Teaching Indigenous History & Culture (FNMI) / Indigenizing Instruction
Alberta Education and others are providing teachers with lesson plans to help bring First Nations, Métis and Inuit history and contributions to life in classrooms across the province.
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Sample Lesson Plans from Learn AlbertaIncludes samples for ELA, Art, Science and Social
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Secret Path Lesson PlansFrom The Manitoba Teachers' Society.
Lesson Planning
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LearnAlberta.caSearch the database for "residential schools" for videos and other content. Mostly for Social Studies.
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A Broken Flute by Call Number: E 77.4 B76 2005ISBN: 0759107785An annotated bibliography of the Native experience in children's books.
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Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation ResourcesFirst Nations Education Steering Committee resources for classrooms. Focus is on British Columbia.
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For Teachers - CBC Digital ArchivesA Lost Heritage: Canada’s Residential Schools.
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Where are the ChildrenA virtual exhibition of photos, with a timeline and bibliography that lists books for children and adults.
Films & Documentaries
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100 years of loss: the residential school system in Canada
Call Number: E 96.5 A15 2011This educational kit is for educators in helping to raise awareness and teaching about the history and legacy of residential schools in Canada. -
Muffins for granny: a documentary by
Indian elders Roy Thomas, Garnet Agneconeb, Ralph Johnson, Alice Littledeer, Eulalia Michano and Delaney Sharpe recount their experiences in residential schools. -
Second stories: Nos histoiresFeatures the short documentaries of three First Nations filmmakers whose award-winning short films were previously featured in "First stories".
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4 Seasons of ReconciliationA multi-media teaching unit that promotes a renewed relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canadians, through transformative multi-media learning. This educational initiative, developed for secondary, post-secondary and the workplace incorporates teacher guides, slideshows, videos and films along with engaging online portals.
Books About Residential Schools for Kids
When searching the library catalogue for books try the terms:
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Children’s and young adult books about residential schools at H.T. Coutts LibraryThis list is a starting point to discovering resources on the topic of residential schools for children and young adults.
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As Long As the Rivers Flow by Call Number: Curriculum E 99 C88 L39 2002 -
Sugar Falls by Call Number: Curriculum PZ 7.7 R6347 Sug 2011A graphic novel. A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. -
Not My Girl by Call Number: Curriculum E 96.5 J65153 2014Margaret's years at school have changed her. Now ten years old, she has forgotten her language and the skills to hunt and fish. She can't even stomach her mother's food. Her only comfort is in the books she learned to read at school. Gradually, Margaret relearns the words and ways of her people. -
A Stranger at Home by Call Number: Curriculum E 96.5 J652 2011The powerful memoir of an Inuvialuit girl searching for her true self when she returns from residential school. -
Indian Horse by ISBN: 9781553659709Saul Indian Horse is dying. Tucked away in a hospice high above the clash and clang of a big city, he embarks on a marvellous journey of imagination back through the life he led as a northern Ojibway, with all its sorrows and joys.
