ABORIGINAL VOICES

Description:

Our First Nations existed here long before European settlement. They had and still have today a very special relationship with the environment. Chief Top Leaf will help you discover the knowledge and values the aboriginal community has toward water.

Level Expectations:

Heritage and Citizenship, Grade 3 (Early Settlements in Upper Canada)
Students investigate and describe the communities of early settlers and First Nation peoples in Upper Canada around 1800. They research interactions between new settlers and existing communities of First Nation peoples and French settlers and identify factors that helped to shape the development of the various communities. Students also compare communities of the past with those of the present.

1. describe the communities of early settlers and First Nation peoples in Upper Canada around 1800;
2. use a variety of resources and tools to gather, process, and communicate information about interactions between new settlers and existing communities, including First Nation peoples, and the impact of factors such as heritage, natural resources, and climate on the development of early settler communities;
3. compare aspects of life in early settler communities and present-day communities.

Heritage and Citizenship, Grade 6 (First Nation Peoples and European Explorers)

Students learn about the main characteristics of North American First Nation cultures, including the close relationship of the First Nation peoples with the natural environment.

They investigate the motivating factors for early European exploration and the prevailing attitudes of the explorers.

Examine the positive and negative effects of interactions between European and First Nation peoples, from first Viking contact to the time of permanent European settlement in the early seventeenth century.

1. describe characteristics of pre-contact First Nation cultures across Canada, including their close relationships with the natural environment; the motivations and attitudes of the European explorers; and the effects of contact on both the receiving and the incoming groups;
2. use a variety of resources and tools to investigate different historical points of view about the positive and negative effects of early contact between First Nation peoples and European explorers;
3. analyses examples of interaction between First Nation peoples and European explorers to identify and report on the effects of cooperation and the reasons for disagreements between the two groups.