Chilcotin Oral Storytelling

Big Idea(s):

• Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Everyone has a unique story to share.
• Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.

Curricular Competencies:

• Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of self, identity, and community
• Recognize the importance of story in personal, family, and community identity
• Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to stories and other texts to make meaning

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • elements of story
  • literary elements and devices
  • vocabulary to talk about texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies

Big Idea(s):

• Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Everyone has a unique story to share.
• Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.

Curricular Competencies:

• Use foundational concepts of print, oral, and visual texts
• Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of self, identity, and community
• Recognize the importance of story in personal, family, and community identity
• Show awareness of how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to family and community.
• Explore oral storytelling processes.

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • elements of story
  • literary elements and devices
  • vocabulary to talk about texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies

Big Idea(s):

• Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Everyone has a unique story to share.
• Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.

Curricular Competencies:

• Use foundational concepts of print, oral, and visual texts
• Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of self, identity, and community
• Recognize the importance of story in personal, family, and community identity
• Show awareness of how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to family and community.
• Explore oral storytelling processes.

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • elements of story
  • literary elements and devices
  • vocabulary to talk about texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies

Big Idea(s):

• Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Stories and other texts help us learn about ourselves, our families, and our communities.

Curricular Competencies:

• Use developmentally appropriate reading, listening, and viewing strategies to make meaning.
• Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of self, identity, and community.
• Explain the role that story plays in personal, family, and community identity.
• Recognize the structure and elements of story.
• Show awareness of how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to family and community.
• Develop awareness of how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to land.

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • elements of story
  • functions and genres of stories and other texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.

Curricular Competencies:

• Recognize the role of language in personal, social, and cultural identity.
• Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and deepen understanding of self, community, and world.
• Demonstrate awareness of the oral tradition in First Peoples cultures and the purposes of First Peoples texts.
• Identify how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to land.

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • forms, functions, and genres of text
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.

Curricular Competencies:

• Explain the role of language in personal, social, and cultural identity.
• Demonstrate awareness of the oral tradition in First Peoples cultures and the purposes of First Peoples texts.
• Identify how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to land.
• Use oral storytelling processes.

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • forms, functions, and genres of text
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
• Exploring and sharing multiple perspectives extends our thinking.

Curricular Competencies:

• Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, and visual texts, guide inquiry, and extend thinking.
• Recognize and appreciate how different features, forms, and genres of texts reflect various purposes, audiences, and messages.
• Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts.
• Recognize how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identity.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.
• Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Use and experiment with oral storytelling processes.

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • forms, functions, and genres of text
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
• Exploring and sharing multiple perspectives extends our thinking.

Curricular Competencies:

• Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, and visual texts, guide inquiry, and extend thinking.
• Recognize and appreciate how different features, forms, and genres of texts reflect various purposes, audiences, and messages.
• Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts.
• Recognize how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identity.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.
• Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Recognize the validity of First Peoples oral tradition for a range of purposes.

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • forms, functions, and genres of text
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, and historically constructed.

Curricular Competencies:

• Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, and visual texts, guide inquiry, and extend thinking.
• Recognize and appreciate how different features, forms, and genres of texts reflect various purposes, audiences, and messages.
• Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts.
• Recognize how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identity.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.
• Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Develop an awareness of the protocols and ownership associated with First Peoples texts.

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • forms, functions, and genres of text
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
• Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, and historically constructed.

Curricular Competencies:

• Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, and visual texts, guide inquiry, and extend thinking.
• Recognize and appreciate how different features, forms, and genres of texts reflect various purposes, audiences, and messages.
• Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts.
• Recognize how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identity.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.
• Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Develop an awareness of the protocols and ownership associated with First Peoples texts.
• Develop an awareness of the diversity within and across First Peoples societies represented in texts.
• Recognize the influence of place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts.

Concepts & Content:

• Story/text
  • forms, functions, and genres of text
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their world views and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.

