Aboriginal Legends and Stories

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Curriculum Materials Centre

• Self-identity : a grade seven English language arts unit with an Aboriginal
  perspective / writers/editors: Darlene Beauchamp ... [et al.]. -- Winnipeg :
  Winnipeg School Division No. 1, c2001.
  • Grade level: Jr.
• Aboriginal heroes. Grades 8-12 [kit].
  22 books (various titles).
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
    Grade level: Jr - Sr.
    Contents: Ahtahkakoop -- And they told us their stories -- Anna Mae
    Aquash -- Big Bear -- Chronicles of pride (2 c.) -- Chronicles of pride :
    a teacher resource guide -- Crowfoot -- Famous Indian leaders -- I walk
    in two worlds -- In the rapids -- John Tootoosis -- Lakota woman -- Lame
    Deer : seeker of visions -- A long time ago is just like today -- Louis
    Riel -- Louis Riel : justice must be done -- Profiles : professional
    aboriginal peoples of Saskatchewan -- Sitting Bull -- Tapping the gift :
    Manitoba's first people -- Two ravens : the life and teachings of a
    spiritual warrior -- Wounded Knee : an Indian history of the American
    west.

Web Resources

• Using First Nations Literature in the Classroom - A unit plan consisting of four sections. It begins with an introduction to oral tradition, storytelling, and First Nations' cultural areas
• Teaching Respect for Native Peoples - A list of how--and how not--to teach about Native peoples in the classroom.
• People of Honour - Profiles, photos and stories of outstanding Aboriginal people.
• Buffalo Spirit - Interviews with Elders tell of First Nations' traditions and histories in Canada.
• Honor Special People - Students design a postage stamp to honor a special person

Related Novel Sets Available from the Curriculum Materials Centre

• Across the Steel River by Ted Stenhouse - In a 1952 prairie town, two teenage boys discover an Indian war hero badly beaten and left for dead. When the local police turn a blind eye, they take it upon themselves to break the case

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