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En'owkin: What It Means to a Sustainable Community by Jeannette Armstrong

Resource Type
Activity
Grade Level
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Adult
Submitted By
EEPSA : http://eepsa.org/ - 2 years ago
Description
En'owkin, a word that comes from the high languag…
Resource Type
Activity
Grade Level
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Adult
Submitted By
EEPSA : http://eepsa.org/ - 2 years ago
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
Duration
60-75 minutes
Language
English
Date Created
Jun 30, 2018
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Settling the West

Resource Type
Activity
Grade Level
4
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Submitted By
Erin Fields - 3 years ago
Description
This activity will involve analyzing three advert…
Resource Type
Activity
Grade Level
4
5
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7
Submitted By
Erin Fields - 3 years ago
Description
This activity will involve analyzing three advertisements from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company encouraging settlement in Manitoba. The purpose of this activity is to give your students practice in analyzing digital primary sources and to understand the context in which it was made. Incorporating sources from UBC Library’s Open Collections into your classroom can help students build their historical thinking through analyzing, contextualizing, and inferring using historical texts.
Subject
Social Studies
History
Keywords
Primary Sources
Settlement
Canada
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba
Learning Standards
Take stakeholders’ perspectives on issues, developments, or events by making inferences about their beliefs, values, and motivations (perspective) Ask questions, corroborate inferences, and draw conclusions about the content and origins of a variety of sources, including mass media (evidence)
Duration
60 minutes+
Language
English
Date Created
Jan 10, 2018
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History of the Legal Status of First Nations in Canada

Resource Type
Activity
Classroom printable
Lesson plan/Unit plan
Grade Level
10
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Submitted By
KELLY HAWBOLT - 6 years ago
Description
These lessons investigate how the Aboriginal popu…
Resource Type
Activity
Classroom printable
Lesson plan/Unit plan
Grade Level
10
11
12
Submitted By
KELLY HAWBOLT - 6 years ago
Description
These lessons investigate how the Aboriginal populations started out having no rights in Canada. Over the years they have won significant court cases giving them dispensations. Many Aboriginal groups have participated in civil disobedience movements that have resulted in major achievements for them and for the environment.
Subject
Cross-Curricular
Aboriginal Education
Social Justice
Social Studies
Law
History
Keywords
Anthropocentrism
Human Rights
Dignity and Worth
Equity and Equality
Duration
Four Classes
Language
English
Date Created
Feb 19, 2015
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