Indigenous Perspectives: Throughout ROM

A museum educator in traditional Indigenous dress with braids and a black hat guides a group of diverse students through a history exhibit with glass display cases containing artifacts and documents.

Category

Onsite Lessons with ROM Educators

Duration

60 minutes

Audience

Educators, Schools

Age

6-18

Grades

1-12

Subjects

Art & Culture, Canada, Canadian & World Studies, History, Indigenous, Science & Technology, Social Sciences & Humanities, Social Studies, The Arts

About this lesson

Explore the diversity of Indigenous cultures and perspectives throughout various areas of the museum.

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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 LanguageThis lesson is only offered in English.
ActivitiesGallery Visit  
Galleries/Location
  • First Peoples Art & Culture
  • Possible gallery visits include:
    • Special exhibitions
      • Hands-on Biodiversity
      • Life in Crisis
      • Earth’s Treasures
      • Dawn of Life
      • Youth Cabinet Mural 
FormatGallery Lesson 
Pricing$18.50/person 
Minimum Group 15
Maximum Group35

Learning Goals

Understanding Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing. 

Not one homogeneous group: showcase the diversity of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit across what is Now Known as Canada. 

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. 

Contemporizing and making Indigenous knowledges and understandings an important part of everyone’s life. 

Raise cultural awareness and break stereotypes, especially the “vanishing race” stereotype that was the foundation of Indigenous Ancestors, Artistic and Cultural Belongings held at ROM. 

Target Classes

Depending on the examples the ROM Educator decides to focus on, links may include:
 

Grades 1 & 2
  • Social Studies - Heritage and Identity, People and Environments
Grades 3 to 6
  • Social Studies - Heritage and Identity
Grade 7
  • History- New France and British North America, 1713–1800; Canada, 1800–1850: Conflict and Challenges
Grade 8
  • History - Creating Canada, 1850–1890; Canada, 1890–1914: A Changing Society
Grade 9
  • Expressions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Cultures
  • Exploring Canadian Geography
Grade 10
  • First Nations, Metis and Inuit in Canada
  • Canadian History since World War I
Grade 11
  • Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues and Perspectives
  • World Views and Aspirations of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Communities in Canada
  • Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice
Grade 12
  • Contemporary Indigenous Issues and Perspectives in a Global Context
  • First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Governance in Canada

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