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Canadian Museum of History: Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Amazing Objects

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students learn the basics of archeology by examining Native artifacts and interpreting the objects. A downloadable lesson plan and student activity sheet are provided.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Americans and Canadians Celebrate Labor Day?

For Students 9th - 10th
In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City's Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked...
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Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum: Mavericks: Politics

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know Alberta's most notable players in politics. Find out who these politicians were and are and what made them mavericks in western and Canadian politics. Included in this line-up are: Frederick Haultain, Henrietta Muir Edwards,...
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Manitoba Model Forest Network: Wonderful World of Boreal Woodland Caribou [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This 60-page Science unit on Manitoba's boreal woodland caribou looks at all aspects of this animal, for example, a day and a year in its life, its habitat, diet, how it maintains its population, adaptations it has made, and threats it...
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Ashukan

For Students 9th - 10th
View examples of Ashukan, which is songs, visual arts and traditional crafts representing contemporary First Nations, by Jean-Pierre Fontaine and Isabelle Courtois.
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Images Canada: Picturing Canadian Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains images of Canadian events, people, places and things. Search for images as well for more pictures on Canadian culture at this site.
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Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: The Mohawk Defense of Kanasetake

For Students 9th - 10th
Students looking for a different perspective on the Oka Crisis get it here. The Lubicon Nation is an Aboriginal community in northern Alberta. They have reprinted on this website an opinion from Lubicon News Station, and part of an...
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Ginette Aubin

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Ginette Aubin who is a painter and engraver from the Malecite nation in Quebec and view examples of her work.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an introduction to the Aboriginal Peoples who live in Canada, also called "First Peoples." Learn about their history before and after colonization, treaties and legislation, the diverse cultures and their demographics.
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University of Manitoba

Cm Magazine Profiles: C. J. Taylor

For Students 3rd - 8th
Carrie-Jo Taylor is a widely read Canadian Mohawk writer and artist whose storybooks retell native legends and stories. This is an excellent and thorough interview with her from 1998.
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Healthy Aboriginal Network: Darkness Calls [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
"Darkness Calls" by Steve Sanderson and Richard Van Camp is a suicide prevention comic book specifically for aboriginal youth. It was widely distributed to Canadian teens in 2006. The superhero in it is based on a Cree legend.
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Healthy Aboriginal Network: Level Up [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
'Level Up' by Steve Sanderson is a comic book specifically for Canadian aboriginal youth. The story centres on a teen who wants to quit school. When he plays a video game without his armour, he begins to understand that he is just as...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Profiles of the Treaty Makers

For Students 9th - 10th
The individuals who played a significant role in the signing of Treaty 8 are highlighted on this site by the Virtual Museum of Canada.
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Historically Speaking: The Human Cost of War

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module gives students the opportunity to view and listen to hundreds of interviews with people who experienced first hand the Korean and First and Second world wars. This is an excellent teaching resource that helps...
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Canadian Native Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Nokomis, a 70 year old Ojibwa artist tells stories about the Eastern Woodland Indian culture north of Lake Superior and interprets the native legends and myths that provided much of the imagery of Ojibwa artists like Morrisseau.
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Inuit Gallery of Vancouver: Northwest Coast Graphics

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent collection of Northwest Coast art by First Nation artists that includes silk screen serigraph and giclee prints and paintings.
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Curated OER

Cbc News: A History of Residential Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
Need a better understanding of residential schools? Through a series of pertinent Q&As, this article provides a clear history and timeline of the schools, the controversy they caused, and the final apology by the Canadian government.
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Archives of Ontario

The James Bay Treaty Turns 100

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit explores the events leading up to the signing of the James Bay Treaty, also known as Treaty No.9. Through this series on archival documents, photographs, and accompanying text, explore the impact of the James Bay...
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Gabriel Dumont Institute

The Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Gabriel Dumont Institute has pulled together a variety of educational resources surrounding the Metis Peoples. From Bison hunting to the Metis Food and Diet, educators can access both lesson plans and resources to support teaching...
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Cmh: Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Discovering Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A teacher lesson plan, student activity sheet and artifact information packages provide students with the opportunity to interpret items before presenting their hypothesis to the class.
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Cmh: Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Design a Display

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast similar objects from different cultures using images from the Museum of Civilization. Interpreting and classifying the items will challenge students' higher order thinking skills.
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Gabriel Dumont Institute

D Day Plus 60: Remembering Canada's Second World War [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A four page document in PDF format that describes the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers during the D-Day invasion of World War II and the role the Metis peoples played in the Canadian war effort.
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Vimy: Honour the Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site commemorates the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the events that were held in its honour, including the restoration of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France in April 2007. Read about the history of Vimy...
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Glenna Matoush

For Students 9th - 10th
Glenna Matoush is highlighted, along with four pieces of her work and details of what has influenced her visual art.

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