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Module 4 – Post 4

Infusing Indigenous Knowledge into Curriculum website focuses on the Alberta Curriculum for grades 1-6. The resources on the website were developed by the Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia (ARPDC) and appear to have been recently developed in June 2020. The website’s resources are broken down into grade levels as well into four different seasons to help identify Essential Learning Outcomes for each core subject level throughout the school year. Looking through the site, you can find examples of the Essential Learning Outcome and ways to infuse Cree ways of knowing to support land based learning in Alberta through information charts. The charts are broken down with the Subject, the Big Idea, Learning Outcomes and ways to infuse the ways of knowing. This looks like a great place to start breaking down the Learning Outcomes and weave in Indigenous content that could transfer to palace based learning. 

Website link: https://sites.google.com/arpdc.ab.ca/infusingindigenousknowledge/grade-levels/grade-6?authuser=0

References:

Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia. (2020). Infusing Indigenous Knowledge into the Curriculum. ARPDC. Retrieved from: https://sites.google.com/arpdc.ab.ca/infusingindigenousknowledge/grade-levels/grade-6?authuser=0

Module 2 – Post 4

The Weaving Ways Video Series is found within the Empowering the Spirit website that I shared in my third post. I wanted to build upon the previous post as this resource site has so much to offer. This resource is found under the Classroom Supports tab on the Empowering the Spirit website. The resource is built around four interconnected quadrants of: Cultures of Belonging, Sharing Through Story, Pedagogy and Instructional Design. I found this particular part to be useful as it provides videos on Alberta teachers providing examples of how they create lessons to weave in Indigenous ways of knowing with their current practice. There are currently three videos available each with a different focus on different grade levels (elementary, middle school and high school). The video series also accompanies the Weaving Ways Introductory Guide as well as the Weaving Ways of Knowing in Classrooms and Schools Conversation Guide which can help support teachers and schools in going deeper with the video series.

I have provided the link to the first video and in particular I like how the teacher has provided a hands-on learning experience for her grade four students. She explains how she has blended in the learning from the Alberta curriculum with First Nations people by making it more authentic and real for the students by bringing them into a hands-on learning experience.

ARPDC. (2019, Sept. 16.) Weaving Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Elementary Schools and Classrooms. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H25YqrY89TY&t=21s

Empowering the Spirit website:https://empoweringthespirit.ca/classroom-supports/