire documentary: a humorous rendition of contact and conflict
• "It's Time"   -CBC 8th Fire documentary filled with humour and in-your-face issues: misconceptions about Aboriginal culture and other issues that often lead to rift in our communities
• A historical look at Canada & BC’s Relationship with First Nations People
• "At The Crossroads" -CBC 8th Fire documentary on the Indian Act and its implication in today's world
• NEW "Canyon Wars” DVD at HGEC Library
• Secwepemc Government Policy and Land Use -contemproary issues
• Treaty information ...with many links
• BC Treaty Commission website
• Treaty Promises
• More on Treaties: “Nisga’a: Dancing in Both Worlds” DVD (HGEC Library) and Nisga’a: Dancing in Both Worlds lesson plan
• "Whose Land Is It Anyway?" CBC 8th Fire documentary
• Historic Metis Land Claims Ruling 
• Janet Deneault available to come in and present on Land Claims and Aboriginal Rights
• Daryll Laboucan has first-hand experience and treaty information from his area in Alberta
• Acts, Agreements and Land Claims
• First Nations Land Rights and Environmentalism in British Columbia
• "Indigenous In The City" -CBC 8th Fire documentary: the reassertion of Aboriginal culture in the city setting
• Historica Canada history game
• CBC "8th Fire" -audio programs on current Aboriginal issues
• CBC Aboriginal webpage
• "The Inuit Way of Life" -a documentary with teacher's guide
• Inuit  Cultural Online Resource  with teaching resources and  online informational videos
• Exploring Inuit Culture Online with online informational videos
• Inuit Backgrounder
• Aboriginal Contributions & Inventions - a 'memory' card game with interesting facts!

Art Ideas:

• The Art and Architecture of the Secwepemc People - by Chris Bose: local visual artist
• The above document also has information on Secwepemc pictographs -their form and paint used, as well as local photos (Pg 34 >)
• Opie Oppenheim Art
• Various First Nations Artists
• Many, many Aboriginal themed lesson plans
• Article on local Secwepemc Art
• Honouring the late David Seymour KIB – a local Secwepemc artist who illustrated many books.  Both a poster kit and Secwepemc calendar kit are at HGEC Library for loan
• Dale Toma: Community Futures (KIB) 828-9833, has a catalogue with many local artist's names
• Secwepemc Artists
• Pine Needle Basketry form and function; invite a guest come in to your class to make them or teach about them
• Skeetchestn Basketry - with videos to share
• Basketry imbrication patterns
• Appreciation of First Nations Basketry (HGEC Kit)
• Stenciling and silk-screening of pictographs - good examples of these at Kamloops Airport, end pillars of Overlander Bridge, and Tk’emlups Gas Bar
• Paper making
• Carving - invite a carver in
• Preparation of hides and coloring techniques; dyes-natural and plant materials used for this
• Fine Arts Salmon kit (HGEC Kit)
• Indian hemp, fibres from stinging nettle also used for rope
• Healing Through Creative Arts
• Lots of on-line Aboriginal Lesson Plans with BC Learning outcome correlations and video footage: A Legend A Mask, Basket Making, Birch Bark Biting, Buffalo Hide Paintings,  Button Blanket Art,  Talking Stick, Metis Flower Beadwork
• Métis Beading
• Metis beadwork, quillwork, and embroidery,
• More on Art of the Metis -great visuals for beading
• On-line beadwork planner
• Videos on FN Artists, artwork, and more from the gallery
• Seasons, natural colours and dyes
• BAA Aboriginal Art 10 course

PE Ideas:

• On-line interactive material on FN games
• Information on the game of Lahal
• Some local info on Secwepemc games
• More on games of the Secwepemc territory, as well as information on "Knobbies" and hand signals for Lahal
• Learn about skills for hunting and covering up tracks and endurance skills
• Métis Games
• FN Dance - invite a local dancer in to teach
• Métis Dance: MNBC materials, CD’s, DVD’s, dance instruction included
• History of Lacrosse

Drama/Music Ideas:

• Perform a legend
• Some great tips for acting out history lessons - even though these are for K-7, there are some great ideas
• Two NEW Drum Kits  (Class sets) for loan out of HGEC Library
• Aboriginal Canadian Muscians
• Spirit Map: Drumming, Song & Dance, Land of the Shuswap: Song & Dance
• Listen to some authentic Secwepemc Drumming Songs and also at First Voices
• Secwepemc Pre-contact dancing and singing
• Fantastic Native Drumming website with student activities and Lesson Plans for Teachers
• Secwepemc songs on video
• Nelson Leon speaks about the significance of the drum and its components
• Book a local drum group or drummer: ask Noreen for contacts
• Métis dance and fiddle
• Trent Freeman fiddle music
• Plays to sign out in kit form from the HGEC Library: “Smoke Signals” - “Two Plays About Residential School” by Larry Loyie; “Anna Mae’s Movement” by Yvette Nolan; “Someday” by Drew Hayden Smith

