Module 3, Post 1
In week 7 I posted the medicine wheel as a symbol and tool for wellness, but it has many roles that it serves and is a significant symbol among Indigenous peoples. Here are various online resources that can support learning about and with the Medicine Wheel and its connection to mathematical concepts linked to geometry and the circle:
- “Integrating First Nations and Metis content and perspective grade 1: Earth and space science- daily and seasonal changes (DS)“, a unit guide resource publicly posted that also speaks to the medicine wheel.
- Growing Minds – Wheel Sample 1, a resource that a colleague has shared with me that applies the medicine wheel to self-reflection and personal growth through education.
- Education is our Buffalo, an Alberta Teachers’ Association resource that has specific information about the significance of the circle (p. 30) and would be a good link between the medicine wheel and mathematical concepts in geometry related to the circle.
- What is the Medicine Wheel? (Medicine Wheel Teachings 1010)
References
Gardypie, R. (n.d). Integrating First Nations and Metis content and perspective grade 1: Earth and space science- daily and seasonal changes (DS). Prairie Spirit School Division. https://www.spiritsd.ca/learningresources/FNM%20Resources/GR1%20Science%20on%20Daily%20and%20Seasonal%20Changes%202011.pdf
The Alberta Teachers’ Association. (2006). Education is our Buffalo: A Teachers’ Resource for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Education in Alberta. https://www.albertaschoolcouncils.ca/public/download/documents/55705
Tribal Trade Co. (2020, June 19). What is the Medicine Wheel? (Medicine Wheel Teachings 1010). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7nb4rJ_N14