Treaty Education outcome TR3 states: “Examine the relationships between First Nation peoples and the land, before and after the signing of treaties. This correlates nicely with ELA outcome CR3.1b: “Describe similarities between experiences and traditions encountered in daily life and those portrayed in various texts including First Nations and Métis texts.”

To start this unit, we read the first half of the book:

We discussed problematic vocabulary from the book such as the terms: “Indian”, “buffalo”, “tribes” and the names such as “Tall Wolf”.

Then we completed this comparison worksheet as a class:

Living Off the Land Comparison

The final project is a puppet show that we’ll be making with the Puppet Pals app. Here’s my sample:

Here is the marking rubric:

Living off the land-assignment-rubric-PDF

Here is the assignment sheet: