Description

Manitoba Residential Schools: Resource Bundles for Nursery to Grade  12 supports educators, parents, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and First Nations members in telling students the truth about residential schools in Manitoba in a good way. Educators can introduce students to the history of residential schools, stories of survivors, recent actions toward reconciliation, and ways of healing from residential school experiences and historical intergenerational trauma, supported by Elders and Knowledge Keepers.

The bundles contain classroom resources such as background information, lesson plans, blackline masters, videos, maps, timelines, and planning templates to help learners understand why assimilation was imposed and how residential schools impacted First Nations identity, languages, and cultures in Manitoba. The stories, songs, and activities are grouped into age- and grade-appropriate sections, all inspired by the experiences and traditions of the five First Nations Peoples in Manitoba: Anishinaabe, Anisininewak, Dakota, Denesuline, and Ininiwak.

The resource is organized into four bundles or collections of resources wrapped together to support learning and teaching about residential schools:
Moccasin Bundle – Purpose and History
Our Stories Bundle – Voices of Truth
Orange Shirt Bundle – Reconciliation (Actions)
Heart Bundle – Our Healing Journey

A companion resource, Our Healing Journey Handbook, seeks to further support students, residential school survivors, their families, school staff, and others as they navigate through the history and teachings found in these re-source bundles.