Names of Water

Students research the original Indigenous names for local waterways and create a map with those names.

Program Details

Learning Environment: Classroom, online
Season: Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter, All
Duration: 1 class
Grade: 8
Subject Area: Geography
Content Type: Activity
Curriculum Link: Science and Technology: E1.2 Geography: A2.3

Bundle: Water
Contaminants in the Environment, Indigenous Knowledge Systems

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Names of Water

Materials:

Water Place Names.pdf; Computers for research; Poster board/paper; Markers to make maps

Instructions:

Language emerges from the geography of a place. As a result, language revitalization can recreate Indigenous knowledge and instructions regarding how to care for the earth.
In this activity students find and map the Indigenous names of the rivers/lakes they live near OR recreate the map of Ontario and label the major bodies of water with their original names.
Use Water Place Names.pdf to facilitate this activity.
The following source(s) can also be utilized to help facilitate this activity.
- https://greatlakes.guide/ideas/the-great-lakes-through-traditional-languages
- https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/fp/fpz2d06e.html

Water Place Names

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