Infusing Indigenous Perspectives in K-12 Teaching

• AFN Toolkit Unit Plans - These are unit plan companions to the AFN Learning Kit Modules
• Lessons from the Earth, Water & Beyond - Educator resources related to the Ontario Curriculum, with curriculum connections, lesson plans and activities
• Indigenous Knowledge Vol. 1 - Culturally appropriate lessons and activities from Knowledge Keeper Isaac Day-Murdoch
• Helping Our Mother Earth (HOME) Project - Educator tool kits and lesson plans for Primary, Junior and Intermediate students.
• First Nations Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) Curriculum Collection - Lesson plans for K-12.
• Aboriginal Perspectives: A Guide to the Teacher’s Toolkit - Ideas and teaching strategies for K-12.
• Aboriginal Voices in Canadian Art - K-12 art lessons.
• Prints and Drawings in Contemporary Inuit Art - K-12 art lessons.
• Four Directions Teachings - Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, and M’ikmaq lessons for K-12.
• Aboriginal Education School District 71 - Lesson plans for K-12 classes.
• Math that Matters - Math lesson plans with a focus on Social Justice Education
• TeachOntario (Indigenous Education Resources) - Indigenous resources for different levels of learners, protocols and responsibilities
• Whose Land - Land Acknowledgement Lesson Plans
• Indigenous Perspectives Education Guide - Histories, activities and curricula focused on Indigenous histories

For more tips on searching lesson plans for all topics, please see this K-12 Guide: http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/K-12      

• Traditional Indigenous Mathematics [40:25] - A talk with Bryan Bellefeuille (Anishinaabe, Nipissing First Nation) hosted by the Ontario Science Centre
• Aboriginal Education - Elementary Math - Lesson plans and resources focused on Math instruction through Indigenous cultural concepts
• Games from the Aboriginal People of North America - Groups of games from Indigenous nations, grouped by themes such as probability, data management and geometry
• Aboriginal Perspectives on Math Workshops (Grade 4), (Grade 6) - Examples of culturally specific instruction on Math from the University of Regina and its partnered institutions
• Teaching Mathematics in a First Peoples Context (Grade 8&9) - The Math First Peoples Resource Guide is designed to support teachers of Mathematics 8 and 9 extend their existing practice to incorporate new approaches more reflective of the realities of First Peoples
• FNMIAEO Indigenous Knowledge & Mathematics Community of Practice playlist - A focused set of best practices on exploring mathematical concepts through Indigenous cultural materials

• Turtle Island Voices - a multi-grade (1-6) levelled reader that includes Indigenous content and perspectives for students
  • Turtle Island Voices - Grades 1-3
  • Turtle Island Voices - Grade 4
  • Turtle Island Voices - Grade 5
  • Turtle Island Voices - Grade 6
     
• Circle of Life Readers: learning from an Elder - a set to develop and build literacy skills with Indigenous perspectives and teachings from Elders
  • Circle of Life Readers: learning from an Elder set 1
  • Circle of Life Readers: learning from an Elder set 2
  • Circle of Life Readers: learning from an Elder set 3
  • Circle of Life Readers: learning from an Elder set 4
  • Circle of Life Readers: learning from an Elder set 5
  • Circle of Life Readers: learning from an Elder set 6

Aboriginal Perspectives: A Guide To The Teacher's Toolkit - The Teacher's Toolkit is a collection of electronic resources from the Ministry of Education to help elementary and secondary teachers bring Aboriginal perspectives into their classrooms.

The Journey Together: Ontario's Commitment to Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples - A document that provides an outline of the Government of Ontario's Commitment to Reconciliation with Indigenous communities through education and other facets of relationships.