Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.

Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.

Fish Trap Lesson from SD71

Suggested Grades: ALL

Driving Questions

  •  What is important about the fish traps in the Comox Harbour?
  • What can you learn about and from the K’omoks First Nation by studying the fish traps?

Learning Intentions

  •  Thinking critically; making meaningful personal connections; inferring from
    photographs; connecting and engaging with others to share and develop ideas…
  • What is important about the fish traps?

Materials

Curricular Competencies

Science/Social Studies/Language Arts:

  • Processing and analyzing data and information
  • Comprehending and connecting
  • Communicating
  • Working cooperatively to confirm what they have learned

Community Connection

Contact Project Watershed or the Aboriginal Education Department to demonstrate this activity at your class or on a field trip.

projectwatershed@gmail.com

Layne and Brenda of 40 KNOTS with Caitlin Pierzchalski ~ L.Stewart