Math:
https://www.commonsense.org/education/app/plickers
From IT presentation: – Joanna
Liz Kleinrock: @teachntransform
Marie Batiste: Decolonizing Education, nourishing the learning spirit
Bob Joseph: 21 things you may not know about the Indian Act.
Lisa Baylis: Self-compassion for educators
Fawn Nguyen: visual Math resources
Jo Bowler – hands on math resources/ideas
Tara Wood – photos for Mood Scale
Recommended Books:
Community Building:
Tribes Learning Communities by Jeanne Gibbs
Charles
When we are Kind
Wolverine and Little Thunder
The Invisible Boy – support empathy building
Wonder Walkers
I Like Me – Nancy Carlson
Roxaboxen
Ralph Tells a Story
ABC of Art
What do you do with an Idea?
The Crocodile and the Dentist
My Teacher is a Monster by Peter Brown
Slinky Malinky
Poems of Jeremy Boon
Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W Service
The Little Yellow Leaf (Carin?)
The Plot Chicken
The Stinky Cheese Man and Fairly Stupid stories
The Proudest Blue
To Market, to Market
Dont touch my hair!
**Rocket Writes a Story
Th Little Duck St
We are Water Protectors
The Sweater – girl makes Cowichan sweaters with her grandma
White Fang
*Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel (A story about bats which can support students identity)
The Prince of the Pond by Donna Jo Napoli
The Summer of Riley by Eve Bunting
Clementine’s Letter by Sara Pennypacker
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
*How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
the Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O’Connor
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
*Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
“A Day with Yahyah” (First Nations + Science + Biodiversity)
“Little Bear’s Vision Quest” – can adapt for readers theatre (gr 4?)
The Giving Tree by Leah Donton (social studies – stories passing down from generations, traditions & celebrations being important)
“The Cedar Tree” – a story about a man who always gave away his belongings and the creator. The Musqueam language & cultural development
Indigenous Theories of Learning or Resources:
Lorna Williams
Kim Anderson
Martin Brokenleg
Blair Stonechild
First Voices.com
Dr Joanne Archibald
First Peoples resources:
Musqueam
“In their own words” – by CBC – Residential school survivors own stories
Beyond 94 – Truth & Reconciliation in Canada teacher guide PDF – covers how to teach about Intergenerational trauma, etc.
https://legacyofhope.ca/ – Workshops, poetry activity, videos on residential schools, 60s scoop, Inuit, forgotten Metis,
Farmtoschoolbc.ca – Lesson plans for Native Plant Walk & Legends local to BC
First Peoples map of BC – provides proper pronunciations for First Nations places on the map
SD learning kits – The Seven Teachings by David Courchene Jr. (connects to medicine wheel, season, can read throughout the year – In Sept can connect to classroom agreement)
https://engage.sd62.bc.ca/
Then go to the link for Na’tsa’maht Indigenous Education Then scroll down to Teacher Resources.
Strong Nations Publishing (has Indigenous books and lesson plans to go along with them)
www.ourspiritssoar.com (lesson and unit plans)
Math with Indigenous Story telling: https://smallnumber.softr.app/
Anona Kampe – Storyteller – beading and stories
Suzanne Camp – Comox school district, beading & storytelling – The Bead Timeline – https://www.comoxvalleyschools.ca/indigenous-education/beaded-timeline/
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12vf431xoiCz5yMeLXO
https://www.nfb.ca/playlistindigenous-cinema-classroom-ages-611/
https://www.nfb.ca/education/educational-playlists/#indigenous-voices-and-reconciliation
Colten Bushy murder Study guide: https://www3.onf.ca/sg2/NFB_We_Will_Stand_Up_EN.pdf (Gr 7 +) (has activities, anti-racism activities etc)
iportal from Univ. of Saskatchewan (database of electronic resources focusing on indigenous peoples of Canada) (includes maps of all First Nations & related resources in Canada)
Social Studies:
Historical thinking website https://historicalthinking.ca/
Royal BC Museum: Truth & Reconciliation Lesson Plan
Current events teaching: CBC News, CTV, The Tvee, Capital Daily, Vic News
Indig. News: IndigNews, Windspeaker
International news: The Guardian, BBC World New, AlJazeera, NPR
News for children: Teaching Kids News (gr 2-8) – Articles have prompts for writing, discussion, and further reading; and grammar features.
News videos, articles, quizzes for kids: CBBC Newsround
Current events publication with questions for grades 5-7 (Level 1) – What in the World?
Resources for students to learn about fake news & foster critical thinking: iReporter – BBC News, Doubt it or Trust it?, Fake or Foto, NewsWise
Strategies for teaching controversial issues: The Green Teacher (BC)
BCTF Social Justice – Teaching resources: Indigenous Education, anti-racism, disability, the economy, the environment, LGBTQ2S+, peace, and the status of women
Ideas for Teaching CUrrent events:
Ch 8, “Current Event Case study” by Johnson, E., & Ramos, E.
Learning for Justice: Lessons plans, student tasks, teaching strategies, films, etc. Topics: Race & ethnicity, religion, ability, class, immigration, gender & sexual identity, bullying & bias, rights & activism.
Example Activity: Introduce a current event with a picture. Ask students to write down something from their:
Head (What do you know about this image? what do you know that is confirmed by everyone?/ what do you know that is up for debate? Do you have questions about it?
Heart (How does this image make you feel)
Conscience (what needs to happen?)
Place in History.org – adaptable activities for learning current events with kids
Podcast: ‘ologies’
IT:
Prezzi – works well with Microsoft edge