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Description: En'owkin, a word that comes from the high language of the Okanagan people, provides a foundation for sustainable living. This is an article written by Jeannette Armstrong, teaching us about "What it Means to be a Sustainable Community."

Subject: Revised Curriculum; Cross-Curricular; Aboriginal Education; Environmental Science; Social Studies

Keywords: First Nations Perspectives; Place-based Education; Environmental Education; Aboriginal Ways of Knowing

URLs: https://www.ecoliteracy.org/article/enowkin-what-it-means-sustainable-community

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Resource Type: Activity; Classroom printable; Lesson plan/Unit plan; Worksheet

Resource Type: Activity; Classroom printable; Lesson plan/Unit plan; Worksheet

Description: Lesson activities to accompany the vignette "The Professionals” from the acclaimed Knowledge Network series; Working People: A History of Labour in British Columbia produced by Landrock Entertainment. A short profile on Ethel Johns, an important figure in the history of nursing in British Columbia. Lesson materials examine the changing role of women in the nursing workforce from 1900-1960 . An extension activity also examines the Nurses Strike of 1989. This is a unit created by the Labour History Project, a group of retired and current British Columbia teachers collaborating to develop a series of lesson plans, activities, and workshops focused on labour studies and labour history. See: https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca/educate/

Subject: Revised Curriculum; Cross-Curricular; Social Justice; Social Studies; History; Labour History

Keywords: Ethel Johns; gender equity; strike; union; BCNU; Victorian; Interwar years; 1960's

URLs: https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca/educate/; https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca

Learning Standards: The materials address aspects of the key learning standards of the current social studies 10 curriculum. Critical thinking skills are applied throughout as well as research and writing skills as described in the “Social studies inquiry processes and skills”. Aspects of historical significance, continuity and change, evidence and perspective are addressed in the materials as they examine the changing roles of women in British Columbian society as they work towards improving working conditions and recognition in the nursing profession.

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appendix-1-4-teaching-strategies.pdf	application/pdf

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