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Treaty Education

Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6

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Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6

• Through education students will gain knowledge of the treaty making process. This awareness will encourage respect and harmony between all treaty peoples.
• Students will gain an understanding of terms and their meanings as they pertain to the treaty making process.

OVERVIEW OF KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE SIX OBJECTIVES AND KEY TERMS

Kindergarten
Objective - to explore the basic concept of a promise made between people
Key Terms - promise, friendship, peace, respect, Elders

Grade One
Objective - to understand that sometimes people make promises and give up certain things to meet some of their basic needs and wants
Key Terms - sharing, agreement, Creator, respect, Elders

Grade Two
Objectives - to understand that disagreements/conflicts can be resolved peacefully
- to appreciate that all people have rights and responsibilities
Key Terms - conflict, negotiate, rights, responsibilities, respect, Elders

Grade Three
Objectives - to become aware that the making of reserves was part of the treaty process
- to learn about life on reserves today
Key Terms - treaty (as one way countries have of solving disagreements peacefully) reserves, Queen, respect, Elders, negotiate

Grade Four
Objectives - to know that maps of the province provide a variety of information, including the specific location of Métis communities e.g. (Lebret, Batoche, Ile-a-la Crosse) and treaty areas
- to explore historical and contemporary life on reserves
- to learn about the role of Métis as translators in the treaty making process
Key Terms - reserve, scrip, Métis, translator, respect, Elders

Grade Five
Objectives - to learn how treaties are perceived by both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people
- to understand the influence and power of the Indian Agent
- to learn how other cultures perceive treaties among the Aboriginal people
Key Terms - point of view, perspective, respect, Elders, Indian Agent

Grade Six
Objectives - to understand that treaties are promises made with the Creator by at least two groups
- to learn about the contents of Treaty Six, negotiated and signed on their
behalf by ancestors of both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community, a treaty that affects our lives today
- to learn that treaties were agreements made between First Nations people and the Queen's representatives
Key Terms - pipe ceremony, Crown, Elders, respect