FNMI+Classroom+Resources

= = ==== The [|National Film Board] (NFB) has amazing education resources for all subjects. This [|link] is the listing, by sub-topic, for all NFB films with an Aboriginal Canadian focus. All of these films are worth pursuing, with the following titles are of note within the Alberta FNMI context and greatly support many of our provincial Social Studies outcomes K - 12. ====

1. This series of three films - //[|Circle of the Sun]// (Low, 1960); //[|Standing Alone]// (Low, 1982); and //[|Roundup]// (Blood, 2010), chart Pete Standing Alone's life from cultural alienation to cultural pride. An extremely useful classroom series for teacher and students alike.

2. //[|Vanishing Point]// (Smith & Suzucs, 2012) examines two circumpolar Inuit communities as they face the consequences of rapid social and environmental change.

3. //[|We Were Children]// (Wolochatiuk, 2012) examines the impact of the Canadian Residential school system through the eyes of two young children. Graphic content - viewer discretion/ 16 years of age and older.


 * ARDPC Resources: **

1. FNMI resources from [|Central Alberta Regional Consortium]. Please take a look through as the list is extensive. There are many fantastic webinars and the literature lists for K - 5 Social Studies are especially useful and come complete with bibliographies and teacher ideas.


 * [[file:K - 5 FNMI Quick List.doc]] K - 6 FNMI Literature Quick List (complete bibliography and teacher resrouces available [|here] )
 * [[file:Literature Lists.zip]] K - 6 FNMI Literature lists with full detail

2. FNMI resources from [|Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium]. Of special note are the resources that support working collaboratively with FNMI parents, and the // [|Reconsidering the Universality of Nation and Nationality: Exploring Indigenous Notions of Land, Citizenship and Nation] ( // Donald, 2011 // ). // This series of videos, conversation guides, and critical questions was prepared by Dr. Dwayne Donald (University of Alberta). Useful PD for teachers and some clips will be useful for social studies classrooms (especially grade 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12). The [|FMNI Connector newsletter], while outdated, has resource ideas that are worth a look too!

3. FNMI resources from the Southern Alberta Professional Development Consortium. Of special note here is the [|7 - 9 FNMI Social Studies literature lists.] quick link (and a more complete [|link] to the complete bibliographies by grade with more detail than the quick link) and the inclusion of [|Edmonton Public School's Aboriginal Book] review section - lots of contemporary FNMI literature to consider.

**University and Museum Resources: - please note that many museums offer virtual tours, classroom speakers via VC etc. You don't have to travel to learn!**

1. The [|University of Lethbridge FNMI curriculum collection].

2. 2Learn Education Society
 * [|web resources fro grade 5 Social Studies FNMI]
 * [|National Aboriginal Day teacher resources]
 * [|Canada's First People: A Cultural Appreciation] site - complete with AB curriculum links, a media gallery and video conferencing opportunities

3. Learn Alberta - www.LearnAlberta.ca (make sure you are logged in as an Alberta teacher)
 * [|Aboriginal Studies] resource search
 * [|Social Studies and FNMII resources K - 12] resource search

4. [|Galileo Education Network's Mokakioyis/ Meyopimatisiwin] site - University of Calgary

5. [|First Nations Educator Resources] - a Word Press Blog from Ontario - a worthwhile collection of educator resources

6. [|Blue Quills College], St. Paul, Alberta - offer site visits, student and teacher focused learning days.

7. [|Red Crow Community College], Cardston, Alberta - summer courses open to educators, fantastic digital library. Also of great significance is Red Crow's participation in the Enlivened Learning Project which can be seen [|here].

8. University of Saskatchewan
 * [|Learning Indigenous Science from Place] project
 * [|Cross Cultural Learning Project] exemplar
 * [|Another Cross Cultural Learning] Project exemplar

Museums
1. [|Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump], Fort McLeod, Alberta - UNESCO World Heritage Site

2. [|Bodo Archaeological Site], Bodo, Alberta - Right in our own backyard. A wonderful resource! There are also TC2 resources and complete critical thinking projects associated with this resource. Visit the TC2 site, log in, and search BODO for more. Here is a [|video] about BODO.

3. [|Royal Alberta Museum], Edmonton, Alberta - The Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture

4. [|Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park], Siksika, Alberta

5. [|The Glenbow Museum], Calgary, Alberta

6. [|Canadian Museum of History], Gatineau, Quebec - many of the First Peoples collections/ exhibitions are online and virtual!

**Metis in Alberta:**

 * [|The Metis Nation of Alberta] site
 * [|Alberta Metis Settlements] site including a list of the individual Metis settlement sites within Alberta
 * [|Gabriel Dumont Institute] - from Saskatchewan, but wonderful resrouces and post secondary Metis programs.

Resources from other Provinces/ Territories:

 * National Resources **
 * [|Truth and Reconcilliation Commission of Canada] includes many education resources
 * [|Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative] the right honorable Paul Martin`s Aboriginal Education Initiative.
 * Specifically worth a look is this link: [|Promising Practices in Aboriginal Education] and the exemplary classroom practices series of newsletters

**From the Yukon **

 * [|Yukon First Nations resources for Teachers]
 * [|Yukon First Nations Programs & Partnership Unit - Curriculum Resources]
 * [|CHAOS program] - focusing on experiential outdoor, cultural learning camps

=Nunavut = =Saskatchewan=
 * [|Nunavut Education Act]
 * [|The Inuit Way - a guide to Inuit Culture]
 * Inuuqatigiitsiarniq principles - the governing and guiding principles for education in Nunavut. The language and approach is interesting. [[file:Inuuqatigiitsiarniq principles (1).docx]]
 * An [|Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada][| web projec] t developed to provide students and teachers with information on history, languages, etc. of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
 * [|Inspiring Success]- First Nations and Metis Policy Framework