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The Tyee: Fellowship Series

In March The Tyee published a four-part fellowship series by Sandra Shields examining the 'New Relationship' with First Nations in BC. The second article in that series looks at aboriginal history and culture in today's school system.
Read: Beyond Teepees and Igloos.

FORED BC:

FORED BC is a federally registered non-profit organization that develops and distributes environmental education learning resources for the school system K-12. FORED works with government, industry and other sectors like the Treaty Commission to gather relevant information materials together under a theme and develop its own lesson plans for teachers. For more information see: www.landscapesmag.com.

Secondary School

The Treaty Commission offers a number of classroom-tested videos,
lesson plans and other educational tools designed specifically for high school teachers.

Nisga'a Dancing in Both Worlds video and lesson plans

This spring will mark 10 years since the historic completion of BC's first modern-day treaty—the Nisga'a treaty. A lot has happened since and it's time that BC students had a chance to learn more about the powerful journey of the Nisga'a people, who they are and where they are now that the treaty is reality.

The BC Treaty Commission and the Surrey School District are pleased to announce the release of a comprehensive wiki web site that works hand-in-hand with ministry-approved video, Nisga'a Dancing in Both Worlds. The teacher-driven educational resource, nisgaatreaty.wikispaces.com, features:

a series of learning resources designed by a team of educators at the Surrey School District;
classroom tested lesson plans that address a number of Social Studies 11 prescribed learning outcomes;
video clips;
background information;
instructional strategies; and
a glossary of treaty related terms.

The lesson plans are designed so that teachers can screen the 44-minute video in a series of clips, or show the video in its entirety depending on what works better for their classroom. While the Nisga'’a video and lesson plans were developed specifically for the Social Studies 11 curriculum, the resources are also relevant to Social Studies 10, First Nations 12 and Social Justice 12.

Fifth Edition 2008: What's the Deal with Treaties?

In Fall 2000 the Treaty Commission provided the What's the Deal with Treaties? educational kit to Social Studies 10 and First Nations 12 classes across BC. The kit, designed to introduce the important concepts of treaty making in British Columbia, includes a handbook, a 20-minute video and a viewer's guide. The Treaty Commission now provides the kit-free of charge-to a wide variety of organizations and individuals upon request.

In October 2004, the Treaty Commission partnered with FORED BC to provide important treaty information to teachers across British Columbia and help them promote awareness of treaty making in highschools. The result of this partnership is Exploring Aboriginal Culture: Then and Now, a learning resource kit approved for classroom use by both the BC Teacher's Federation and the BC Ministry of Education.

Download the What's the Deal with Treaties? handbook
(printable PDF file*)

Watch the video online

To request hard copies of the What's the Deal with Treaties? educational kit (handbook and video) please call toll free 1 800 665 8330 or email info@bctreaty.net.

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