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Tell the online story, “Wild Rice an Ojibwe legend,” retold by Heather Specific Expectations:
Cardinal and Becky Maki; link on weblinks list. This story is meant to be A2.2 gather and organize
information and evidence
told, rather than read.
about perspectives of
On a separate piece of chart paper, write down all the questions different groups and
students have about wild rice. These student-generated questions are communities, including
First Nations, Métis, and/
the guiding questions that you will try to have answered at the end of
or Inuit communities, on
the lesson or unit.
some significant events,
developments, and/or issues
Physical (Reveal) Action, Hands On that affected Canada and/
or people in Canada during
1. Building Knowledge: Using the videos and text from the Resource
this period, using a variety of
section, build student knowledge about wild rice, its harvesting
primary sources
method, value, and importance.
Suggestions:
– Watch a video clip of Jeff Beaver harvesting wild rice; link on ANISHINAABEMOWIN
weblinks list. LANGUAGE
CONNECTIONS
– View a slide show lesson about wild rice from the Science
Teachers of Ontario; link on weblinks list. wild rice: manoomin
(mun-oh-min)
– Visit the Native Wild Rice Coalition website and read about
Ojibwe people:
the cultural importance of wild rice; link on weblinks list.
Anishinaabe (uh-nish-ih-naw-
– Contact the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board beh)
Indigenous Education Office to invite appropriate and canoe: jiimaan (jee-mawn)
vetted speakers/experts. rice knockers: bawa’iganaak
(bah-wah – ih-gun-awk)
2. Textural Knowledge: Pass around samples of manoomin. You will
probably not be able to get real manoomin unless you contact a
First Nation Community like Alderville or the Black Oak Savannah
in Alderville. You may need to purchase commercial grade wild rice
to provide a similar textural experience.
Cook some wild rice and bring it into the classroom. Have
everyone taste it. There are a lot of recipes online; try to find MATERIALS
Indigenous sources. See the weblinks list for one recipe. 1. manoomin (wild rice)

2. art paper
Connections to Land
3. pencil crayons
Digital Research (independent or guided)
4. markers
Art: Manoomin was a staple food that helped people survive the harsh
winter season. Describe Anishinaabe life on the land several hundred
years ago.

Do: Draw that scene or use digital images to create the picture of your
understanding of that lifestyle. Keep these drawings to review later at
the Closing Circle. “How accurate were your drawings and knowledge
compared to the opening circle?”

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