This resource is a physical resource that is offered by the Indigenous Education Department at SD61. You can borrow the bins which have all of the Spirit of Alliance resources. The bin comes with information about the Bear, the Raven, the Wolf and the Salmon. This helps children understand the importance of these spiritual animals and learn their stories. The SD61 website offers teaching guides on how to bring this into the classroom, as well as encourage using the new and old images of each Spirit in the classroom.
Classroom Idea:
This could be used as apart of doing identity work with your students, allowing children to understand the characteristic of each animal and get them to identify themeselves as an animal that they felt closely matched their identity. A fun art project you could bring into the classroom is getting the student to make their animal out of air dry clay and have the students do a little write up about the characteristics of each animal and what makes them special!
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