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• Western and Northern Canada Protocol Common Curriculum Framework for Aboriginal Language and Culture Programs K-12
  • The Common Curriculum Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Culture Programs K-12 is a support document for schools within the western provinces and three territories (Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories) wishing to develop curricula, learning resources or strategies dealing with Aboriginal cultures and languages. It is a framework that reflects the universal values and beliefs inherent in Aboriginal cultures. The outcomes provided are to be interpreted and specified by local developers based on the strength of their language, the availability of cultural resources and the expressed language goals of their community. The framework will continue to be implemented in Yukon schools on a gradual basis
• Sequence of Cultural Outcomes
• The cultural outcomes in the Framework are specified for six levels. The perspectives, values, practices and products of the culture are studied with a different emphasis at each level.
  
  Level 1: Kindergarten (or Early Childhood Services) to Grade 1
  Level 2: Grade 2 and Grade 3
  The cultural values and perspectives of the students’ extended families and their traditional territory are explored and experienced in greater depth.
  Level 3: Grades 4 to 6
  Students examine and experience the culture of the community or Nation to appreciate better the ways in which the perspectives and values of the culture are maintained and strengthened in today’s world.
  Level 4: Grade 7 and Grade 8
  The traditional culture is studied through oral tradition and research in order that students understand how the perspectives were evidenced in precontact times.
  Levels 5 and 6: Grades 9 to 12
  Students study the effect of the forces of history—contact and colonization—upon the lives and perspectives of the Aboriginal people. In addition, current issues affecting Aboriginal people are analyzed from the Aboriginal perspective.
• Early Reader Books
• Grade 5 Unit on Yukon First Nation- Traditional Governance
  • A Working Group for YFN 5: Governance was established in 2005 and is comprised of members from each of the eight Yukon First Nation languages groups and includes Elder representation. The working group is to review the development of the unit to reflect Yukon First Nation cultures, histories and perspectives. In this unit, students will develop an understanding of YFN governance in a pre-contact setting. This will include oral traditions, First Nation languages, traditional territories, clan systems, traditional laws, citizenship, potlatches and traditional ways of governance. The Department of Education will pilot the draft unit of YFN 5 in Yukon schools in the fall of 2006 and it will be integrated into the regular social studies program for grade 5. *
• Yukon First Nations 12: Law and the Land Course
  • The Yukon First Nation 12 course will focus on Yukon First Nations' governance and land claims. It will describe historical and contemporary events through a selection of articles (descriptions of events) and essays (opinion and perspectives) mainly from mainly Yukon writers. Other features in the student text will include biographies of some YFN individuals involved in the land claim process, case studies specific to Yukon First Nations, a chronological time line, and activities and projects that will encourage going beyond the classroom. The Yukon First Nation 12 course will meet one of the required courses for graduation, will provide the students with grade 12 credits and will have a departmental exam. *
• Grade 12 English First Nation People
• Lessons Taught, Lessons Learned / Rabbit Snaring & Language Arts NEW
• Project Caribou NEW
• Techer Cyber Guide - Crow & Weasel NEW

* Exerpt from Teachers Handbook 2006-2007