The Primary Patch

Seamlessly weave the introduction of Canada's residential school system and the magic and beauty of Indigenous traditions with your students by using literacy activities created around the award winning picture book, Shi-shi-etko by Interior Salish and Métis author Nicola I. Campbell. This week-long integrated language arts and social studies unit is guaranteed to captivate your students. It is filled with over 10 engaging literacy activities and a unique art project inspired by Shi-shi-etk

Save big by buying both Introduction to Residential Schools Unit One: Shi-shi-etko and Introduction to Residential Schools Unit Two: Shin-chi's Canoe (part of the Teach for Justice collection.) With this purchase you will have access to a minimum of 2 weeks worth of rich and diverse art, language, social justice and social studies activities. Included are step-by-step instructions on how to introduce residential schools to both primary and/or junior aged students. These units are ideal to

This 60 page comprehensive unit based on Shin-chi’s Canoe introduces residential schools, encourages students to be critically engaged and caring learners as well as explores ways in which they can stand with First Nations children. Each of the 5 lessons uses learning goals from The Teaching Tolerance Social Justice Standards. In Nicola L. Campbell’s Shin-chi’s Canoe published by Groundwood Books (ISBN 978-1-77306-127-6), students hear the haunting story of six year old Shin-chi’s experiences

June 4th is Tom Longboat Day and there's no better time to learn all about him than during National Indigenous History Month! As an Indigenous male coming of age in the early 1900’s, he survived residential school and anti-Indigenous racism to become one of the world’s most famous athletes, a World War I dispatch runner, and an international celebrity. Your grade 1-4 students will love this unit filled with age-appropriate activities. In this book companion to Elizabeth MacLeod’s Meet Tom