Canada. Use simple map grids (e.g., BIG IDEA What do we want students to Content (& Elaborations) co-ordinates) to identify specific (Understand…) DO? (Activities, lessons…) (Know) locations. Gather information on a topic oral history, traditional stories, Indigenous Key questions: from more than one source (book, and artifacts as evidence about knowledge is Why are stories important to magazine, web site, interview). Apply past First Peoples cultures (tools; passed down indigenous people? Why do strategies for information gathering (e.g., earth mounds; petroglyphs; oral through oral Elders play and important using headings, indices, tables of contents). stories; sacred or significant history, traditions, part in the lives of First Record information from various sources, places and landforms; weapons) and collective Peoples? demonstrating appropriate strategies for governance and social memory. What values were significant note taking (key words, main ideas, point organization in local and global for First Peoples? How form). Cite information sources indigenous societies (consensus; do the values of indigenous Indigenous appropriately (simple bibliography). Select confederacies; Elders; people differ from the values societies information for a presentation on a topic (a reservations; band councils; of people from other throughout the specific province or territory). Draw simple traditional leadership) cultures? world value the interpretations from personal experiences interconnections of cultural and Is the technology we have well-being of the and oral, visual, and written sources. technological innovations of today better than the self, the land, Organize relevant information for a global and local indigenous traditional technology of spirits, and presentation. Deliver an engaging peoples (transportation; indigenous peoples? ancestors. presentation on a topic. Generate a variety clothing; pottery; shelters and of responses to a specific problem or issue. buildings; navigation; weapons; tools; hunting and fishing techniques; building techniques; food cultivation and preparation; ceremonies; art; music; basketry and weaving) relationship between humans and their environment (protocols around the world that acknowledge and respect the land; reshaping of the land for resource exploration and development; domestication of animals; organization and
Canada. Use simple map grids (e.g., co-ordinates) to identify specific locations. Gather information on a topic from more than one source (book, magazine, web site, interview). Apply strategies for information gathering (e.g., using headings, indices, tables of contents). Record information from various sources, demonstrating appropriate strategies for note taking (key words, main ideas, point form). Cite information sources appropriately (simple bibliography). Select information for a presentation on a topic (a specific province or territory). Draw simple interpretations from personal experiences and oral, visual, and written sources. Organize relevant information for a presentation. Deliver an engaging presentation on a topic. Generate a variety of responses to a specific problem or issue. BIG IDEA (Understand…) What do we want students to DO? (Activities, lessons…) Content (& Elaborations) (Know) Indigenous knowledge is passed down through oral history, traditions, and collective memory. Indigenous societies throughout the world value the well-being of the self, the land, spirits, and ancestors. Key questions: Why are stories important to indigenous people? Why do Elders play and important part in the lives of First Peoples? What values were significant for First Peoples? How do the values of indigenous people differ from the values of people from other cultures? Is the technology we have today better than the traditional technology of indigenous peoples? oral history, traditional stories, and artifacts as evidence about past First Peoples cultures (tools; earth mounds; petroglyphs; oral stories; sacred or significant places and landforms; weapons) governance and social organization in local and global indigenous societies (consensus; confederacies; Elders; reservations; band councils; traditional leadership) interconnections of cultural and technological innovations of global and local indigenous peoples (transportation; clothing; pottery; shelters and buildings; navigation; weapons; tools; hunting and fishing techniques; building techniques; food cultivation and preparation; ceremonies; art; music; basketry and weaving) relationship between humans and their environment (protocols around the world that acknowledge and respect the land; reshaping of the land for resource exploration and development; domestication of animals; organization and
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