Curricular Competencies:

• Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Recognize and appreciate the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts.
• Recognize and appreciate the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts.
• Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts.
• Recognize personal, social, and cultural contexts, as well as values and perspectives in texts.
• Explore how language constructs personal and cultural identities.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.

Concepts & Content:

• Text forms and genres
• Text features and structures
  • narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
  • protocols related to ownership of First Peoples oral texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their world views and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• Language shapes ideas and influences others.

Curricular Competencies:

• Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Recognize and appreciate the diversity among First Peoples cultures, as represented in oral and other texts.
• Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform writing.
• Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts.
• Explore the role of personal and social contexts, values, and perspectives in texts.
• Explore how language constructs personal and cultural identities.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.

Concepts & Content:

• Text forms and text genres, including creative spoken forms
• Text features and structures
  • oral text features and structures
  • narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
  • First Peoples oral traditions and oral texts
  • protocols related to ownership of First Peoples oral texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of text and story deepens understanding of one’s identity, others, and the world.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• First Peoples texts and stories provide insight into key aspects of Canada’s past, present, and future.
• Self-representation through authentic First Peoples text is a means to foster justice.
• First Peoples text plays a role within the process of Reconciliation.

Curricular Competencies:

• Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Recognize and appreciate the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts.
• Apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to guide inquiry, extend thinking, and comprehend texts.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.
• Recognize the impact of personal, social, and cultural identities in First Peoples texts.
• Assess the authenticity of First Peoples texts.
• Use the conventions of First Peoples and other Canadian spelling, syntax, and diction proficiently and as appropriate to the context.

Concepts & Content:

• Common themes in First Peoples texts
• Reconciliation in Canada
• First Peoples oral traditions
  • purposes of First Peoples oral texts
• Protocols
  • protocols related to ownership and use of First Peoples oral texts
• Text features and structures
  • narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples’ texts
  • form, function, and genre of texts
• Strategies and processes
  • metacognitive strategies
  • oral language strategies

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of oral text and story deepens understanding of one’s identity, others, and the world.
• Voice is powerful and evocative.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• First Peoples oral text plays a role within the process of Reconciliation.

Curricular Competencies:

• Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Recognize and appreciate the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts.
• Apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to guide inquiry, extend thinking, and comprehend oral and other texts.
• Recognize how language constructs and reflects personal and cultural identities.
• Explain the role of oral traditions in First Peoples cultures, in historical and contemporary contexts.
• Recognize the influence of land/place in First Peoples oral texts.
• Use the conventions of First Peoples and other Canadian spelling, syntax, and diction proficiently and as appropriate to the context.

Concepts & Content:

• Common themes in First Peoples texts
• Reconciliation in Canada
• First Peoples oral traditions
  • purposes of First Peoples oral texts
  • a variety of First Peoples oral texts
• Protocols
  • protocols related to the ownership and use of First Peoples oral texts
  • situating oneself in relation to others and place
• Text features and structures
  • narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples oral and other texts
  • form, function, and genre of oral and other texts
• Strategies and processes
  • metacognitive strategies
  • oral language strategies

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their world views and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• Language shapes ideas and influences others.

Curricular Competencies:

• Recognize and understand the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Recognize and understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts.
• Understand the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts.
• Recognize and understand how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identities.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.
• Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understandings and extend thinking.

Concepts & Content:

• Text features and structures
  • form, function, and genre of texts
  • narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
  • protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts
• Strategies and processes
  • metacognitive strategies
  • oral language strategies

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• Language shapes ideas and influences others.

Curricular Competencies:

• Recognize and understand the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Recognize and understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts.
• Understand the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts.
• Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources.
• Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts.
• Recognize and understand how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identities.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.

Concepts & Content:

• Text features and structures
  • form, function, and genre of texts
  • oral language features and structures
  • narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
  • protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts
  • legal status of First Peoples oral tradition in Canada
• Strategies and processes
  • metacognitive strategies
  • oral language strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of text and story deepens understanding of one’s identity, others, and the world.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• First Peoples texts and stories provide insight into key aspects of Canada’s past, present, and future.
• Self-representation through authentic First Peoples text is a means to foster justice.

