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Education Ministries
All First Nation schools are federally run. Schools can, however, choose to follow the curriculum of the Province or Territory in which they are situated.
The following links are to the Ministries of each Province and Territory
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This page is intended to provide you with a list of links and organisations you might find helpful. The links and lists are by no means exhaustive and if you have a link you feel would benefit others please contact us at takeitfromthetop@hotmail.com.
Links
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA) is a non-partisan organization committed to promoting First Nations control of education, and to improving and supporting the development of quality and culturally appropriate education for First Nations students.
mlmatthew@direct.ca
Culture Source is the pre-eminent online cultural resource library for Canadian teachers. Conveniently located on the Web, CultureSource.ca is a collection of over a hundred approved arts, history and literature resources, ideal for including in lesson plans, and in the classroom.
Curriculum Services Canada is the Pan-Canadian standards agency for quality assurance in learning products and programs.
Useful Links
The National Adult Literacy Database is a very comprehensive site containing information for adult literacy and learning.
Nortext supplies First Language Children's Literature. Nortext publishes in up to 40 langagues and dialects. They also have online books.
Our Canadian Girl is is a fantastic way to bring Canadian history to life for students from ages eight to eleven. Each book in the series includes a historical introduction, a map, and a timeline. Angelique: Buffalo Hunt is set in 1865 and follows a ten-year-old Métis girl, Angelique, as she and her family go on the annual buffalo hunt. It paints a vivid picture of the daily life and culture of the Métis people in the mid-nineteenth century.
The Learning Circle is a series of guides to classroom activities for teachers on First Nations in Canada. They are designed to be used with children between the ages of 4 and 7, 8 and 11 and 12 and 14. It should be noted that because First Nations are culturally diverse the information in the guides do not necessarily apply to all groups and care should be taken to check this for your use.
bravenet.com