Indigenous Perspectives: Throughout ROM
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About this lesson
Explore the diversity of Indigenous cultures and perspectives throughout various areas of the museum.
There are many distinct Indigenous Nations on the land now known as Canada. Each culture is unique and full of stories, learnings, practices, and traditions. Gain an appreciation of just a few Indigenous Nations and Ancestral, Artistic and Cultural belongings during an in person lesson with an Indigenous Museum Educator highlighting Indigenous Knowledges, Art, and Culture at ROM.
| Delivery Language | This lesson is only offered in English. |
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| Format | Gallery Lesson |
| Pricing | $18.50/person |
| Minimum Group | 15 |
| Maximum Group | 35 |
Learning Goals
Understand Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing.
Showcase the diversity of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit across what is Now Known as Canada so that students understand that Indigenous Peoples are not one homogenous group.
Learn about the interconnectedness of all living things, which includes the land, water, sky, and everything in creation. Ideas of interconnectedness as reflected in art, language and stories.
Contemporize Indigenous knowledges and understandings and make them an important part of everyone’s life.
Raise cultural awareness and break stereotypes, especially the “vanishing race” stereotype that was the foundation of the collection of Indigenous Ancestors, Artistic and Cultural Belongings held at ROM.
Curriculum Connections
Social Studies
- Heritage and Identity: Our Changing Roles and Responsibilities
- People and Environments: The Local Community
Social Studies
- Heritage and Identity: Changing Family and Community Traditions
- People and Environments: Global Communities
Social Studies
- Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, 1780–1850
Social Studies
- Heritage and Identity: Early Societies to 1500 CE
Social Studies
- Heritage and Identity: Interactions of Indigenous Peoples and Europeans prior to 1713, in What Would Eventually Become Canada
Social Studies
- Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, Past and Present
History
- New France and British North America, 1713–1800
- Canada, 1800–1850: Conflict and Challenges
History
- Creating Canada, 1850–1890
- Canada, 1890–1914: A Changing Society
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies
- Expressions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Cultures
Canadian and World Studies
- Exploring Canadian Geography
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada
Canadian and World Studies
- Canadian History Since World War I
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies
- Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues and Perspectives
- World Views and Aspirations of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Communities in Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities
- Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies
- Contemporary Indigenous Issues and Perspectives in a Global Context
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Governance in Canada
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