Lesson 1: The First Peoples Before Contact

1) Primary Texts:

Donalda Dickie, My First History of Canada, Chapter 1.1 and 1.2

Will Ferguson, Canadian History for Dummies. Chapter 1: First Nations, pp. 11-32
"Slow Collision"
"People of The Longhouse"
"People of the North Woods"
"People of the Plains"
"People of the Pacific Northwest"
"Caught in Between: People of the Plateau"
"People of the Far North"

Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore, Story of Canada, p. 10-14, Intro, "First Peoples," "Centuries of Change,"
p. 14-18, "Chiefs and Heroes"
p. 19-21, "A Northern Passage"

Diane Silvey, The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples

Donna Ward, Courage and Conquest (Lesson 1, pp. 10-11)

Video: Canada: A People's History Episode 1: When the World Began: War (preview)

2) Map: Use the map from KBAP or this map to colour in the areas where the different people lived.http://www.canadainfolink.ca/Lakes.jpg Draw in lines to divide the areas before giving the map to the kids.
or
take a look at the "vegetation" regions map here and see if it doesn't correspond very closely to the distribution of different Aboriginal people of Canada. Ask the kids: why do you think they would be so similiar? It's a .pdf file.

3) Activities:
The kids' multicultural art book : art & craft experiences from around the world by Alexandra M. Terzian. Make a Dream Catcher, p. 44 or
Make a "sugar cube igloo." Instructions here.
Colouring page to download (pdf file): Iroquoian warrior

Advanced crafts available from Trottier, Maxine: Native Crafts. Includes a pattern for moccasins, instruments and dolls.

Instructions for various types of aboriginal homes.

4) Timeline images or figures:
Native American Homes (with images): here.
Homes all on one sheet here


5) Supplemental reading:
Information on the Huron (or the Huron-Wendat) or Wyandot
Same site with information on the Iroquois the Haudenosaunee
List of Library books available here.

"Creation," a Mohawk legend from Bones in the Basket, by C.J. Taylor.

A possible night-time RA or IR book:
Dog people : native dog stories by Bruchac, Joseph.

Free audiobook of American Indian Folktales.

More Books (not previewed)
Grade level indicated suggested reading level only.

NATIVE INDIANS
The Chippewa Indians Rice Gatherers of the Great Lakes by Sonia Bleeker Gr. 3+
Eagle Mask by James Houston Gr. 3+
A Horse for Running Buffalo by Madeline Freeman Gr. 5+
I am an Indian by Kent Gooderham
Indian Captive by Lois Lenski Gr. 4+
Many Beavers: The Story of a Cree Indian Boy by Henry Sinclair Drago Gr. 3+
Mouse Woman and the Mischief-Makers by Christie Harris Gr. 5+
The Native Peoples by Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith Gr. 4+
Nkwala by Edith Lambert Sharp Gr. 4+
O Children of the Wind and Pines by Laura Nelson Baker
Once More Upon a Totem by Christie Harris Gr. 5+
People of the Trail (How the Northern Forest Indians Lived) by Robin & Jillian Ridington
Raven's Cry Christie Harris Gr. 5+
Sacred Feathers by Smith Gr. 9+
The Sea Hunter Indians of the Northwest Coast by Sonia Bleeker Gr. 3+
Sweetgrass by Jan Hudson Gr. 5+
Tales the Totems Tell by Hugh Weatherby Gr. 4+
Thunder in the Mountains by Hilda Mary Hooke Gr. 3+
Totem Tipi and Tumpline: Stories of Canadian Indians by Olive Fisher & Clare Tyner Gr. 4+
The Whale People by R. Haig Brown Gr. 5+
White Mist by Barbara Smucker Gr. 4+
White Slaves of the Nootkas by John R. Jewitt Gr. 5+


INUIT
The Adventures of Oolakuk by Robert A. Ruttan
Akavak by James Houston Gr. 3+
The Eskimo: Arctic Hunters and Trappers by Sonia Bleeke Gr. 3+
The First Book of Eskimos by Benjamin Brewster
Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones by Bonnie Shemie Gr. 3+
Igloo Killinek by Kenneth C. Butler
Tikta'liktak by James Houston Gr. 3+
The White Archer by James Houston Gr. 3+
Wolf Run: A Caribou Eskimo Tale by James Houston Gr. 5+



Procedure:
1. Read:
a) MFHC 1.1 and 1.2
b) Introduction to KBAP.

2. Answer Review Questions

3. Do a notebook entry.

4. Determine location and colour in the different cultural groups on black line map.

5. Read specifically about the Iroquoian peoples from KBAP.

5(b) Answer Review Questions, do a Narration for Notebook.

6. Do an activity and Supplemental reading

7. Read material and colour in map from C&C. pp.10-11. Answer Questions.

8. Take the Chapter Test.

9. View video if appropriate.