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Lesson Plans and resources from BPS Teachers
Lesson Plans and resources from BPS Teachers
Earth Science resources and Moon Lesson Plan - Kim Busch
Celestial Objects - Kelly Smith
Recommended books
Recommended books
A great resource for those having the students participate in Science Fairs or Invention Conventions make sure to utilize the book A Native Thought of It: Amazing Invention and Innovations to provide examples of American Indian contributions to the world.
OPI Lessons
OPI Lessons
Montana Skies Blackfeet Astronomy At the same time the early astronomers in Greece, China, and Arabia were charting the heavens and giving names to stars and constellations, the people we now know as the Blackfeet were coming to know the skies. So old is Blackfeet astronomy that the sun, moon, and stars have a place in the memory and sacred ceremonies of the Blackfeet people who can predict when various sky beings will appear. Tis familiarity with the sky serves to build a sense of place and beauty for the Blackfeet people not just in Montana, but in all the universe – not just for now, but for all time.
Crow Astronomy Tousands of years before Europeans knew about the land we now call America, Native peoples with rich cultures were living here. Such was the case of the Apsáalooke people, now known as the Crow people, who had as keen an understanding of the heavens as did the Greeks, Romans, and many early astronomers. Te Crow people had names and stories for the Sun and Moon, the visible planets, prominent stars and star groups. Today, Crow knowledge of the sky continues to be passed from one generation to the next. Sky Beings are present in the everyday life of the Crow people who live with, rather than under, the sky.
Other Interdisciplinary Lessons
Other Interdisciplinary Lessons
This curriculum is designed around the exhibit catalog that can be studied online, and a PowerPoint slide show that can be shown in the classroom or viewed online. Resource materials to assist you in using these resources in the classroom include: a Lesson Plan, which is tied to Indian Education for All Essential Understandings; a PowerPoint Script, which will guide you through the in-class delivery of the slide show; and a Worksheet, which students can complete following their classroom study. A Worksheet Answer Key is password protected (to obtain the password call 406-444-4741 or email klambert@mt.gov).
Visit the website American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges to see how the Akwesasne Mohawk of northern New York, the Campo Kumeyaay Nation of southern California, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe of northern Minnesota, and the Lummi Nation of Washington State deal with environmental issues in their homelands today. Learn how traditional culture, values, and indigenous knowledge, along with Western science and technology, inform the environmental work of these contemporary Native nations.
This unit is intended as a journey to bridge the gap between the old and new, the traditional and the scientific, Native and Western approaches to education. A generation of sharp young minds from Native communities are encountering substantial roadblocks when faced with the typical western school curriculum. Observing Snow is an attempt to teach basic core subjects, especially science, and listening and reading comprehension, using materials that make sense to the Alaska Native student. Snow is a natural choice. Everyone who lives in the interior subarctic has a personal and intimate knowledge of snow.
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