The focus of this month is on First Nations.
We will discuss how First Nations were living in what we now call Canada, for many years before new settlers came. We will learn how some First Nations lived, how they used the land to meet their needs, what their family life and dynamic was like, their tools, homes and clothing. How their lives changed when new settlers arrived.
The children will compare their lives with the daily life of First Nations in the past and explore and recreate tools and jewelry made with traditional First Nations materials.
They will also reproduce a longhouse or wigwam to analyze the benefits of each structure, as well as study the drawings of family life from Daphne Odjig.