Tag Archives: relationship with the land

First Nations Traditional Foods of BC- M3 P2

This is a great resource for any teacher in BC looking for land based connections.  This could easily be connected to Outdoor Ed/PE if the students are going on walks to find the food items (maybe not moose, but hopefully some of the plants?), or connected to science/PHE/Nutrition when looking at the nutritional facts of each item.  While this is a general list for all of BC, I’m sure you could connect them with any specific region of BC.  This would be a very safe resource for a teacher just trying to start out as it has tons of great, easy to use information.

BC Traditional Food Fact sheet

I connected this to the Okanagan College Indigenous Garden, which would also be a great learning opportunity for leaners in the Okanagan.

https://www.okanagan.bc.ca/story/nakwulamn-garden 

Module 3 – Post 5

Stepping Stones – I have shared the Alberta Teachers’ Association Walking Together Project in the first module but did not discuss the Stepping Stones publications that are also available from that project. The Stepping Stones helps to support teachers to learn and understand First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foundational Knowledge competencies. One Stepping Stone publication that I wanted to focus in on is the one on Traditional Plants. This publication would be a great resource to help teachers weave in traditional plants into their place based lessons. The publication discusses different types of plants and their uses and even goes further to discuss smudging. One question that stood out from the publication was: How does understanding traditional plants and uses assist educators to build respectful relationships and create inclusive environments?

Alberta Teachers Association. (January, 2019). Walking Together Project. Stepping Stones: First Nations traditional plants and uses. Retrieved from: https://www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/For%20Members/ProfessionalDevelopment/Walking%20Together/PD-WT-16i%20-%209%20First%20Nations%20Traditional%20Plants%20and%20Uses-2019%2001%2028.pdf