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Rhythms of Resilience: Raps, Rhymes, and Improvisations Celebrating the Music and Culture of Indigenous Peoples

Grades 4-12

Guide rhythmic exploration and self-expression in your classroom with structured exercises and improvisation. Boost confidence in rhythm, instrument playing,...

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Residential Schools in Canada

Grades 4-12

Canada’s residential schools had profound and ongoing impacts on First Nations communities. Poetry and stories from survivors focused on themes of loss, resilience,...

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Métis Songs, Stories, and Symbols Celebrating the Music and Culture of Indigenous Peoples

Grades 3-9

Share the culture and traditions of the Métis with your students, including symbols, key figures, music, and dance. Use lesson plans on Métis arts, cultural...

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First Nations Music for Land, Love, and Laughter Celebrating the Music and Culture of Indigenous Peoples

Grades K-12

Bring First Nations culture to your students through lessons on music's role in spiritual healing, nature connection, and knowledge sharing. Use ready-to-go...

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Nitohta: Listen to Earthsounds A Teacher Resource Guide on Listening and Creating

Grades K-12

This resource is created from an Indigenous perspective to encourage and inspire students to be creative and to build a relationship with their environment through...

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Listen Up, Canada! Teacher's guide inspired by the music and pedagogy of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer

Grades 3-6

You have probably heard the music of an orchestra before, but composer R. Murray Schafer takes it to a whole new level. Would you believe he used a snowmobile as an...

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Let’s Go Mozart! A Resource Kit for Elementary School Teachers

Grades 4-6

Discover Mozart’s life, times, travels, and music, read a new work – “Buzz, Moz, and the Bees” – by award-winning Canadian author Roch Carrier; and enjoy the...

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Arts for Sustainable Futures An Educator’s Guide to Sustainability in the Arts Classroom

Grades 7-12

Prepared for an eclectic body of artists and educators, this resource first highlights the various ways that art intersects with the world around us — from...

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Across Turtle Island: Colouring Pages and Indigenous Languages Syilx, Saulteaux, Anishinàbemowin (Algonquin), Cree, and Inuktitut

Grades 1-6

Join us in colouring in these pages with Indigenous words from across Turtle Island featuring artwork created by Indigenous artists from the regions where these...

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Amalkay: Bringing Mi’kmaq Music and Dance Into the Classroom With Richard and Julie Pellissier-Lush

Grades 1-6

This resource is intended to increase Indigenous knowledge and develop skills in singing and dancing in Mi’kmaq while having fun. Having this knowledge at a young...

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Rhythms of Resilience: Raps, Rhymes, and Improvisations Celebrating the Music and Culture of Indigenous Peoples

Residential Schools in Canada

Métis Songs, Stories, and Symbols Celebrating the Music and Culture of Indigenous Peoples

First Nations Music for Land, Love, and Laughter Celebrating the Music and Culture of Indigenous Peoples

Nitohta: Listen to Earthsounds A Teacher Resource Guide on Listening and Creating

Listen Up, Canada! Teacher's guide inspired by the music and pedagogy of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer

Let’s Go Mozart! A Resource Kit for Elementary School Teachers

Arts for Sustainable Futures An Educator’s Guide to Sustainability in the Arts Classroom

Across Turtle Island: Colouring Pages and Indigenous Languages Syilx, Saulteaux, Anishinàbemowin (Algonquin), Cree, and Inuktitut

Amalkay: Bringing Mi’kmaq Music and Dance Into the Classroom With Richard and Julie Pellissier-Lush

More for the whole family!

Video on-demand

NAC Podcasts

Arts resources

Support Performing Arts Learning and Engagement!