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Saskatchewan Indian Federated College Department of Indian Education First Nations and Metis Curriculum Units - |
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About
This Site Introduction Under Canada's Digital Collections program the Saskatchewan
Indian Federated College Department of Indian Education has created five curriculum
teaching units. The project focus has been on the integration of First Nation and
Metis peoples cultural content within Canadian classrooms. It is the goal of the project to showcase the rich heritage of two major cultural groups who were instrumental in the development of this country. By sharing this knowledge with educators these teaching units serve as a viable resource in the classroom and supports the use of technological interaction with children.
The Curriculum Units The curriculum units span a time frame of approximately two to six weeks in length and are presented in format suitable to a variety of settings and grade levels. The focus of the work supports the provincial curriculum's as mandated by Saskatchewan Education. At the same time, we have attemped to retain the unique and distinct features of First Nations and Metis cultures. Saskatchewan Education's policy towards meeting the needs of First Nations and Metis content in the classroom is supported in this project. Each of the curriculum units include: an introduction, a rationale, foundational objectives, an overview table, lesson plans, unit evaluation, and content resources. The curriculum units are presented in full as Web documents for the use of the processor.
The Authors The team of curriculum developers and writers consisted of two recent graduates from SIFC - Department of Indian Education: June Lewis and Tara Van Segbrook. The project was co-ordinated and managed by Ms. Janice R. Lerat. The web-site creation and design was developed and assisted by SIFC - Computing Services Technician, Darrell Rudolph.
Each of the team members have prepared a biography about themselves,
which can be found at the end of the website.
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