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Chippewas of Georgina Island

First Nation,Grade 5

Big Ideas
CURRICULUM
CONNECTIONS Citizens and governments must work together in order to address
The Ontario Curriculum (2018) issues effectively and fairly.
Social Studies Grades 1 to 6,
History and Geography Grades Framing Questions
7 and 8
• How are treaties important in the relationship between Indigenous
Overall Expectations: B1. assess peoples and non-Indigenous peoples?
responses of governments in
• How might a better understanding of our relationship to land and
Canada, including First Nations,
Métis, and Inuit governments, water mean respecting the treaties for all?
to some significant issues,
and develop plans of action
for governments and Background Information
citizens to address social and
Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation Resource Book:
environmental issues
B2. use the social studies Pages 55 to 56, Treaty Rights: These pages define treaties and
inquiry process to investigate treaty rights, with a focus on the Williams Treaties.
Canadian social and/or
Page 69 to 71, The Williams Treaties: A Chronology of Events: A
environmental issues from
various perspectives, including linear history from 1690–2018 is provided on these pages.
those of Indigenous peoples as
Page 57, Harvesting Rights: This page describes how rights to hunt,
well as of the level (or levels)
trap, gather, and fish have been contested. It was not until 2012
of government responsible for
addressing the issues that Williams Treaties signatories were able to hunt and fish in
their traditional territory for personal use without a license.
Specific Expectations: B1.1
assess the effectiveness of
actions taken by one or more
levels of government, including
Emotional (Relate) Activating Prior Knowledge,
Indigenous governments, to
address an issue of national, Minds On
provincial/territorial, and/or
Opening Circle
local significance
Prompting Questions:
B2.1 formulate questions to
• How is water important to you, and how might water impact your
guide investigations into
social and/or environmental way of life today?
issues in Canada from various • How have the Williams Treaties honoured the right to fish and
perspectives, including the
harvest from the land?
perspective of the level
(or levels) of government
responsible for addressing
the issues

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