{"id":374,"date":"2016-02-23T14:24:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T21:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/?page_id=374"},"modified":"2018-09-10T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T18:56:56","slug":"indigenous-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/new-curriculum-support\/indigenous-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Websites to&nbsp;provide information and generate&nbsp;ideas:<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/firstpeoplesprinciplesoflearning.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Peoples Principles of Learning<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;<\/span>&nbsp; understanding how&nbsp;we might&nbsp;incorporate these principles<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fnesc.ca\/science-first-peoples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FNESC Science Resource<\/a><\/span> (5-9) : First Nations Education Steering Committee detailed lesson resource, including background in integrating Indigenous knowledge into science and the following multi-age units:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unit 1 \u2013 Traditional Ecological Knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Unit 2 \u2013 Plants and Connection to Place<\/li>\n<li>Unit 3 \u2013 Power from the Land<\/li>\n<li>Unit 4 \u2013 Bear and Body Systems<\/li>\n<li>Unit 5 \u2013 Climate Change<\/li>\n<li>Unit 6 \u2013 Shaking and Flooding<\/li>\n<li>Unit 7 \u2013 Interconnectedness of the Spheres<\/li>\n<li>Unit 8 \u2013 Ocean Connections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acip.sd79.bc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Aboriginal Curriculum Integration Project <\/span><\/a>&#8211;&nbsp; Cowichan Valley School District has assembled this collection of resources from across the province. Includes a variety of stories and many audio\/video resources connecting to place and environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/knowinghome\/\">Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science With Western Science<\/a> &#8211; this free on-line book from UVic looks at how deep ecological knowledge of place can help us face the problems of the 21st centuries. &nbsp;Filled with cases and resources, it is an excellent source of ideas for classroom use. &nbsp;Edited by Gloria Snively and Wanosts&#8217;a7 Lorna Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Characteristics of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bced.gov.bc.ca\/abed\/documents.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aboriginal World Views and Perspectives<\/a>&nbsp;(this links to the Ministry of Education list of AbEd resources)<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connectedness and Relationships<\/li>\n<li>Awareness of History<\/li>\n<li>Local Focus<\/li>\n<li>Engagement with the Land, Nature and the Outdoors<\/li>\n<li>Emphasis on Identity<\/li>\n<li>Community Involvement: Process and Protocols<\/li>\n<li>The Power of Story<\/li>\n<li>Traditional Teaching<\/li>\n<li>Language and Culture<\/li>\n<li>Experiential Learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/02\/Aboriginal-Entry-Point-Lessons-K-to-7-September-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suggestion&nbsp;Entry Point Lessons <\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;North Vancouver School District resource includes science lessons for grades K-3 on Seasons, Cedar; and for grades 4-7 on Health, Fossils and Cyclical Changes in the Environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aptn.ca\/coyotescience\/\">Coyote Science<\/a> &#8211; a TV Show from the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network exploring science with Indigenous kids, Indigenous scientists, and elders. &nbsp;For younger audiences. Canada-wide content, but does include lots of Coast Salish content too. &nbsp;Full episodes can be streamed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oise.utoronto.ca\/deepeningknowledge\/Teacher_Resources\/Curriculum_Resources_(by_subjects)\/Science\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science Resources &#8211; University of Toronto<\/a> A Canada wide collection of resources for Indigenizing science education. &nbsp;Be aware that many of the examples and lessons here are not from Coast Salish peoples.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboriginalaccess.ca\/resources\/resource-downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aboriginal Access to Engineering&nbsp;<\/a><\/span>(primary\/intermediate) &#8211; Queens University &#8211; What Engineers Do&#8211; specific to the Ontario Grade 3 curriculum, this is a unit that investigates stable structures from a First Nations&#8217; perspective. &nbsp;Materials provided also in French and in various central Canadian Indigenous languages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creeliteracy.org\/2016\/01\/15\/astronomy\/\">Astronomy stories<\/a> from Cree elder Wilfred Buck and other astronomy links; this <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.sd73.bc.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/users\/npankewich\/Astronomy%20Sky_Stories_A_First_Nations_Journey_Teacher%27s_Resource-1.pdf\">teachers&#8217; resource<\/a> from the MacMillan Planetarium connects to their Sky Stories exibit; also here is a written resource of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/guesta6856e\/first-nations-star-stories\">Inenewuk (Cree) Stories about the Stars.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\">First Peoples Principles of Learning<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors.<\/li>\n<li>Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place).<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Learning involves recognizing the consequences of one\u2019s actions.<\/li>\n<li>Learning involves generational roles and responsibilities.<\/li>\n<li>Learning recognizes the role of indigenous knowledge. \u00a8 Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story.<\/li>\n<li>Learning involves patience and time.<\/li>\n<li>Learning requires exploration of one\u2019s identity.<\/li>\n<li>Learning involves recognizing that some knowledge is sacred and only shared with permission and\/or in certain situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Websites to&nbsp;provide information and generate&nbsp;ideas: First Peoples Principles of Learning&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp; understanding how&nbsp;we might&nbsp;incorporate these principles FNESC Science Resource (5-9) : First Nations Education Steering Committee detailed lesson resource, including background in integrating Indigenous knowledge into science and the following multi-age units:&nbsp; Unit 1 \u2013 Traditional<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/new-curriculum-support\/indigenous-perspectives\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7627,"featured_media":0,"parent":132,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":803,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374\/revisions\/803"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}