"Comprehensive lesson plans with background information, teaching suggestions, activities, web connections, and linemasters. Also includes advice for introducing Aboriginal perspectives into the classroom."--Publisher.

Supports the study of First Nations and Métis cultures.

About Turtle Island : Introduction -- Turtle Island -- Turtle Island Voices -- Culture Areas of Canada -- Teachings from Turtle Island -- World View: Cycles, Humans, and Nature -- Storytelling -- Family and Kinship Ties -- Elders. --Turtle Island Voices and Literacy : Developing Literacy Proficiency -- Building a Community of Learners -- Every Student a Learner -- Supporting All Readers -- The Reading Process -- Increasing Fluency -- Selecting Books for Reading Success -- Using Information Technologies to Promote Literacy -- Turtle Island Voices Teaching Plans -- Tutoring a Reader in Difficulty -- Assessment and Evaluation -- Teaching Aboriginal Perspectives -- Linking Aboriginal Perspectives to the Curriculum -- Conducting a Turtle Island Circle. -- Teaching Plans -- Glooscap Stops the Wind -- The Mystery of Lake Laberge -- The Boy who Told Tales -- Nothing Scares Me! -- Let's Dance -- Stories of Thunderbird -- Close to Home -- Contact -- Danger! -- Unexpected Friends -- Graphic organizers.