National Indigenous History Month - June Learn & Explore Lesson

• Learn that Indigenous Peoples have unique cultures, languages, and ways of knowing.
• Listen to and reflect on stories shared by Indigenous artists and educators.
• Show respect and curiosity when learning about Indigenous traditions and practices.
• Participate in Indigenous celebration and artistic expression.
• Recognize that Indigenous Peoples are part of vibrant communities across what is now called Canada.

• Participate in activities and experiences that celebrate Indigenous culture and resilience in joyful and respectful ways.
• Learn how Indigenous ways of knowing and doing connect to land, community, and everyday life.
• Engage respectfully with Indigenous artists and educators by listening actively and asking thoughtful questions.
• Recognize the diversity of Indigenous Nations across Turtle Island, including their unique languages, cultures, and traditions.
• Understand how Indigenous Peoples express identity and knowledge through storytelling, art, dance, and performance. 

•    Identify the diversity of Indigenous Nations, cultures, and communities across Turtle Island. 
•    Understand how Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing are expressed through art, performance, and storytelling. 
•    Reflect on the ongoing contributions and resilience of Indigenous Peoples, both historically and today. 
•    Make connections between Indigenous perspectives and their own roles in reconciliation, cultural awareness, and inclusivity.

• Identify the diversity of Indigenous Nations, cultures, and communities across Turtle Island.
• Understand how Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing are expressed through art, performance, and storytelling.
• Engage respectfully and thoughtfully with Indigenous artists, educators, and Artistic and Cultural Belongings through an activation
• Reflect on the ongoing contributions and resilience of Indigenous Peoples, both historically and today.
• Make connections between Indigenous perspectives and their own roles in reconciliation, cultural awareness, and inclusivity.
• Appreciate the complexity and richness of Indigenous cultural expressions, identities, and histories.
• Engage critically with Indigenous knowledge systems and understand their ongoing significance in contemporary contexts.
• Examine Indigenous perspectives through art, storytelling, and performance as valid and powerful sources of knowledge.
• Reflect on the role of settler colonialism and the importance of Indigenous self-determination, sovereignty, and cultural resurgence.
• Consider how they can support Indigenous-led movements and contribute meaningfully to reconciliation and solidarity.

Kindergarten

• Play-based learning in a culture of Inquiry
• Belonging and Contributing
• Self-Regulation and Well-Being
• Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours

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
• People and Environments: Living and Working in Ontario

Social Studies

• Heritage and Identity: Early Societies to 1500 CE
• People and Environments: Political and Physical Regions of Canada

Social Studies

• Heritage and Identity: Interactions of Indigenous Peoples and Europeans prior to 1713, in What Would Eventually Become Canada
• People and Environments: The Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship

Social Studies

• Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, Past and Present
• People and Environments: Canada's Interactions with the Global Community

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

English

• Literacy Connections and Applications – Digital Media Literacy; Application, Connections, and Contributions
• Comprehension: Understanding and Responding to Texts – Critical Thinking in Literacy.

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies: Expressions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Cultures

• Artistic Expression and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit World Views
• Foundations
• Art and Society

English

• Oral Communication
• Media Studies

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada

• Historical Inquiry and Skill Development
• Prior to 1500
• 1500–1763: The Imposition of Colonialism – Contact, Conflict, and Treaties
• 1763–1876: Settler and State Expansion and Indigenous Resistance
• 1876–1969: Assimilation, Encroachment, and Life in the Industrial age
• 1969 to the Present: Resilience, Determination, and Reconciliation

Social Sciences and Humanities: Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice

• Foundations
• Equity, Social Justice, and Change
• Promoting Equity and Social Justice

English

• Oral Communication
• Media Studies

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies: Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues and Perspectives

• Political Inquiry and Skill Development
• Cultural Identity and Cultural Continuity
• Community Perspectives
• National and Regional Perspectives
• The Global Context

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies: World Views and Aspirations of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Communities in Canada

• Understanding and Respecting World Views and Cultural Diversity
• Colonization and Decolonization
• Reclamation and Reconciliation

Social Sciences and Humanities: Equity and Social Justice: From Theory to Practice

• Understanding Social Construction
• Addressing Equity and Social Justice Issues
• Personal and Social Action

English

• Oral Communication
• Media Studies

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies: English: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices

• Oral Communication
• Media Studies

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies: Contemporary Indigenous Issues and Perspectives in a Global Context

• Political Inquiry and Skill Development
• Indigenous Peoples and Perspectives
• Global Trends and Cultural Survival
• Legal, Political, and Social Action

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Governance in Canada

• The Historical Context
• Support for and Challenges to Indigenous Rights
• Self-determination, Sovereignty, and Self-governance

Social Sciences and Humanities: Challenge and Change in Society

• Social Change
• Social Patterns and Trends
• Global Social Challenges