The Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guides were developed in 2015 by FNESC (First Nations Education Steering Committee) and FNSA (First Nations Schools Association). The guides are age-appropriate educational materials about Indian Residential Schools for grades 5, 10, 11 and 12. The curriculum within the guides reflects the First Peoples Principles of Learning pedagogy. The guides are easy to read, provide background knowledge and organized into parts.
The grade 5 teacher resource guide primarily uses grade appropriate literature to discuss Aboriginal and non-Aborignal relationship within Canada’s history. “While the instructional activities are presented in a structured format that is an example of how they may be incorporated, they are intended to be flexible in their use” (Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guide 5, p. 6). Indian Residential Schools is a sensitive topic and teachers must gauge their class when discussing and implementing the content.
The grade 10 teacher guide is a self-contained unit with case studies. While the grade 11/12 teacher guide is divided into 2 books with the first book setting the stage for inquiry and the second book containing documentary evidence.
Video courtesy of: http://www.fnesc.ca/irsr/
Resources:
First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association. (2015). Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guide 5. West Vancouver, BC: First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association
First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association. (2015). Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guide 10. West Vancouver, BC: First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association
First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association. (2015). Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guide 11/12. West Vancouver, BC: First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association
First Nations Education Steering Commitee (Producer). (2015). Introducing the Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guides [Video file]. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/136350623