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Supporting Aboriginal Connections
You will find one example for most grades that highlight possible connections for First Peoples Principles in Learning and Aboriginal Worldviews and Perspectives in the Classroom.
Making Connections with the Revised Curriculum
These curriculum connections are selections from the bcdc.bcerac.ca site. There are 100+ starting points where you can connect a Big Idea, Curricular Competency and Content to a sample lesson topic and activity utilizing the BC Digital Classroom Collection.
Kindergarten
English Language Arts
Classics > Stories
Explore stories and how cultures have used them to tell stories (sometimes with a moral or intended learning). Students then share personal stories, or retell stories they have been told.
lesson topic
Exploring Read Aloud Texts and Media Features
curricular competency
Comprehend and connect: Use play and other creative means to discover foundational concepts of print, oral, and visual texts
content
Language features, structures, and conventions: phonemic and phonological awareness
first peoples' principle in learning
Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story.
aboriginal worldviews and perspectives
The Power of Story
core competency
I statements
Grade 1
Mathematics
Read > Trek's Travels > Trek Learns About …
Read several "Trek Learns About …, " then go outside to have drawing time. Students will share their drawings, identifying size, colour, number, and shape.
lesson topic
Characteristics in Nature
curricular competency
Describe, create, and interpret relationships through concrete, pictorial, and symbolic representations
content
Comparison of 2D shapes and 3D objects
first peoples' principle in learning
Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational.
aboriginal worldviews and perspectives
Engagement with the Land, Nature, and the Outdoors
core competency
I statements
Grade 2
Science
Know It! > Glub Glub Sea Animals
Explore the information on sea animals, discuss, and connect to knowledge of other water animals. Extend to animals in local ecosystems (such as salmon, skeeters, beavers, and frogs) and include family experiences with time on, in, or near water.
lesson topic
Animals Living In or Near Water
curricular competency
Processing and analyzing data and information: Experience and interpret the local environment
content
Aboriginal knowledge of life cycles and water sources, including local watersheds
first peoples' principle in learning
Learning recognizes the role of indigenous knowledge.
aboriginal worldviews and perspectives
Connectedness and Relationship
core competency
I statements
Grade 3
Science
Living Things > Characteristics of Living Things
Explore the unit together to consider the diversity of life. Extend to biodiversity within the classroom, school yard, community, and beyond. Students choose one activity they can undertake to improve the school or school grounds over the next week.
lesson topic
Ecoystems
curricular competency
Questioning and predicting: Demonstrate curiosity about the natural world
content
Biodiversity in the local environment
first peoples' principle in learning
Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational.
aboriginal worldviews and perspectives
Engagement with the Land, Nature, and the Outdoors
core competency
Social Responsibility
I statements
I can participate in classroom and group activities to improve the classroom, school, community, or natural world.
Grade 5
Science
Earth > Earth Materials and Their Uses
Review the types of resources. Take a nature walk and use new vocabulary in activities. Consider the development of your community and the impact it has on people, communities, provinces, and the country’s natural world and resources.
lesson topic
Natural Resources
curricular competency
Processing and analyzing data and information: Experience and interpret the local environment
content
Aboriginal concept of interconnectedness in the environment
The nature of sustainable practices around BC's living and non-living resources
first peoples' principle in learning
Learning involves recognizing consequences of one's actions.
aboriginal worldviews and perspectives
Awareness of History
core competency
I statements
Grade 6
Social Studies
Search > Religion
Have students explore three articles on religion. Identify the aspects or categories that each seems to have. Examine personal beliefs and how they impact personal identity. Consider the impact of beliefs from family of origin (even if you don't hold those beliefs personally).
lesson topic
Belief Systems
curricular competency
Assess the significance of people, places, events, and developments at particular times and places (significance)
content
Origins, core beliefs, narratives, practices, and influences of religions, including at least one indigenous to the Americas
first peoples' principle in learning
Learning recognizes the role of indigenous knowledge.
aboriginal worldviews and perspectives
Emphasis on Identity
core competency
I statements
Grade 7
English Language Arts
Search > Storytelling
Review several articles and ask critical questions of the source, its impact and perspectives. Discuss how language tools such as metaphor or personification are used to tell stories. Compare and contrast local or personal stories to the features and examples of storytelling researched. Students develop a story (based on personal experience) to share orally.
lesson topic
Storytelling
curricular competency
Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples’ perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view
content
Language features, structures, and conventions: features of oral language
first peoples' principle in learning
Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story.
aboriginal worldviews and perspectives
The Power of Story
core competency
I statements
Grade 8
English Language Arts
Topics> Current Events
Search for a current event such as "Water Rights", and review an article from each category of Magazine, News, Biographies, Primary Source, and Books. Develop a summary that highlights a variety of perspectives on the topic.
lesson topic
Pulling Multiple Sources together
curricular competency
Comprehend and connect: Access information and ideas for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources and evaluate their relevance, accuracy, and reliability
content
Strategies and processes: metacognitive strategies
first peoples' principle in learning
Learning ultimately supports well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors.
aboriginal worldviews and perspectives
Community Involvement: Process and Protocols
core competency
I statements
Search >
Brainstorm/develop topics that have impacted the community over time (residential schools, colonization, agricultural methods, religions). Choose one to use as a lesson on searching techniques. Students choose another from the list to use EBSCOhost (and searching techniques), and seek more information about identified topics. Bring the class together to identify contributions to the community over time, and areas with room for new or expanded contributions.
lesson topic
Caring for the Community
curricular competency
Contributing to community and caring for the environment
content
Students develop awareness and take responsibility for their social, physical, and natural environments by working independently and collaboratively for the benefit of others, communities, and the environment
first peoples' principle in learning
Learning recognizes the role of indigenous knowledge.
aboriginal worldviews and perspectives
Experiential Learning
core competency
I statements
I can identify how my actions and the actions of others affect my community and the natural environment and can work to make positive change.
