• Land Based Education in Denendeh

  Decolonizing education involves connecting with the land and learning from it, which includes embracing traditional governance practices. It is also about fostering opportunities for the resurgence of Indigenous culture, sovereignty, and self-determination...

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• Walking Forward

  Walking Forward: Learning From Place is a resource for educators looking for ideas on how to incorporate First People’s Principles of Learning (FPPL) into their classroom. It offers powerful examples of how teachers are intertwining an inquiry mindset...

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• Learning from the land

  The Learning from the Land story map emphasizes the deep and enduring connection between Indigenous Peoples and the land, highlighting the importance of understanding the land as a source of life, identity, and cultural traditions. It showcases...

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• Connection to Local Land

  Connection to the Land is an engaging resource aimed at helping students understand the importance and relevance of the land acknowledgement of territory. It also helps students connect to where they live and to nurture and protect their local place. The...

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• The Seeds Are Our Children

  "The Seeds Are Our Children" is a short film that explores the traditional farming practices of the Hopi Tribe and their deep connection to the land. The film showcases the efforts of Hopi farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson, who aims to integrate modern science...

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• Fire Is Our Relation

  Fire Is Our Relation explores the Karuk Tribe's efforts to revive traditional, controlled burns (prescribed fire) on their ancestral lands in Northern California.  The film highlights how these practices, which were disrupted by colonization, are...

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• They Take Care of Us

   "They Take Care of Us" is a short film that examines how Indigenous communities are revitalizing traditional land management practices to tackle the climate crisis. The film highlights the restoration of buffalo on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana,...

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• The Trees Will Last Forever

  The Trees Will Last Forever highlights the sustainable forestry practices of the Menominee Tribe on their Wisconsin reservation. Despite a history of logging, their forest today holds a larger volume of timber than it did 160 years ago, thanks to their...

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• The Island Is A Canoe

  The Island Is a Canoe" focuses on the revival of traditional Native Hawaiian food forests and agroforestry practices. The film highlights how these practices, disrupted by Western influence, are being revitalized to improve food security and...

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• Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World

  The "Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World" lesson plan emphasizes the importance of Indigenous knowledge and practices in addressing environmental challenges, particularly climate change. It highlights the deep connection Indigenous...

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• You Are the Land

  You Are the Land is a wonderful read-aloud book for the early elementary classroom. The book via a rhyming text and beautiful watercolor illustrations reminds the reader that they are a part of the world around them. Each page compares the reader’s...

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• Fast Fashion's Environmental and Human Costs

  Given the popularity of trendy clothes with young people in particular, the video reveals the poor working conditions and some of the environmental impacts of the fast fashion industry. Journalist Iman Amrani discusses the results of her investigation...

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• World Habitat Day

  The World Habitat Day resource is a flexible four-activity guide that addresses the importance of biodiversity.  Its aim is to provide students with achievable actions that they can take to support the natural habitat that surrounds them. The activities...

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• Climate Action! How can we mitigate human impacts on the atmosphere?

  With this comprehensive guide students will explore human connections to the atmosphere and how human-caused changes to the atmosphere impact themselves and their communities.  They take on the role of action researchers with the task of identifying...

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• Exploring Habitats

  Exploring Habitats is an engaging resource that will help students gain an understanding of habitats as areas that provide plants and animals with the necessities of life. They will also learn how to make inferences from the data that they collect from...

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• Oil Spill Solutions

  Oil Spill Solutions is a STEM resource in which students learn about the work of engineers and the engineering design process with a focus on oil spills and their impact on the environment. The primary activity will have the students working in groups...

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• A Day with Yayah

  Set in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, A Day with Yayah follows a First Nations family as they go out to forage for herbs, mushrooms, and other plants. Guided by their grandmother, Yayah, the children learn the names of plants and foods in their...

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• Learning from the Land

  The video highlights the importance of Indigenous-led, land-based education and the deep connections between people, culture, and the natural world. Guided by Elders and Knowledge Keepers, it shows how learning from the land involves understanding relationships...

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• Choosing Earth's Climate Future

  Students examine examples of three interconnected responses of humans to the changing climate- suffering, adaptation and mitigation- and based on their findings and analysis, describe how climate change is impacting the earth's systems now as well as...

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• Elements of Art - Textures in Our Environment

  Indigenous art reflects spiritual beliefs and cultural heritage, while often emphasizing respectful relationships with the land and waters that sustain life. This outdoor activity introduces students to texture as an element of art through the discovery...

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