Elementary School Social Emotional Learning Cultural Activities
The Medicine Wheel - Indigenous Education
By West Coast Indigenous Teacher
Discover the Indigenous Medicine Wheel through this social-emotional learning and goal-setting activity, complete with a lesson handout. Students explore the four aspects of well-being and apply them to their lives. Craft your own Medicine Wheel and set personal goals aligned with its teachings. Ideal for grades 3 and above, this resource offers a transformative journey into self-awareness and holistic wellness.
Page 1: Lesson Plan for teachers
Page 2: All About the medicine wheel (handout)
Page 3: The medicine wheel (black and white)
Page 4: My medicine wheel (coloured)
Page 5: Making our own medicine wheel (Activity #1)
Page 6: Making our own medicine wheel (example)
Page 7: Setting goals with the medicine wheel (Activity #2)
Page 8: Setting goals with the medicine wheel (example)
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The Colors of Us Resource | Multicultural Education | Beginning of School Year
By Sweet Maple Teaching
This resource focuses on the story "The Colors of Us" by Karen Katz. It includes the tools you need to teach students about skin color and how to love and appreciate the way that they're made. Use these materials to get your students realizing how special their color is.
What's included:
- This resource was made specifically to use "Colors Around the World" Crayola multicultural crayons (24 pack).
- 7 printable activities available in full-page activity worksheets
- Cards for students to write their special color on and keep in their pencil boxes for the year. Students can remember their exact skin color when they/peers want to draw a portrait.
- Engaging whole group movement activities.
- ELA focused materials to go along with the story "The Colors of Us."
- Bulletin board decor to go along with the theme "The Colors of Us."
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