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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

M2P3: Alberta Ed Sample Lesson Plans

“These sample lesson plans support Education for Reconciliation through the inclusion of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit perspectives; treaty education; and residential schools’ experiences, with learning outcomes identified in the current Alberta programs of study.

Each sample lesson plan includes content(s) or context(s) related to one or more of the following aspects of Education for Reconciliation:

  • diverse perspectives and ways of knowing of First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, including values, traditions, kinship, language, and ways of being;
  • understandings of the spirit and intent of treaties; or
  • residential schools’ experiences and resiliency.”

I was excited to find this resource, but then noticed that Mathematics was not a subject included, which makes me eager to try to gather resources for teaching math in the K-12 classroom, but also makes me question why?

Module 2 – Post 3

The Empowering the Spirit website focuses on sharing resources to provide a better understanding “to increase awareness, understanding and application of First Nations, Métis and Inuit histories, perspectives and ways of knowing for the purpose of implementing treaty and residential schools education and Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action for education.” Within the website, there are resources such as lesson plans, land based learning, videos, tool kits, teacher professional development and lots of links to other websites to support schools in applying Indigenous knowledge into the classroom. 

I was particularly drawn to the section on Instructional Design section as it gave me a better idea on weaving in Indigenous ways of knowing and western practices into the classroom. In particular guiding information about strengthening cultural viewpoints that can be brought into lessons and the learning environment. 

The Empowering the Spirit website resources were “developed by Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia (ARPDC) as a result of grants from Alberta Education to support implementation.” 

https://empoweringthespirit.ca/