Indigenous kinship lesson plan

Goal

Learners will be able to understand an Indigenous kinship system and what it means to rebuild Indigenous kinship specifically with human relations

Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:

  1. Identify differences in family systems ie: nuclear family is different from Indigenous kinship
  2. Critically examine and reflect on why the colonial implementation of the nuclear family system was and is harmful to Indigenous families and families in general.
  3. explain a different type of family system beyond the nuclear family

Prior Knowledge & Learner Profile

The learners are in the Indigenous Education PDPP 

  1. Learners will need to know a basic history of colonization in Canada

Delivery

  1. Ask learners to think about their family- “Put your hand up if you thought about your parents, keep your hand up if you thought about your siblings, keep your hand up if you thought about your grandparents…etc”
  2. Hook- Explain my family system and story about the process of restoring my Ts’msyen kinship.
    1. Show pictures of my family
  3. Show family tree with labels – pronunciations of terms
  4. Explain colonization disrupting that = harmful

Activity/Evaluation

  • Learners evaluation: See Think Wonder based on my family tree