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Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Grade 7

Big Ideas
CURRICULUM
CONNECTIONS Gain an understanding of the perspectives of First Nations, government,
and settlers; the purpose or intended purpose of treaties to each group;
The Ontario Curriculum (2018)
and the consequences of the treaties on each of the parties..
Social Studies Grades 1 to 6,
History and Geography Grades
7 and 8 Framing Questions

Overall Expectations: A1. • What is a treaty? What types of concerns would be included in
analyze aspects of the a treaty?
experiences of various groups
• What are some examples of traditional agreements made by First
and communities, including
Nations? How are they different than a treaty?
First Nations, Métis, and
Inuit communities, in Canada • What were some of the treaties made in the 1700 to 1800s? How
between 1713 and 1800, and do they affect First Nations groups today?
compare them to the lives of
people in present-day Canada
A3. describe various Background Information
significant people, events,
Chippewas of Rama First Nation Resource Book:
and developments, including
treaties, in Canada between Pages 55 to 56, Treaty Rights. This section defines treaties and the
1713 and 1800, and explain their
issues that have arisen when the government has not honoured
impact
the treaty promises
Specific Expectations: A1.3
analyze the displacement Pages 59 to 60, Land Claims. A land claim is a claim made by a
experienced by various groups First Nation that the federal government has not lived up to its
and communities, including promises regarding the legal right to land. Three major land claim
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit settlements—1999 Collins Treaty, 2012 Coldwater-Narrows Specific,
communities, who were living
2018 Williams Treaties—are explained.
in or who came to Canada
between 1713 and 1800, and
compare it with present-day
examples of displacement Emotional (Relate) Activating Prior Knowledge,
A3.2 identify a few key treaties Minds On
of relevance to Indigenous
people during this period, Opening Circle
including wampum belts Prompting Questions:
exchanged, and explain the
• What is a treaty? Who were the parties involved in treaties?
significance of some of these
agreements for different • What were the consequences of treaties and how do they affect
people and communities in First Nations people today?
Canada
Divide students in groups of three to play the card game from the
“What Are Treaties?” lesson of Full Circle: First Nations, Metis, Inuit
Ways of Knowing (a Common Threads Resource): link on weblinks list

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