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Practical, easy to use First People’s math lessons M4P2

This resource is detailed and long with a large amount of content covered though the perspective of Indigenous peoples. It was written and shared by the First Nations Education Steering Committee. I found a great connection between the Forest Math book in my previous post and the mapping lesson. Its a great way to blend both ways of approaching a similar end goal, all while looking at math through the lens of Indigenous ways of knowing. This resource is a fantastic resource for teachers who may not yet be comfortable incorporating Indigenous ways on their own as it’s clearly scripted and connected to the curriculum.

Math in the Forest – M4 P1

Trying to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into the classroom doesn’t have to be fancy, or resource heavy. It can really be around the APPROACH (as we see in the First People’s Principles of Learning). Talking about the Syilx people’s connection to the land that we see through their stories (like the 4 Food Chiefs) and then taking students outside to look for math (and science) in the forest takes the Euro-centric silos of these subjects out into the blend of the real world. This digital book was a resource sent out by my district’s Indigenous Advocates as a great set of questions to help teachers see the possibilities of non-siloed teachings possible outside (and of course there are way more). By having specific examples of what you can do outside, the questions you can ask the students and the extension questions as well makes it an approachable task for any teacher!