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Possible Actions:
• Write to the Prime Minister of Canada, asking him or her why
MSIFN doesn’t have access to clean drinking water
• Write a persuasive letter to the Prime Minister of Canada,
explaining why all people should have access to clean
drinking water STUDENT HANDOUTS
• Create a media text (bulletin board/poster, podcast, radio See BLM S3.2: Drinking Water
on the Mississaugas of Scugog
announcement, video, etc.) to inform other students and staff
Island First Nation, BLM S3.3:
in the school about the struggle for access to clean water on The Mississaugas of Scugog
Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation Island First Nation, and Grade 3
Pictures to Accompany Lesson
• Tie activities into World Water Day
slide show (see online link for
• Create a school-wide challenge slide show)

Differentiated Instruction
SOURCES
• Students who struggle with writing can record their thoughts Snache, I. (2005). Rama First
using technology (Google Read and Write; worksheets can be Nation Ojibwe Language
uploaded to Google Docs) Dictionary. Chippewas of Rama.
• Students would benefit from pre-teaching vocabulary necessary Ogemawahj Tribal Council.
(2019). Mississaugas of Scugog
for developing an understanding of this lesson
Island First Nation Resource
• Provide charts (with vocabulary) for students to refer to during Book. Nelson.
discussions and during writing
• Heterogeneous grouping SUGGESTIONS FOR
• Break lessons up into four parts, rather than two FURTHER READING
Lessons for Grade 3 about
Cross-Curricular Ideas water: EduGAINs website
Information about Indigenous
The Arts: Engage in role-play to act out the struggle the MSIFN have
Knowledge and Science: First
had with the water and interactions with the government. Create
Nations, Métis & Inuit Education
media (art, poster, bulletin board) to share what they’ve learned with Association of Ontario website
others in the school. Create art in response to how students are feeling Inquiry-based Learning: Ontario
about the MSIFN not having access to clean drinking water. Ministry of Education Capacity
Building Series website
Science and Technology: Learn about wild rice harvesting and
Indigenous Science in the
cranberry picking (and how the flooding of Lake Scugog affects the Classroom: Science Teachers’
plants). Learn about how contamination of soil affects living things. Association of Ontario website
All links are available on the
Mathematics: Use problem-solving model to (hypothetically) find weblinks list.
out cost to build a water treatment plant. Use inquiry model to
(hypothetically) find out the length of piping required to pump water
to all of the major buildings on the reserve (focusing on kilometres).

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