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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

FREE Every Child Matters no prep activities for Orange Shirt Day. September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and these 14 different printable options and bulletin board set will help K-3 students remember, reflect and honour the survivors of Canada's residential school system. Orange Shirt Day, also known as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, is based on Phyllis Webstad’s story of entering an Indian Residential School in 1973 as a six-year old girl and having her shin

Why settle for a family tree when you can create a three-generation Family Galaxy instead? Studying genealogy for kids has never been this much fun! Your students will love learning about their family history while creating an original keepsake piece of art. Click here and here to see some outer space backgrounds in progress Product Summary:Instructions 2 different letters home (a generic one and a Ontario Grade 2 Curriculum one) 3 different astronauts 2 planet pages (12 different planets i

Le trentième jour de septembre, dans tout le Canada, est désigné comme "Journée du chandail orange pour la vérité et la réconciliation". Orange Shirt Day is observed each September 30 to honour residential school survivors, those who did not survive, and their descendants. It is an opportunity for First Nations, schools and communities across Canada and beyond, to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope. The origin of  Orange Shirt Day is based on Phyllis Webstad’s story of ente

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

Bring celebrations around the world to >>LIFE<< with this set of 20+ full colour images all about Christmas! This collection of photographs is meant to assist your students to formulate questions and guide investigations into some of the past and present traditions and celebrations in their own family and the communities to which they belong. Included in this purchase: 30+ colour images with keywords30+ colour images without keywords (duplicate of set one)Video links to age-app

Interactive notebooks are a fun and hands-on way for students to record their learning. This inquiry-based resource has been tried and tested in classrooms with great success. This resource includes 2 different types of interactive notebooks (beginning readers/grade level readers AND colour/blacklines) for your students to use to organize facts and wondering about the continents. These simple and easy to assemble graphic organizers will help your students become independent researchers during

My second grade students were so mesmerized by 2017's Blue Spruce nominee Danielle Daniel's book, Sometimes I Feel Like A Fox, that I was inspired to create a multimedia art project as well as some accompanying writing pages to go along with it. You'll find acrostic writing pages for animals from 3 to 9 letters long as well as lined paper for descriptive paragraphs and pages for lower levels too. To read more about how my class created their amazing Animal Multimedia Art, read my blog post her

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

Bring the Lunar New Year to life in Social Studies! This fun Grade 1-3 resource is full of vivid printable images and links to age appropriate videos all about the Lunar New Year (aka the Year of the Dragon in 2024!) Display the images around your classroom and watch as your students formulate questions and guide investigations into some of the past and present traditions and celebrations in their own family and the communities to which they belong. Included in this download: 20+ colour im

Are you a teacher looking for a resource about Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of fasting of Ramadan for Social Studies? Check out this printable set of colourful photographs you can use as discussion prompts! They'll help students formulate questions about Eid al-Fitr as well as guide investigations about traditions and celebrations around the world and the communities to which they belong. This 60+ page resource includes:✅ 20+ colour images with keywords✅ 20+ colour images without keywo

Here is a FREEBIE for your students to use after reading the picture book, "Bunny the Brave War Horse" by Elizabeth MacLeod. If you are looking for impressive but easy Art projects for Remembrance Day, check out my unit Remembrance Day Crafts for Young Learners. All the best, Bryn Like what you see? Check out some of my other products: --NEW--Cultural Appropriation: Truth and Reconciliation 40+ images to start inquiry and discussion NEW Health Unit for Grades 1-3: Feelings and Friends Healt

Bring celebrations around the world to >>LIFE<< with this set of 30+ full colour images all about Diwali! Now UPDATED with 5 new pictures! This collection of photographs is meant to assist your students to formulate questions and guide investigations into some of the past and present traditions and celebrations in their own family and the communities to which they belong. Included in this purchase: 30+ colour images with keywords30+ colour images without keywords (duplicate of

Bring celebrations around the world to >>LIFE<< with this set of 20+ full colour images all about Hanukkah! This collection of photographs is meant to assist your students to formulate questions and guide investigations into some of the past and present traditions and celebrations in their own family and the communities to which they belong. Included in this purchase: 20+ colour images with keywords20+ colour images without keywords (duplicate of set one)Video links to age-appr

Are you looking for an inquiry based resource about HOLI for Social Studies? Check out this set of colourful images you can print, post and use as discussion prompts! They'll help students formulate questions about Holi as well as guide investigations about traditions and celebrations around the world and the communities to which they belong. This 50+ page resource includes: ✅ 20+ colour images with keywords✅ 20+ colour images without keywords (duplicate of set one)✅ Video links to age-appr