Curricular Competencies:

• Demonstrate awareness of how First Peoples languages and texts reflect their cultures, knowledge, histories, and worldviews
• Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources and evaluate its relevance, accuracy, and reliability
• Demonstrate understanding of how language constructs and reflects personal, social, and cultural identities
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world
• Recognize and understand the role of story and oral traditions in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view
• Recognize and understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts
• Assess the authenticity of First Peoples texts
• Recognize the influence of land/place in First Peoples texts
• Use the conventions of First Peoples and other Canadian spelling, syntax, and diction proficiently and as appropriate to the context

Concepts & Content:

• A wide variety of BC, Canadian, and global First Peoples texts
• Common themes in First Peoples texts
• Reconciliation in Canada
• First Peoples oral traditions
  • the legal status of First Peoples oral traditions in Canada
  • purposes of oral texts
• Protocols
  • protocols related to ownership and use of First Peoples texts
  • situating oneself in relation to others and place
• Text features and structures
  • narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of oral text and story deepens understanding of one's identity, others, and the world.
• First Peoples texts and stories provide insight into key aspects of Canada’s past, present, and future
• Oral and other texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• First Peoples voices and texts play a role within the process of Reconciliation.
• Self-representation through authentic First Peoples text is a means to foster justice.

Curricular Competencies:

• Demonstrate understanding of how First Peoples languages and texts reflect their cultures, knowledge, histories, and worldviews.
• Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform development of oral texts.
• Demonstrate understanding of how language constructs and reflects personal, social, and cultural identities.
• Recognize and understand the roles of story and oral traditions in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Recognize and understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts.
• Assess the authenticity of First Peoples texts.
• Understand the influence of land/place in First Peoples oral and other texts.
• Use the conventions of First Peoples and other Canadian spelling, syntax, and diction proficiently and as appropriate to the context.

Concepts & Content:

• A wide variety of BC, Canadian, and global First Peoples texts
• A wide variety of text forms and genres
• Common themes in First Peoples texts
• Reconciliation in Canada
• First Peoples oral traditions
  • the legal status of First Peoples oral traditions in Canada
  • purposes of oral texts
  • the relationship between oral tradition and land/place
• Protocols
  • protocols related to the ownership and use of First Peoples oral texts
  • situating oneself in relation to others and place
• Text features and structures
  • narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples texts
  • form, function, and genre of oral and other texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies
  • oral storytelling techniques
• Language features, structures, and conventions
  • features of oral language

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• The examination of First Peoples cultures and lived experiences through text builds understanding of Canadians’ responsibilities in relation to Reconciliation.

Curricular Competencies:

• Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Recognize the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts.
• Recognize the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts.
• Select and apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts, to guide inquiry, and to extend thinking.
• Appreciate and understand how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identities.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.

Concepts & Content:

• Reconciliation in Canada
• Text features and structures
  • form, function, and genre of texts
  • narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
  • protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts
  • the legal status of First Peoples oral tradition in Canada
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.

Curricular Competencies:

• Understand and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
• Understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts.
• Understand the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts.
• Select and apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts, to guide inquiry, and to transform thinking.
• Appreciate and understand how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identities.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.

Concepts & Content:

• Appropriation and reclamation of voice
• Text features and structures
  • form, function, and genre of texts
  • features and structures of First Peoples texts
  • narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
  • protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies

Big Idea(s):

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
• Oral and other texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• First Peoples texts and stories provide insight into key aspects of Canada’s past, present, and future.
• Self-representation through authentic First Peoples textis a means to foster justice.
• First Peoples voices and texts play a role within the process of Reconciliation.

