Including Elders : Task and Lesson Plans

Turtle's Back Publishing is a division of the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition. Turtle's Back Publishing has Language Resources, Language Readers, Cultural Readers, and Curriculum Resources.

Written by Ontario Native Literacy Coalition and Maria Morrison, Charity Beland.

The following lesson plans are based around incorporating the appreciation of Elders’ roles into activities:

Medicine Wheel introduction

Residential School Stories and Healing

Sharing Traditional Knowledge

Advisory – Teachings and Knowing Where You Came From

Traditional Language Knowledge

Culminating Task: Indigenous Independence Goal Path

Each task is outlined in the OALCF template with competency and indicators.

This resource accompanies the Including Elders – A Guide for Indigenous Literacy Programs booklet.