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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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Description: Lesson activities to accompany the vignette "Gold Rush" from the acclaimed Knowledge Network series; Working People: A History of Labour in British Columbia produced by Landrock Entertainment. The vignette explores the gold rush economy of British Columbia prior to confederation. The impact on Miners, Aboriginal Peoples, the environment and the economy of British Columbia are explored in these materials. 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/

Keywords: British Columbia; Aboriginal Peoples; Mining; Cariboo Road; Boom and Bust; Economics

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 “skills and processes of social studies”. Aspects of “Identity, Society and Culture” are addressed in the materials including gender roles, ethnicity and daily life as well the interactions of Aboriginal peoples in early Canada. Elements of the “Economy and Technology” learning outcomes are discussed in the examination of resource development and technological innovations. Additionally, aspects of the environmental impact and attitudes towards resource extraction are developed as they relate to the “Environment” learning outcome of the IRP.

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