Indigenous People in Canada | Turtle Island

This set of drama circle cards teaches students about the struggles the First Nations or Indigenous People in Canada faced during colonization. As part of the truth and reconciliation process, this product talks about the series of events since the arrival of Europeans including reserves, treaties, missionaries, and residential schools.

This engaging activity includes:

• instructions on how to run the circle.
• suggestions on how to prepare your students for the content.
• a teacher quick guide so you can preplan for your students.
• 40 action cards in colour and ink-saving versions.
• blank cards so you can modify the activity for your class.
• guiding discussion questions to follow the circle.

This activity is not intended to be the end of a set of lessons about Indigenous People and their history, but instead the beginning of a conversation about how things have happened in the past and how knowing this information can help guide us all toward healing in the future.

Please see the preview for the reading difficulty of the cards.

This activity aligns with:

• the Alberta Program of Studies for most Division 2 and 3 classes

This activity supports:

• any lesson about Indigenous People or the arrival of Europeans in North America.

It has been classroom tested with students in grades four and five with success, but it does deal with mature themes and topics related to Residential Schools, so be sure you know your students well to prepare them for the seriousness of the conversation.

Are you looking for other Canadian Social Studies products?

• Canada's Geographical Regions
• Indigenous People in the Past: A Collaborative Research Project
• Design an Indigenous Shelter- Project-Based Learning

Are you looking for other Canadian history topics?

• The War of 1812
• Homestead Life
• United Empire Loyalists
• Famous Five
• Remembrance Day
• Turtle Island and Indigenous People
• The Seven Teachings (Indigenous People)

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What our customers have said about this product:

***What a wonderful activity to introduce the whole concept of Indigenous Peoples as the first peoples and what happened when the Europeans arrived. Quick and easy to prep and led to many great conversations. (Thank you Fabulous Mrs Fitch!)

***LOVED this! so helpful to my grade 5's :) (Thank you Breanna T!)

***This resource is absolutely amazing. I saw another colleague had it and needed to get it for myself! (Thank you Brittany H!)

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