Medicine Wheel Education

Un plan de lecon de l'enseignant pour approfondir le livre. Peut inclure des questions de comprehension, des activites de groupe, des amorces de conversation, des quiz, des activites d'arts du langage et des pages a colorier. Apprenez ce que veut dire la phrase « Chaque enfant compte ». Phyllis Webstad, la fondatrice de la Journee du chandail orange, presente un apercu de ce mouvement sincere. Chaque enfant compte honore l'histoire et la resilience des peuples autochtones sur l'Ile de la Tortue et nous permet de tous cheminer vers la verite et la reconciliation. Si vous etes un survivant des pensionnats ou un survivant intergenerationnel, vous comptez. Pour les enfants qui ne sont pas revenus a la maison, vous comptez. L'enfant en chacun de nous compte. Chaque enfant compte.

Educator Information
For ages 6 to 10.

Find the student resource here: Chaque enfant compte

This lesson plan is also available in English: Every Child Matters Teacher Lesson Plan 

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12 pages | 8.75" x 11.00" | Paper packet 

Teacher lesson plan that accompanies the book, Drum from the Heart. When he is gifted a handmade drum by his mother, Ren learns the teachings of the drum that she also passes down to him. Ren discovers that through this special drum, he is able to connect to his culture and find a confidence in his voice to joyfully share in singing the traditional songs of his Nuu-chah-nulth Nation.

Educator Information
Geared towards students up to grade 5. Includes comprehension questions, a section on how to make your own drum, and more.

Created by an Indigenous educator at Medicine Wheel Publishing with full approval from the author.

Highlights Indigenous perspectives and knowledge.

Find the student resource HERE!

This resource is available in French: Joue du tambour avec coeur plan de cours

Additional Information
12 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | Paper Packet 

A teacher lesson plan that accompanies the book, Every Child Matters. Includes conversation questions, group activites, colouring pages and more. Learn the meaning behind the phrase, ‘Every Child Matters.' Orange Shirt Day founder, Phyllis Webstad, offers insights into this heartfelt movement. Every Child Matters honours the history and resiliency of Indigenous Peoples on Turtle Island and moves us all forward on a path toward Truth and Reconciliation. If you're a Residential School Survivor or an Intergenerational Survivor - you matter. For the children who didn't make it home - you matter. The child inside every one of us matters. Every Child Matters.

Educator Information
Lesson plan for ages 6 to 10.

License allows the use of this lesson plan within a single school. It can be copied and shared within one school but is not to be shared beyond that.

Find the student resource here: Every Child Matters

Additional Information
12 Pages | 11.82" x 5.44" | Paper packet 

This is the Teacher Lesson Plan that accompanies the book Meet Your Family. Includes comprehension questions, group activities, wordsearch, colouring pages etc. Mother Earth, we come from her, we go to her, without her we wouldn't be here, she gives all of us life and because of her we are all one family. In many segments of Indigenous life we speak of Mother Earth, Father Sky, Grandfather Sun, and Grandmother Moon.

Meet Your Family is a rhythmic poem that will enlighten readers on how to view these important figures and share a greater concept of seeing the world as our natural family. Meet Your Family is presented in both English and Ojibway. An additional softcover book written in Ojibway with a phonetics guide is included inside this hardcover book.

Educator Information
Includes:

– Brainstorming Activity

– Letter Writing

– Comprehension Questions

– Colouring

– Crossword Puzzle

– Word Search

The license allows the use of this lesson plan within a single school. It can be copied and shared within one school but is not to be shared beyond that.

The student resource is available here: Meet Your Family / Gikenim Giniigi'igoog

Additional Information
12 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | b&w illustrations 

Un plan de lecon de l'enseignant pour approfondir le livre. Minnow, une jeune autochtone, protectrice des eaux, entreprend un voyage sous l'eau ou elle en apprend de notre famille qui vit dans l'ocean. Quand elle retourne a la surface, elle rassemble sa communaute pour aider a apporter des changements. Cette histoire est racontee en rimes lyriques et aide les enfants a mieux respecter les gens qui protegent les eaux et les terres autochtones, l'environnement et le monde qui les entoure. Elle aide a faire decouvrir l'activisme aux enfants tot dans leur vie.

