Intergenerational Learning and Storytelling in the Classroom

Bring Indigenous pedagogies into your classroom with the books in the S?'ad'a Stories and this accompanying teacher guide.

From the creators of Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning Through Ceremony, the S?'ad'a Stories series brings intergenerational learning to life. Haida children learn important life lessons from their Elders through real-life situations, cultural traditions, and experiences out on the land.

Written by S?'ad'a Stories author Sara Florence Davidson and educator Katya Adamov Ferguson, the Teacher Guide for the S?'ad'a Stories helps teachers engage their students through the lens of intergenerational learning and authentic experiences. This guide

• outlines the S?'ad'a principles found in the stories

• shows how to use the S?'ad'a principles in your classroom

• provides the behind-the-scenes thinking of the authors and illustrator

• explains the significance of this series as part of Haida cultural resurgence and preservation

• provides critical perspectives on the impact of colonialism on Haida knowledges

• includes resources and inspirations for educators

This teacher guide is appropriate for all grade levels.

The author

Katya Adamov Ferguson (she/her/hers) is a mother, artist, researcher, and teacher. Katya currently works as an early years support teacher in several schools in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is passionate about teacher professional learning in the area of Indigenous education. She sees potential in the arts to create ethical spaces to mobilize complex topics with both young children and adults. Katya is also a PhD student engaging in curriculum redesign and place-based inquiries, and is branching her arts-based research into public spaces. She has authored several teacher guides with Portage & Main Press and is co-editor of Resurgence: Engaging With Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions In and Beyond the Classroom.

Sara Florence Davidson (she/her/hers) is a Haida/Settler Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Previously, she was an educator working with adolescents in the K–12 in British Columbia and Yukon Territory. Sara is the co-author of Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning Through Ceremony, which she wrote with her father, and Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii, which she wrote with her stepmother, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson. When she is not reading or writing, Sara can be found walking with her dogs, drinking tea, or listening to stories and learning something new.