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Residential Schools

Elementary School Resources

Books by Grade Provided to Schools in June of 2017

Primary (K to 3)

  • K - When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robinson (2016)
  • 1 - Nanabosho and the Butterflies by Joe & Matrine McLellan (2011)
  • 2 - When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton (2013)
  • 3 - Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton (2014)

Junior (4 to 6)

  • 4 - Kookum’s Red Shoes by Peter Eyvindson (2011)
  • 5 - As Long as the Rivers Flow: A Last Summer Before Residential School by Constance Brissenden & Larry Oskiniko Loyie (2005)
  • 6 - Fatty Legs: A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton (2010)

Intermediate (7 & 8)

  • 7 - My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling (2004)
  • 8 - Goodbye Buffalo Bay by Constance Brissenden & Larry Oskiniko Loyie (2008)
  • www.orangeshirtday.org
  • http://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2016/09/10/lesson-pl...
  • https://vimeo.com/170262207 I lost my talk.. Rita Joe
  • http://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2017/04/26/secret-pa... (Not all are tied to the Secret Path)

Primary support:

Here is a great set of videos to support the Read Aloud “When We Were Alone.” It discusses the

challenges Primary teachers may face in the classroom with teaching about Residential Schools.

The next video supports the pronunciation of the Cree Words.

Websites to support Teacher readiness or to be used to support classroom activities:

  • www.wherearethechildren.ca - Indigenous perspective
  • http://weweresofaraway.ca - Inuit Experience
  • http://staging.legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/...

Métis Experience

  • http://nctr.ca/map.php - Map of the schools
  • http://umanitoba.ca/nctr/ - National Centre of Truth and Reconciliation
  • http://spirithorse.ca/residential-schools/ - ETFO supported website for resources
  • http://spirithorse.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/F... - Booklet of lessons to support the Growth Chart
  • http://spirithorse.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/F... - Growth Chart
  • www.fnesc.ca/learningfirstpeoples/indian-residenti...

Chanie Wenjack Video

  • http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/deepeningknowledge/Tea... - Link to a number of grade related resources
  • http://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2017/04/26/secret-pa... - The Secret Path
  • https://otctreatyteachernovelstudy.wikispaces.com/... - As long as the River Flows
  • http://fnmiresources.weebly.com/uploads/4/0/1/3/40...
  • http://www.orangeshirtday.org/origin.html - Orange Shirt Day
  • https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100015576/11... - Indigenous and Northern Affairs Site
  • https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1332859355145/13... - Christi Belcourt
  • https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1415375882354/14... - Colouring Book

Secondary School Resources

Books by Grade Provided to Schools in June of 2017

  • 9 - Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David Alexander Robinson (2011)
  • 10 - Ends/Begins by David Alexander Robinson (2010)
  • 11 - Secret Path by Gord Downie (2016)
  • 12 - God and the Indian: A Play by Drew Hayden Taylor (2014)
  • www.orangeshirtday.org
  • http://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2016/09/10/lesson-pl...
  • http://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2017/04/26/secret-pa... Not all are tied to the Secret Path.
  • https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100015576/11... Indigenous and Northern Affairs Site
  • https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1332859355145/13... Christi Belcourt
  • https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1415375882354/14... Colouring Book
  • http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/deepeningknowledge/Tea... Link to a number of grade related resources

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