Archives: Resources
Ta'n telitpiemk - Feelings
This bundle helps Mi’kmaw 110 learners express and understand emotions using first, second, and third person forms. Through interactive lessons, word walls, handouts, and audio-supported activities, students build vocabulary and conversational skills around feelings and emotional states. Learners also explore cultural contexts by connecting emotions to events and experiences, including special days and traditional gatherings. The bundle supports diverse learners with visual aids, formative assessments, and flexible adjustments for classroom use.
- Grade 11
Mimajuinu’k - People
This resource bundle supports Mi’kmaw 110 learners in exploring family relationships and kinship terms through interactive speaking, listening, and writing activities. It includes handouts, matching exercises, vocabulary tools, and a family tree project to build foundational language skills. Lessons are scaffolded to promote understanding of everyday expressions and conversational phrases in Mi’kmaw. Designed with Universal Design for Learning principles, it offers flexible supports for diverse learners and integrates cross-curricular connections.
- Grade 11
Welteskatimk - Greetings
This bundle is the first of 9 bundles which can optionally be used for teaching the entire Mi’kmaw 110 course. Many of the materials found here were originally part of the language kits used with the older curriculum. Educators should feel free to use the parts of these bundles which suit the needs of learners. This bundle focuses on introductions and getting to know each other.
- Grade 11
Investigate Relationships in Ecological Communities
This bundle allows students to investigate local ecological communities using readily available applications and hands-on learning opportunities. It will also get students to stretch their thinking and understanding of this content by hypothesizing the impact on a community after a random organism was removed. This lesson allows for a wide scope of differentiation which allows teachers to individualize the lesson for their needs.
- Grade 11
Struggles for Land and Identity
This bundle of lessons delves into the historical, cultural, and legal complexities surrounding the Mi’kmaq community of Esgenoôpetitj (Burnt Church) in New Brunswick, with a particular focus on the ongoing challenges faced by Indigenous communities in Canada. Through primary source documents, and historical narratives, students will explore key themes such as land rights, Indigenous governance, colonialism, and the treaty relationship between Indigenous peoples and settler governments. The lessons aim to foster an understanding of the historical injustices that have shaped the Mi’kmaq community’s fight for land and sovereignty, while also emphasizing contemporary implications for Indigenous self-determination and governance.
- Grade 9
Miramichi Voices: Local Perspectives on Conscription, Labour, Indigenous Rights, and WWII
This bundle examines major themes in 20th-century Canadian history, including local government, Indigenous experiences, the 1917 Conscription Crisis, labour movements, and Canada’s role in World War II. Students explore how individuals, communities, and institutions shaped the nation’s identity, democracy, and social change through the intersection of national and local events.
- Grade 12
Resilience and Transformation
This bundle explores the historical development of the Natoaganeg (Miramichi) region from the early seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century, focusing on interactions between Mi’kmaq communities, European settlers, and the evolving colonial powers. Through a series of lessons, students will engage with key events, figures, and themes that reflect the complex socio-political and cultural relationships between Indigenous peoples and European settlers.
- Grade 12
Shifting Tides: Miramichi's Impact in Global Conflicts and Labour Struggles
This teaching plan explores the history of Miramichi during the pivotal periods of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the post-war labor strikes, the North Shore Regiment’s role in D-Day, and the Cold War era. By examining primary sources, local reactions, and key historical events, students will gain a deeper understanding of the significant social, political, and military developments that shaped both global and local histories.
- Grade 11
Chemical Physical Matter Atomic Theory
This bundle has guided teaching for Science 10: Science for Sustainable Societies contexts/concepts: Classification of Matter, Types of Changes in Matter, and Atomic Theory. Each lesson includes materials to introduce key ideas and learner activities to reinforce understanding.
Educators can adapt the contents of each suggested lesson to facilitate students achieving the skill descriptors.
- Grade 10
Digestive Pathways: Nutrient Flow
This bundles guides teaching of the digestive process in the human body. It includes a pre-activity where students will create a food journal to analyse their own wellness and food habits. A power point in included with embedded videos explaining the entire digestive process through all four stages. Finally, there are a variety of activities to help cement understanding and allow students different ways to display their knowledge. These include both labs and in-class activities that will touch on a variety of learning styles.
- Grade 11
Voices of Change - Exploring History and Society
This unit explores the historical forces of Confederation, migration, and the rise of labour unions, focusing on the voices of those advocating for change—whether political, social, or economic—during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Students will gain insight into the complex relationships that shaped local and national identities in Canada.
- Grade 8
Legacies of Struggle: Slavery, Culture, and Resilience in Early New Brunswick
This bundle of lessons explores themes of historical injustice, cultural encounters, and resilience in the context of New Brunswick’s colonial history. The materials address slavery and abolition in the province, the plight of Indigenous peoples, and the hardships faced by Irish immigrants during the Great Famine. Each lesson provides insight into various aspects of society and governance in 18th and 19th century New Brunswick, highlighting pivotal moments in the region’s history and the figures involved.
- Grade 7