Learn & Explore: Treaty Week
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About this lesson
Honour the importance of treaties and give your students a greater understanding of the significance of treaty rights, relationships, relevance today.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Treaties Recognition Week (Nov 2-8) honours the importance of treaties and assists the public, students, and staff at ROM to understand the significance of treaty rights, treaty relationships, and their relevance today.
Grade 3-6 students are invited to an engaging, interactive one-hour theatre session led by an Indigenous Museum Educator, where students will learn about: nations represented at ROM, what treaties are, which treaties cover the lands on which Toronto sits, and the shared responsibility we all have to uphold them.
Students’ learning will be supported by an activation station with touchable belongings such as wampum belts, furs, and resources, as well as hands-on activities where participants will be encouraged to add their commitments to a dish with one spoon wampum.
Students will be able to interact with Indigenous staff and belongings to better understand their responsibilities to the treaties of the lands now known as Canada and why we should protect the land, water, and resources for future generations.
Participating classes are invited to visit the galleries and take part in gallery activations before and after the session. The activation will run in the Samuel Currelly Gallery from November 4-7, 2025, 10AM-3PM.
Use the Learn & Explore Gallery Trail to help your students connect this lesson to to their exploration of the galleries at ROM and the belongings discussed during the theatre session.
| Delivery Language | This lesson is only offered in English |
| Format | Theatre Lesson |
| Pricing | $16/person |
| Minimum Group | 15 |
| Maximum Group | 35 |
Learning Goals
Students will be able to explain what a treaty is and why treaties are important in the past, present, and future.
Understand that we are all have shared responsibilities to uphold treaty agreements.
Recognize that treaties are living agreements between Indigenous Nations and the Crown, as well as to the land, water and future generations and are still relevant today.
Learn about the specific treaties connected to the land ROM sits on and reflect on their responsibilities as visitors and learners on this territory.
Reflect on how treaties affect their own lives and how they can show respect for treaty rights and responsibilities in their actions.
Listen to Indigenous voices and perspectives on the importance of treaties and understand how these agreements protect both land and community well-being.
Gallery Trail
Help your students connect this lesson to their exploration of the galleries at ROM.
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