Curricular Competencies:

• Analyze how First Peoples languages and texts reflect their cultures, knowledge, histories, and worldviews.
• Appreciate and understand how language constructs and reflects personal, social, and cultural identities.
• Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world.
• Demonstrate understanding of the role of story and oral traditions in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs and points of view.
• Analyze the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts.
• Assess the authenticity of First Peoples texts.
• Analyze the influence of land/place in First Peoples texts.
• Examine the significance of terms/words from First Peoples languages used in English texts.

Concepts & Content:

• A wide variety of BC, Canadian, and global First Peoples texts
• A wide variety of text forms and genres
• Common themes in First Peoples literature
• Reconciliation in Canada
• First Peoples oral traditions
  • the legal status of First Peoples oral traditions in Canada
  • purposes of oral texts
  • the relationship between oral tradition and land/place
• Protocols
  • protocols related to ownership and use of First Peoples oral texts
  • acknowledgement of territory
  • situating oneself in relation to others and place
  • processes related to protocols and expectations when engaging with First Nations communities and Aboriginal organizations
• Text features and structures
  • narrative structures, including those found in First Peoples texts
• Strategies and processes
  • oral language strategies
  • metacognitive strategies

Big Idea(s):

• Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities.

Curricular Competencies:

• Explain why people’s beliefs, values, worldviews, experiences, and roles give them different perspectives on people, places, issues, or events (perspective).

Concepts & Content:

• Diverse characteristics of communities and cultures in Canada and around the world, including at least one Canadian First Peoples community and culture.
• Relationships between people and the environment in different communities.

Big Idea(s):

• Learning about indigenous peoples nurtures multicultural awareness and respect for diversity.
• Indigenous knowledge is passed down through oral history, traditions, and collective memory.
• Indigenous societies throughout the world value the well-being of the self, the land, spirits, and ancestors.

Curricular Competencies:

• Explain why people, events, or places are significant to various individuals and groups (significance).
• Ask questions, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the content and features of different types of sources (evidence).
• Recognize the causes and consequences of events, decisions, or developments (cause and consequence).
• Explain why people’s beliefs, values, worldviews, experiences, and roles give them different perspectives on people, places, issues, or events.

Concepts & Content:

• Cultural characteristics and ways of life of local First Peoples and global indigenous peoples
  • aspects of life shared by and common to peoples and cultures.
• Interconnections of cultural and technological innovations of global and local indigenous peoples.
• Oral history, traditional stories, and artifacts as evidence about past First Peoples cultures.
• Relationship between humans and their environment.

Big Idea(s):

• Cultural expressions convey the richness, diversity, and resiliency of B.C. First Peoples.
• Understanding the diversity and complexity of cultural expressions in one culture enhances our understanding of other cultures.
• Indigenous peoples are reclaiming mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being despite the continuing effects of colonialism.

Curricular Competencies:

• Assess the significance of people, places, events, phenomena, ideas, or developments (significance).
• Assess the credibility and justifiability of evidence, data, and interpretations (evidence).
• Infer and explain different perspectives on people, places, events, phenomena, ideas, or developments (perspective).

Concepts & Content:

• Colonialism and contemporary issues for indigenous people in Canada and around the world.
• Diversity of B.C. First Peoples territories and communities.
• Sacred texts, traditions, and narratives of cultures.

Big Idea(s):

• The identities, worldviews, and languages of B.C. First Peoples are renewed, sustained, and transformed through their connection to the land.
• Cultural expressions convey the richness, diversity, and resiliency of B.C. First Peoples.

Curricular Competencies:

• Assess the significance of people, events, places, issues, or developments in the past and present (significance).
• Assess the connectedness or the reciprocal relationship between people and place (cause and consequence).
• Explain different perspectives on past and present people, places, issues, or events, and distinguish between worldviews of today and the past (perspective).
• Using appropriate protocols, interpret a variety of sources, including local stories or oral traditions, and Indigenous ways of knowing (holistic, experiential, reflective, and relational experiences, and memory) to contextualize different events in the past and present (evidence).

Concepts & Content:

• Traditional territories of the B.C. First Nations and relationships with the land.
• Role of oral tradition for B.C. First Peoples.