Educator Information
The student resource is available here: Minnow: la fille qui est devenue mi-poisson 

This lesson plan is available in English: Minnow: The Girl Who Became Part Fish Teacher Lesson Plan

Additional Information
12 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | Paper packet

Teacher lesson plan that accompanies the book, Minnow. A young Indigenous water protector named Minnow goes on an underwater journey; learning from our ocean-living relatives. When she returns to the surface, she gathers her community to help make a change. This story is told in lyrical rhyme and helps children gain a better respect for Indigenous water and land protectors, the environment and world around them, and helps show children activism at an early age.

Educator Information
Find the student book here: Minnow: The Girl Who Became Part Fish

This lesson plan is available in French: Minnow plan de cours: la fille qui est devenue mi-poisson 

Additional Information
12 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | Paper Packet

This Teacher Lesson Plan accompanies the book Rencontre ta famille. Includes comprehension questions, group activities, wordsearch, colouring pages etc. Mother Earth, we come from her, we go to her, without her we wouldn't be here, she gives all of us life and because of her we are all one family. In many segments of Indigenous life we speak of Mother Earth, Father Sky, Grandfather Sun, and Grandmother Moon. Meet Your Family is a rhythmic poem that will enlighten readers on how to view these important figures and share a greater concept of seeing the world as our natural family.

Rencontre ta famille is presented in both French and Ojibway. An additional softcover book written in Ojibway with a phonetics guide is included inside this hardcover book.

Educator Information
This is the teacher lesson plan for Rencontre ta famille.

This teacher lesson plan is also available in English: Meet Your Family Teacher Lesson Plan

Additional Information
12 pages | 8.50" x 11.00"

Un plan de lecon de l'enseignant pour approfondir le livre. T'es-tu deja demande pourquoi Lapin a d'aussi longues oreilles? Ou pourquoi Raton laveur porte un masque? Dans ce recueil de nouvelles droles et uniques, la jeune Skye nous guide dans de nombreux enseignements autochtones, que son Grand-pere ojibway lui a transmis. Grace a son talent naturel de conteuse, Skye encourage les autres enfants a adopter cet art et a raconter des histoires a leur tour.

Educator Information
Recommended for ages 5 to 9.

Find the student resource here: Skye la conteuse: Enseignements de mon grand-pere ojibway 

This lesson plan is available in English: Storyteller Skye: Teachings from My Ojibway Grandfather Teacher Lesson Plan

Additional Information
12 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | Paper Packet 

Teacher lesson plan that accompanies the book, Storyteller Skye. Includes comprehension questions, group activities, colouring pages, and more.

Have you ever wondered why Rabbit has such long ears? Or why Raccoon is wearing a mask? In this collection of funny and unique short stories, young Skye enlightens us in a number of Indigenous teachings, passed down to her from her Ojibway Grandfather. Through her natural gift of storytelling, Skye encourages other children to embrace the art and become storytellers, too!

Educator Information
The student resource, recommended for ages 5 to 9, can be found here: Storyteller Skye 

This lesson plan is available in French: Skye la conteuse plan de cours: Enseignements de mon grand-pere ojibway

Additional Information
12 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | Paper Packet 

This teacher lesson plan accompanies the book, The Corn Chief.

Synopsis of The Corn Chief:
With the wizened old chief set to step down, young Linny dreams of being chosen as his replacement. As she struggles to pass his test, Linny learns with the help of her family what it really takes to become chief...in the most unexpected way.

This story is told with the help of traditional corn husk dolls. Corn dolls protect the home, livestock, and personal wellness of the maker and their family. Corn husk dolls have been made in some Indigenous cultures since the beginning of corn agriculture more than one thousand years ago, and continue to be made today

Educator Information
Find the student resource here: The Corn Chief 

Includes comprehension questions, colouring pages, an exploration of leadership, and more.

Lesson plan written by an Indigenous teacher from Saskatchewan along with the author and Medicine Wheel Publishing Team.  It has been approved by author Karen Whetung. 

