Canadian Literature for Young Children

Canadian Literature for Young Children

Native Americans in Children's Literature

Native Americans in Children's Literature

List of books to purchase

Four Directions: An Interactive Oral Story + Lesson plans

   Four Directions: An Interactive Oral Story

Teacher Resource Page - Primary to Senoir

Covering Cree, Blackfoot, Ojibwe, Mohawk and Mi'kmaq, this resource provides a beautiful oral web-based story. 

The site also provides PDF lessons to learn about each group spanning from primary, junior and senior.

An example of a lesson plan from their resource page: Grade 1-6 Ojibwe "The Medicine Wheel"

Deepening Knowledge: Resources for and about Aboriginal Education

OISE Resource Page 

Toronto University provides a rich and in-depth resource for Teachers including books, lesson plans, blogs and even apps! 

There are teacher specific sites and resources for children. For example, Claire and her Grandfather is a website for students to learn stories, play games, create masks and choose colouring book pages that are culturally specific. 

Toronto University OISE: Indigenous Literature Resources (2003)

OISE Indigenous Literature Resources

This teacher resource guide is a well-researched document. To demonstrate the authenticity of this resource, please review their acknowledgments:

"We want to thank all the people who were willing to contribute to this resource through interviews. Further we wish to acknowledge the help of Peter Hill from the Six Nations Polytechnic; Jim Hollander, Curriculum Coordinator for the Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre; Patrick Johnson, Director of the Mi’kmaq Resource Centre; Rainford Cornish, librarian at the Sandy Lake high school; Sara Carswell, a student at Acadia University who transcribed the interviews; and the Department of English at Acadia University which provided office facilities for the last stage of this project. The Curriculum Services Canada Foundation provided financial support to the writers of this resource through its Grants Program for Teachers."

Indigenous Music Canada

For current and modern Indigenous Music please take a look at the Canadian Award website!

Indigenous Music Awards Canada

Free Map: Ontario Government Resource

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You can order a free map of Ontario that helps you locate First Nations reserves.
Reasons to utilize this resource:

1.           Visually teach students about the location of their local First Nations. 
2.           Connect to local languages, geography and culture (art, stories music and dance).
3.           Teach students to recognize and read maps of Ontario through a different type of map.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-first-nations-map