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Grade 3 – Table of contents

  • Teaching Notes and Approaches
  • Note to Readers
  • Lesson A – Where did we come from?
    Tami wejita’ywkw?
    Tama kilun ktutapeksultipon?
    • Curriculum Outcomes
    • Background Notes for the Teacher
    • Activity 1- How Klu’scap Keluwoskap Created People
    • References
  • Lesson B – All things are related: Interrelationships are celebrated
    Msit koqowe’l akutultikl
    Psonakutomuwakon
    • Curriculum Outcomes
    • Background Notes for the Teacher
    • Activity 1 – About Wolastoq
    • Activity 2 – The Creation of Wolastoq
    • Activity 3A – Mapping Wolastoqey Communities
    • Activity 3B – Mapping Mi’kmaw Communities
    • Activity 4A – Wolastoq (Saint John River) is Renamed
    • Activity 4B – The Sipoq River Song (Listuguj)
    • References
  • Lesson C – We are of the Earth
    Kinu na wskwitqamulti’kw
    Nutapeksipon Nkitahkomikumon
    • Curriculum Outcomes
    • Background Notes for the Teacher
    • Activity 1 – Flag Symbols
    • Activity 2 – Flags to Create Solidarity
    • Activity 3 – Create Your Own Flag
    • References
  • Lesson D – All My Relations
    Ta’n Te’sit No’kmaq
    Psi-te Ntolonapemok
    • Curriculum Outcomes
    • Background Notes for the Teacher
    • Activity 1 – Who Are You?
    • Activity 2 – Extended Family
    • References
  • Lesson E – Life as we knew it
    Mimajuaqn ta’n tel-nenmekip
    Pomawsuwakon Eli-Kcicihtuweqpon
    • Curriculum Outcomes
    • Background Notes for the Teacher
    • Activity 1 – The Many Functions of Water
    • Activity 2 – Keluwoskap (Gal-oo-wos-gob) and the Water Creature
    • Activity 3 – To Dam Or Not To Dam
    • Activity 4 – Mactaquac Dam
    • Activity 5 – Ugpi’ganjig Eel River Bar First Nation
    • References
  • Lesson F – Coming Together
    Mawita’nej
    Mawessultipon
    • Curriculum Outcomes
    • Background Notes for the Teacher
    • Activity 1 – Storytelling
    • Activity 2 – What Is In A Name?
    • Activity 3 – Creating a Landform of your Community
    • Activity 4 – Researching an Indigenous Community
    • References
  • Lesson G – What is a Treaty?
    Koqowey net Ankukumkewey?
    Keq nit lakutuwakon?
    • Curriculum Outcomes
    • Background Notes for the Teacher
    • Activity 1 – Sharing and Showing Respect
    • Activity 2 – Wampum
    • Activity 3 – Create Your Own Message
    • References
  • Lesson H – Your Treaty
    Ktankukumeweymuow
    Ktolakutuwakon
    • Curriculum Outcomes
    • Background Notes for the Teacher
    • Activity 1 – Classroom Treaty
    • Activity 2 – Create a Fair Classroom Treaty
    • Resources
  • Lesson I – We Are All Treaty People
    Kinu na Ankukumkeweye’k Mimajuinu’k
    Psi-te kilun Lakutuwakonicik
    • Curriculum Outcomes
    • Background Notes for the Teacher
    • Activity 1 – We are all Treaty People
    • Resources
  • Resources
  • Interactive Activities
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Lesson B – Background Notes for the Teacher

Student learning

I will:

  • Show how storytelling connects people to the past and to each other
  • Identify patterns that show the interdependence of all living things
  • Recommend how to protect an environment that means a lot to me
  • Examine maps and images
  • Dramatize stories
  • Infer relationships between words and nature

This lesson emphasizes the interconnectedness of all life, place and history. This interconnectedness is called Wetapeksin or Kci Mawawsultimok. (Please see additional resource Teaching about the Mi’kmaq p.151 for further explanation) All things have spirit that, in turn, reflect the interdependence of life and the harmony we seek to maintain in the world. Interdependence starts with pattern recognition through seeing, living and understanding. By observing, memorizing and comparing, patterns become evident. This lesson does this through the exploration of three rivers. One is Wolastoq (Saint John River) and the others are the Restigouche and the Miramichi, both Mi’kmaq Rivers. Please do the study on the river which best serves your community.

In the story of the Creation of Wolastoq (Saint John River), we are shown that storytelling that occurred over hundreds of years ago still has meaning. The landscape is storied – places connect people to the past and to each other. For example, giving thanks to all that is around us leads us to acknowledge the interdependence of life. The relationship between thinking and doing is critical – living what you know is at the heart of Wetapeksin or Kci Mawawsultimok. By seeing yourself as living with the environment and being part of the cycles of life, you are viewing the world from the inside out rather than the outside in. Remembering how Wolastoq was created, Wolostoqewiyik (Maliseet people) take on the responsibility for keeping it as it is. This sense of responsibility formed the foundation of many of Indigenous peoples’ ideas in Treaty negotiation.

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