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Grade Two Thematic Unit: Unit Scope and Introduction

Grade Two Thematic Unit: Unit Scope and Introduction

he purpose of this unit is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about water and how it is viewed from an Aboriginal perspective. Water is one of the four sacred elements; the other three are Earth, Wind, and Fire.

Grade Two Thematic Unit: Additional Activities and Resources

Grade Two Thematic Unit: Additional Activities and Resources

Partner with a school in a different territory, if you are in the city find a school in a First Nation community or vice-versa. Undergo this unit simultaneously, e-mail www.safewater.org 41 Operation Water Spirit Grade Two updates to the partnered school. You can also visit each other’s communities to look at how water is dealt with in each community.

Grade Seven Thematic Unit: Unit Scope and Introduction

Grade Seven Thematic Unit: Unit Scope and Introduction

The purpose of this unit is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about water and how it is viewed from an Aboriginal perspective. Water is one of the four sacred elements; the other three are Earth, Wind, and Fire. Water is extremely important as all forms of life are unable to exist without water.

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 1: First Nation Creation Stories

Grade Seven Thematic Unit Part 1: First Nation Creation Stories

Students will be able to read over various First Nation Creation stories. Students will look for the commonalities within the Creation Stories. Students will be made aware that there is more than one theory of how First Nations people came to the Americas rather than the traditional scientific theory of the Bering Strait.

Grade Ten Thematic Unit Lesson 2: First Nation Creation Stories

Grade Ten Thematic Unit Lesson 2: First Nation Creation Stories

The two commonalities about the Bering Strait Theory and many of the First Nation Creation Stories is that they begin in water. Identify some commonalities (4) and some differences (4) regarding these two methods in which First Peoples of the Americas are explained