Grade 5 Social Studies IRP:

• characteristics of aboriginal cultures
• aboriginal governance
• aboriginal technologies
• place names
• aboriginal relationship with the land

• First Nations governance
• Key events in the development of BC and Canada

Sqworl Page of Student Links

Here is a collection of student links chosen from the sites below. 

World Book for Kids

WBFK has entries for American Indian and totem.  The article begins by explaining the the term "Indian" is not used in Canada.

World Book for Students

WBFS has entries for American Indian and totem.  There are also numerous articles on particular cultures such as Haida, Inuit, Tsimshian.  These articles can be saved as .pdf files and imported to Kurzweil.

Kids' Site of Canadian Settlement: Haida, Inuit, Cree, Nisga'a, Metis

This site contains pages on many aboriginal cultures including the Haida, Inuit, Plains Cree, Metis, and Nisga'a.  The emphasis is on history and past traditions. 

Canadian Museum of Civilization:  First Peoples

Click on the arrow to view the whole presentation or the  Index to access a particular topic.  This website contains an extentensive online collection of information and media on many different cultures.  There is so much information that this site would probably be best used by teachers previewing and directing students to particular pages.  This is also a great source of photos to use on the SMARTBoard.  It has not been included in the student links above.

SET-BC Accessible Books

The following books  with Aboriginal Cultures content are available on CD in accessible PowerPoint format from SET-BC's Accessible Books collection for use with students who have special needs.  I have all of these book in my office and you are welcome to look at them and decide which would be appropriate for your student.

Yestas Sweater

Secret of the Dance

I am Raven

Shi-shi-etko

Shin-chi's Canoe

What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know about Horses

The Moccasins

Grey Wolf's Search

Frog Girl

Storm Boy

A Man Called Raven

A Salmon for Simon

A Promise is a Promise

Waiting for the Whales

First Peoples Legends

The First People's Legends website has collected legends for many aboriginal cultures here including Haida, Tsimshian, Inuit, Blackfoot, Iriquois. There are a few ads on this site so I have not included it on the student sqworl page.

Build a (Huron) Longhouse

In this interactive, students click on the steps to building a longhouse in the correct order. It's not that easy!

Photos

There are a large number of animal pictures (buffalo, eagle, wolf, bear) on this site.  There are a few ads on this site so I have not included it on the student sqworl page.

Historical Photos

Flickr's Commons houses a large collection of historical photos which are in the public domain.  Photo on the left from McCord Museum collection.  Try search by tribe name of by keyword such as teepee, canoe, etc.

Founding Peoples

This grid contains a reading and writing activity.  Created by Kathy Ryan to address grade 5 plos.  

Aboriginal Peoples and Government

This grid contains a reading and a writing activity.  Created by Kathy Ryan to address grade 5 plos.  

Related Grids

There are numerous related grids available on the SET-BC website in CurriculumSET.  Use the keywords Haida, Inuit, First Nations, Settlement, Aboriginal, Eagle, Whale, Salmon etc. to locate these grids, check this list of  grids listed by grade level, or just browse the CurriculumSET collection.

Pictures and Folders

The Gallery contains a folder called Native North Americans which contains a map of tribes, pics of artefacts such as totem poles and baskets, and several historical pics. 

Lessons

The activity exchange contains several lessons for Native Americans and Inuit that you can preview before downloading.