Indigenous Peoples and the Land · Time Immemorial to Present
Indigenous Inventions and Contributions
Recognizing the technologies and knowledge shared by Indigenous peoples, such as the canoe, snowshoes, and medicinal plants.
Key Questions
- 1What Indigenous inventions do we still use today?
- 2How did traditional knowledge help early settlers?
- 3Why is it important to credit Indigenous innovations?
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
ON: Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, 1780–1850 - Grade 3
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Social Studies
Unit: Indigenous Peoples and the Land
Period: Time Immemorial to Present
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