Additional Information
14 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | Paper packet 

This Teacher Lesson Plan that accompanies the book, This Is What I've Been Told. Includes comprehension questions, group activities, wordsearch, colouring pages etc. It's been said when teachings are passed down from one generation to the next, good things can happen. Language is learned, knowledge is shared and culture is practiced. In this story of language preservation, author/illustrator and Anishnaabemowin language teacher Juliana Armstrong illuminates a number of Anishnaabemowin words along with their cultural connections, passed down from her Ojibway ancestors. Knowing our culture means knowing who we are. When we know who we are, we can walk in a good way.

Educator Information
This book shares Anishnaabemowin words, their cultural connections and their pronunciations with the help of phonetics. This teacher lesson plan includes comprehension questions, group activities, coloring pages and more.

What's Included:

– Brainstorming Activity

– Letter Writing

– Comprehension Questions

– Colouring

– Crossword Puzzle

– Word Search

The license allows the use of this lesson plan within a single school. It can be copied and shared within one school but is not to be shared beyond that.

This resource is available in French: C'est ce qu'on m'a dit Teacher Lesson Plan 

Additional Information
12 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | b&w illustrations 

David Bouchard is a bestselling author, speaker and educator. He is Canada’s most sought after public speaker. We Learn from the Sun is an Indigenous rhyming poem based on his best selling book Seven Sacred Teachings.

This is a Teacher Lesson Plan and Resource Guild to accompany We Learn from the Sun, a richly illustrated book by Métis writer David Bouchard and Métis illustrator Kristy Cameron that weaves together Woodland style paintings with a rhythmic poem about the spiritual lessons that we can learn from the Sun and the seven sacred teachings.

Educator Information
This lesson plan and resource guide is approved by David Bouchard. License allows the use of this lesson plan within a single school.

The English lesson plans for We Learn From The Sun, includes:

– Fill in the Blanks Activity

– Word Search

– Colouring

– Write Your Own Poetry

– Matching Activity

Additional Information
15 pages | 8.50" x 11.00"

Teacher lesson plans and resources that accompany the book Beyond the Orange Shirt Story.

Beyond the Orange Shirt Story is a unique collection of truths, as told by Phyllis Webstad's family and others, that will give readers an up-close look at what life was like before, during, and after their Residential School experiences. In this book, Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors share their stories authentically and in their own words. Phyllis Webstad is a Residential School Survivor and founder of the Orange Shirt Day movement. Phyllis has carefully selected stories to help Canadians educate themselves and gain a deeper understanding of the impacts of the Residential School System. Readers of this book will become more aware of a number of challenges faced by many Indigenous peoples in Canada. With this awareness comes learning and unlearning, understanding, acceptance, and change. Phyllis's hope is that all Canadians honour the lives and experiences of Survivors and their families as we go Beyond the Orange Shirt Story.

Educator Information
License allows the use of this lesson plan within a single school. It can be copied and shared within one school but is not to be shared beyond that.

Teacher lesson plans and resources that accompany the book Beyond the Orange Shirt Story.

Recommended for use with ages 12+.

Additional Information
15 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" 

Plan de cours de l'enseignant qui accompagne le livre Joue du tambour avec coeur. Quand sa mère lui donne un tambour fait à la main en cadeau, Ren apprend les enseignements du tambour qu’on lui transmet par le fait même. Il découvre que, grâce à ce tambour spécial, il peut créer des liens avec sa culture et reprendre confiance en sa voix pour partager avec joie les chansons traditionnelles de sa nation, la Nation Nuu-chah-nulth.

Educator Information
Find the student resource here: Joue du tambour avec coeur

This resource is available in English: Drum from the Heart Teacher Lesson Plan

Additional Information
14 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | Paper Packet

Plan de cours de l'enseignant qui accompagne le livre Le chef du maïs. Le sage vieux chef devrait bientôt laisser sa place et la jeune Linny rêve d'être choisie pour le remplacer. Alors qu'elle a de la difficulté à passer le test, Linny apprend, de la façon la plus inattendue et avec l'aide de sa famille, ce qu'il faut vraiment pour devenir chef…

Educator Information
Find the French student resource here: Le chef du mais 

This lesson plan is also available in English: The Corn Chief Teacher Lesson Plan

Additional Information
12 pages | 8.50" x 11.00" | Paper Packet