First Nations Studies

History is the laboratory of all human experience

How we can help

In addition to the general offer of service, we can offer various supports to this subject including helping you:

  • organize and lead Professional Learning Communities
  • design inclusive and engaging lesson sequences
  • assist in the development of assessment tools (with emphasis on formative assessment strategies)
  • understand the components of the QEP, The Progressions of Learning, and Frameworks for the Evaluation of Learning
  • support research and evidence based projects in your school
  • understand and engage students with Inquiry Based Learning Models
  • engage students with questioning and discussion techniques (including ‘the talk moves’)
  • engage students with the question formation technique, and a method for setting the stage for student led research

Guide to Current Practices In First Nations and Truth and Reconciliation Education at SWLSB

Elementary Resources

Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives into Curricula

Deepening Knowledge for and about Aboriginal Education

Imagine a Canada: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

First Nations Education Steering Committee: Primary Resources K-3

First People Principles of Learning

Authentic First Nations Resources

Secondary Resources

Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives into Curricula

Indegenous Perspectives Education Guide – Historica Canada

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Truth and Reconciliation in Your Classroom: by EdCan Network

Downie Wenjack Fund

First Nations Education Steering Committee