Aboriginal Education Scavenger Hunt

By: Stephanie Graham

1. What are the four framework principles outlined in Ontario: First Nations, Metis, and
Education Policy Framework and how should these prinicples affect your classroom?
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/fnmiframework.pdf
2. What does the policy outline as some of the issues that are affecting Aboriginal student
achievment?
3. a)What is performative inquiry as described in Michelle Hogue's article Building Bridges with
Aboriginal Learners, and how does the author argue that this teaching method will help be
more inclusive and accessible to aboriginal students?
http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/building-bridges-aboriginal-learners
b) Although the article focuses on Chemistry as the main subject for the performative inquiry
model, how might you incorporate this into your daily math classroom or other subject areas? (provide
examples or other website references to support your answer).
4. Navigate through some of the various teaching resource links available, choosing one describe
how you might incorporate some of its components into your classroom. Is there a math
extension that can be made?
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/education_and_youth_resources/teaching_resources/
5. Using the following website, find an aboriginal resource that could be used to facilitate a math
lesson to any grade of your choice.
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/index.php
6. What are some of the different types of manipulatives you could use in your mathematics
lessons? How might you use one to enrich your students' learning?
http://mathematicscentre.com/taskcentre/indigkit.htm

Resources:
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/fnmiframework.pdf
http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/building-bridges-aboriginal-learners
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/education_and_youth_resources/teaching_resources/
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/index.php
http://mathematicscentre.com/taskcentre/indigkit.htm

Answer Key: Answer key is simply a guide as answers are intended to vary
1. 1.Excellence Accountability
2.Equity and Respect of Diversity
3.Inclusiveness, shared responsibility
4.Respect for constitutional and Treaty Rights
2. Lack of educator awareness of cultural background, student learning styles, perspectives and a
lack of coordination between First Nations governments and provincial and Federal
governments.
3. a) Performative inquiry is described as knowing, doing, being, creating, allowing different,
more active scenarios for students to interact with the given material. The author argues that the
curriculum needs to be though of as lived rather than taught, and since aboriginal lives and
narratives were very oral, story-based with many artistic elements and dialogue, that these core
concepts should be integrated into their learning.
b) answers will vary
4. Welcome To Kid's Stop http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1315444613519/1315444663239?
utm_source=&utm_medium=url
The Learning Circle PDF has age appropriate material looking at historical and current cultural context.
One lesson looks at First Nations self-goverment and the various businesses that are run. The students
are required to create their own successful business plan, keeping in mind market need, capital etc.
5. Chosen lesson plan: Frieze Designs in Indigenous Art
Investigates Reflection, Rotation, Translation through various forms of Aboriginal art.
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.01/mcdonald1/
6. Match Triangles http://mathematicscentre.com/taskcentre/178match.htm demonstrates
patterning; link to science and stable structures etc.