Module 4 Post 5
FourDirectionsTeachings.com is a visually stunning audio narrated resource for learning about Indigenous knowledge and philosophy from the five diverse First nations in Canada.
It includes a fully developed Teacher Resource Kits that provides resources intended for grades 1-12 as well as an abundance of further reference resources. The site offers interactive delivery as well as print or website material. Each of the 5 nations has an elder representative deliver Indigenous teachings linked to various subject strands at the elementary, junior, and high school levels.
The Indigenous Teachings are as follows
- Blackfoot Nation – The Tipi/Governance/The Circle Model/The Powwow
- Cree Nation – Four Directions/Four Aspects of Self/The Tipi
- Ojibwe Nation – The Medicine Wheel/Tradition/The four Directions/The Center of the Wheel/ The Four Scared medicines/Death and Remembrance/The Strawberry Teaching/The Seven Stages of Life/Four Sky Dwellers/Tee of Peace
- Mohawk Nation – Giving Thanks/Thanksgiving Address/Morning Prayer/Mohawk Creation Story
- Mi’kmaq Nation – The Mi’kmaq Creation Story