Home Economics Ideas:

• Secwepemc Food Kit (Appreciation of First Nations food traditions - HGEC Kit)
• Study of  Secwepemc pit cooks
• Secwepemc food preservation practices
• FN Food Guide and FN Food guide PPT presentation
• Aboriginal Act Now BC -traditional foods fact sheet
• Traditional medicines
• Invite an Elder or guest speaker (call for information on protocol and honorariums)
• Traditional clothing - clothing process and decorations, preparation of hides
• Videos of Food preservation practices (check the video selection) - do some dehydrating to preserve local foods and berries
• Indigenous Food Systems Network
• Creating natural colours using dyes - good ideas in Paula Gustafson's Book "Salish Weaving"
• Natural plant materials used for many things, Indian hemp, stinging nettle fibres
• Baskets (Kits) and the process to make them; functions
• Traditional uses of local animals  and clothing  (scroll down)...great visuals for younger students!
• Spirit Map on clothing and more on Secwepemc clothing and tanning hides (left sidebar)

Health & Career Planning Ideas:

• “The Gathering Tree” - a (picture book) about HIV with a First Nations storyline
• Traditional medicines and health
• Self discipline
• Seven Sacred Teachings resources and classroom activities
• Honour and Respect
• Wisdom of Elders - invite an Elder or guest speaker - call for information on protocol and honorariums
• First Nations Health Council Website
• Lesson plan for Traditional Career Preparation
• Secwepemc Stages of Life

French Ideas:

• Where are the Children? - Valuable Residential School information available in French
• Strong Nations Resources - First Nations books available for teachers to order in French
• Pratiques exemplaires en éducation autochtone - Monthly newsletter with FN lesson plans en Francais
• Assemblee des Premieres Nations
• Des temps Immemorieaux
• 8e Feu Radio-Canada
• La Commission De Verite et reconciliation du Canada

Computer Activities:

• Aboriginal Web Design  -an interesting Lesson Plan to initiate creativity

Special Education:

• Nicola Campbell’s books Shi-shi-etko, Shin-chi’s Canoe, Secret of the Dance are all on SET BC - all three books deal with imposed governement policies
• Search SET BC for all FN authors!
• First Nations Schools Association Special Education Programming

Additional

…some of the BEST information on respect and teaching cultural content availalble at : Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Knowledge

…and a FANTASTIC monthly newsletter with Lesson Plans and valuable teaching information at Promising  Practices in Aboriginal Education

...many, many lesson plans supported by video, online resources and well written lesson plans at Royal Conservatory Aboriginal Themed Lesson Plans

…check out the new Thompson Rivers University “AERO” - Aboriginal Educational Resources On-line

Check out the HGEC Library!  We have over 800 FN Resources available for loan to District 73 employees. Go to:

• Choose Search Full Catalogue
• Click on Mediagraphy and choose Aboriginal Resources
• Further refine your search by clicking on Format and making a choice and Audience, and making a further selection
• Then Submit

Ask Anyone on our District FN Cultural Resource Team

Daryll Laboucan
Education & Cultural Coordinator

• Speaks Cree fluently
• Recognizes the importance of traditional knowledge and teachings
• Talented drummer, singer, and dancer
• Has lived in harmony off the land
• Has first hand knowledge of treaties
• Able to teach a variety of FN artwork, crafts, and he has extensive knowledge of tool making
• Highly respectful of the local Secwepemc Territory and with permission he is learning local protocol, songs and other valuable Secwepemc traditions
• Provides cultural workshops, lessons, and guidance to students in an effort to promote awareness, understanding and pride in our Aboriginal history, heritage and identity

Interior Indian Friendship Society
Kamloops B.C.
Phone number: 250-376-1296
Fax: 250-376-2275
Email:  daryll.laboucan@iifs.ca

Janet Deneault

• Classroom presentations and mobile displays on hunting, fishing, foods, tools and technology, plants and medicines
• Self government, land claims, the history of Residential schools, and Secwepemc artifacts
• Hand drumming, songs and dance and traditional games, including Lahal
• Kamloops Indian Band Museum and Heritage Park tours of the historical culture of the Secwepemc peoples’ past through to the present
• Kamloops Indian Residential School tours offer insight into life at the old brick building, with history on the imposed government assimilation program, and Janet’s own personal experience as a survivor

Secwepemc Museum & Native Heritage Park
Phone: 250-314-1506
Fax: 250: 372-8833
Email: janet.deneault@kib.ca

Call or e-mail your ideas or inquiries to:
                    
Noreen Pankewich
School District No. 73     
Aboriginal Resource Teacher (K-12)
Phone: 250-376-2266   Ext. 218
npankewich@sd73.bc.ca

Deb Draney
School District No. 73
District Principal of Aboriginal Education
Phone: 250-374-0679
Email: ddraney@sd73.bc.ca

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