This bundle of 5 lesson plans includes activities for reading and writing workshop. This package explores racial equality (from a Canadian First Nations, Métis, Inuit perspective) and uses a variety of resources:
- "What Does Reconciliation Mean to Indigenous People" by Angela Sterritt (article)
- "I Love This Land" by Chief R. Stacey LaForme (poem)
- "What is Reconciliation" (video)
- "It's Time for the Media to Shift the Narrative on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women" by Elisha Corbett (article)
- "Sisters and Daughters" by John Moore (poem)
- Ted Talk: "We Are More than Murdered and Missing" given by Tamara Bernard (video)
- "There's More Child Poverty on Reserves than Anywhere Else in Canada" from The Canadian Press (article)
- "Shameful Neglect: Child Poverty Rates in Canada" (infographic)
- "8 Key Issues for Indigenous Peoples in Canada" (article)
- "Canada's Race Problem? It's Even Worse than America's" from Maclean's Magazine (article)
- "If Our Bodies Could Rust, We Would Be Falling Apart" by Billy-Ray Belcourt (poem)
These lessons are adaptable for grades 7 to 12.