Treaty Education Lesson Plan Template
K – 12 Goals For Treaty Education:
Kindergarten:
Grade One:
Grade Two:
Grade Three:
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Grade Five:
Grade Six:
Grade Seven:
Grade Eight:
Grade Nine:
Grade Ten:
Grade Eleven:
Grade Twelve:
Getting to Know My Community
Learning That We Are All Treaty People
Creating a Strong Foundation Through Treaties
Exploring Challenges and Opportunities in Treaty Making
Assessing the Journey in Honouring Treaties
Understanding the Impacts of Unfulfilled Treaties
Moving Towards Fulfillment of Treaties
Understanding Treaties in a Contemporary Context
Exploring Treaty Impacts and Alternatives
Understanding Treaties from Around the World
Examining the Canadian Context for Treaties
Assessing Treaty Making from a Global Perspective
Applying Treaty Understandings to One’s Life
This lesson is for Grade: ___2__
Estimated Time for Instruction/Learning: __3 X 30 – Social, Helath and Art afteroon plus a ceremony
Treaty Education Learning Outcome:
Code: TPP2
Descriptor: Develop an understanding of treaties as sacred covenants that exist between first
nations and the British Crown.
Treaty Education Learning Indicator(s) for this Outcome:
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Explore the ways, symbols used, to express the making and keeping of a promise.
Recognize that the treaty suits, medals, flags are symbols used by the British Crown to signify
commitment.
Reperesent understanding that the treaties will last for as long as the sun shines, grasses grow
and rivers flow.
That First Nations believed that the treaties negotiated ans signed have a spiritual signifiacance.
Key Planning Question: What learning experiences, strategies and content will engage students,
causing them to ask questions relevant to this learning outcome?
How do symbols represent a promise/treaty?
Student Assessment:
(What do I need to find out about regarding students’ prior knowledge, interests or mode of learning?)
Check with previous teacher to know what they have been taught. Previous lessons taught in
this section will inform instruction.
Motivational Set/Setting the Context:
Think-pair-share asking three questions: 1. What’s a promise? 2. When do you make a promise?
3. How do you show it?
Procedures/Instructional Strategies/Learning Experiences/Differentiated
Instruction/Closure/Student Assessment/Evaluation:
Social Studies
1. Ask: How did First Nations people and the newcomers make promises/treaties?
2. Display: Symbols used when making and signing treaties (i.e., medal, British flag, N.W.M.P.,
pipe, handshake, treaty suit). Use pictures from Appendix J in Teaching Treaties in the
Classroom – Grade 2, artifacts, photos from on-line and using a projector.
3. Ask: What do these symbols represent? Use responses and follow-up questions to guide
discussion and teaching about the symbols.
4. Explain: Teach what the symbols were.
5. Closure: Ask “Why use theses symbols during treaty-making?
6. Remind: Treaties were a promise, commitment, that lasts “as long as the sun shines,
grasses grow, and rivers flow.”
Health
1. Our classroom is a community. What will be our treaty/promise to each other?
2. What will be our symbols? Why?
Examples – flag/staff; medal/badge; clothing; gesture/handshake; witness/N.W.M.P.
Art
1. Assign groups and assign each group one of the symbols to design and make for the
classroom.
2. Provide a variety of materials for students to design and make items (e.g., felt for badges,
poster board for flags, paper to design clothing or draw the clothing decided upon).
Ceremony
1. Perform a ceremony together where the promise is made, signed, gestures have been
performed, clothing worn and more. Use whatever your class has decided on.
Resources:
1. Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan book from the Treaty Kit – pages 15, 18, 22, 63
2. Teaching Treaties in the Classroom – Grade 2 – Appendix J
Student Reflection:
(Students reflect on their learning, and on any skills that need improvement)
1. Students could journal about the ceremony or draw a picture of their memories.
Teacher Reflection:
(Teacher reflects on What worked? What didn’t? What needs changing/revision?)
This lesson was created by: Louise McBurney (Drake School)