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Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit Day 2: Water is In Us and All Around Us

Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten Thematic Unit Day 2: Water is In Us and All Around Us

Talk to the children about the phrase, “Water is in us and all around us,” and ask them to think about what that means. Remind them that yesterday (or the previous lesson on water) they were asked to look around their house and see how water is used (cooking, washing, flush toilet, brush teeth).

Grade Two Thematic Unit Part 3: Importance of Water to Self, Health, Community and Culture

Grade Two Thematic Unit Part 3: Importance of Water to Self, Health, Community and Culture

Students will learn about extended families and the role they play within an Aboriginal community. As discussed in previous lessons, family or kinship ties set the limits of an individual's rights and responsibilities within the indigenous community.

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 1: First Nation Creation Stories

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 1: First Nation Creation Stories

Students will be able to read over various First Nation Creation stories. Students will look for the commonalities within the Creation Stories. Students will be made aware that there is more than one theory of how First Nations people came to the Americas rather than the traditional scientific theory of the Bering Strait.

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 5: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Traditional Knowledge Regarding Water

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 5: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Traditional Knowledge Regarding Water

Students will be able to understand Aboriginal science perspectives through Dr. Jim Morin’s analytical perspective regarding indigenous knowledge. Student will be able to identify the four components of Traditional Knowledge and provide examples.

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