Art & Reconciliation (7-9)
Delve into deeper understandings of sacred resources, Indigenous history, and artistic practices of the Northwest Coast. This program will:
Provide an intermediate understanding about the significance of art
Give examples of how museums can take part in reconciliation through the repatriation of cultural objects and intangible property (language, song etc.)
Introduces students to discriminatory policies, the continuing effects of colonialism, Indigenous governance, and belief systems.
Curriculum
*Please note that, with concerns of COVID-19, a virtual option is offered for each education program for a flat rate of $150.00.
Each program reflects age-appropriate subjects and ideas and are connected to the BC Curriculum page.
Grade 7:
Geographic conditions shaped the emergence of civilizations.
Religious and cultural practices that emerged during this period have endured and continue to influence people.
Increasingly complex societies required new systems of laws and government.
Economic specialization and trade networks can lead to conflict and cooperation between societies.
Grade 8:
Contacts and conflicts between peoples stimulated significant cultural, social, political change.
Human and environmental factors shape changes in population and living standards.
Exploration, expansion, and colonization had varying consequences for different groups.
Changing ideas about the world created tension between people wanting to adopt new ideas and those wanting to preserve established traditions.
Grade 9:
Emerging ideas and ideologies profoundly influence societies and events.
The physical environment influences the nature of political, social, and economic change.
Disparities in power alter the balance of relationships between individuals and between societies.
Collective identity is constructed and can change over time.