Teacher Overview
Designed for elementary and middle school students, this activity can serve as a conversation starter or anchor activity for ELA, social studies, and science. By creating pairings of text with images students will learn how Abenaki people used and continue to use natural resources in their daily lives. Pairings can also be used to teach how Abenaki people have modified their environment over time. Table and Worksheet listed below.
Activity supports learning about geography and relationships (social studies), ecosystems and resources (science), and ELA (reading and writing). Literacy focus on visual learning and informational text.
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Curriculum Alignments
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
K-ESS2-2, 5-ESS3-1, MS-LS2-1, HS-ESS3-3
Common Core English Language Arts (ELA):
RI.K.7, W.K.2, RI.4.3, RI.6.7, RH.11-12.9
C3 Framework for Social Studies:
D2.Geo.4.K-2, D2.Geo.5.3-5, D2.Geo.4.6-8, D4.6.9-12
How it Aligns:
- Identify how Abenaki modified the environment
- Support arguments with knowledge from visual or text
- Interpret informational text and visuals
- Reflect on human needs and how to protect the environment
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Related Readings:
Background Reading:
Classroom Activity:
- Abenaki Animals Coloring Book
- Abenaki Cultural Practices, Lifeways, and Natural Resources Card Game
- Abenaki Uses of Natural Resources
- Habitats Are Homes (early learners)
- DIY Seed Paper: Restoration Ecology for Kids!
Curriculum:
Visual Aids – Posters:
- Abenaki Home and Structures: Teacher Overview
- New England Landforms Poster: Teacher Overview
- Seeds of Renewal Project: 2013 Harvest
Video:
The Adventure of the Bentwood Box (high school)