Lesson Plan: For Teachers: Healing and Reconciliation

Resource URL:
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/lesson-plan/for-teachers-healing-and-reconciliation
Media Types:
  • Website
  • Other
Languages:
  • English
Organization Name:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Organization Website (English):
www.cbc.ca/archives
School Community:
  • English
  • First Nations
  • Inuit
  • Metis
Human Rights Themes:
  • Equity
  • Indigenous and Local Knowledge
Imagineaction Themes:
  • Connect

Teacher Resources

This lesson plan is designed for use by teachers on the topic of healing and reconciliation of Aboriginal people in Canada. It includes study of Canada’s history of residential schools and media literacy. The lesson provides opportunity for incorporating CBC’s Radio and TV archives as well as suggestions for integration with subject areas. The content of the lesson plan is specified for students in Grades 9 to 12. The student handout is available for download as a PDF.

UN Declarations and Examples

  • UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

Subject Areas

Aboriginal Studies, English, Health and Physical Education, Social Sciences and Humanities


Curriculum Links by Province / Territory

Province: Grades: Curriculum Link:
New Brunswick 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Alberta 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Northwest Territories 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Nova Scotia 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Ontario 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Prince Edward Island 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Québec 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Saskatchewan 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Yukon 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Manitoba 9, 10, 11, 12 None
British Columbia 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Newfoundland and Labrador 9, 10, 11, 12 None
Nunavut 9, 10, 11, 12 None