Teaching by the Medicine Wheel | Education Canada Magazine
This article explores the teachings of Medicine Wheels from an Anishinaabe cultural perspective. A focus on its applications to education is addressed through pedagogy and the transmission of Medicine Wheel teachings. These concepts are then illustrated with an example of Medicine Wheel pedagogy in practice through the Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Cultural Healing and Learning Program, an Anishinaabe culture-based school.
Learning about Residential Schools in the Elementary Classroom
Introduce the topic of residential schools in Canada to your students with these picture books. Perfect for Orange Shirt Day and an important part of the Truth and Reconciliation process.

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Orange Shirt Day
****** Please leave a rating after downloading. This fills my bucket!****** September 30th is Orange Shirt Day in Canada. This important day helps teach students across the country about residential schools and the impact these schools had on the students who were forced to attend them.
Four Directions Overview from the First Nations Pedagogy Online Project
The holistic notion of body, mind, heart, and spirit is a time - honoured one for First Nations peoples but is somewhat of a novelty in mainstream society. It is however, a framework that is becoming more accepted as an important way to view the health of humans.
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