September 4th, 2019 Mauna Kea
Homeroom Article: Scientists and designers are proposing radical ways to 'refreeze' the Arctic - CNN
Learning Target: I can learn to understand the importance of indigenous people and their lands.
Standard(s): SSUSH7.a -Explain Jacksonian Democracy, including expanding suffrage, the Nullification Crisis and states’ rights, and the Indian Removal Act.
Warm Up: Political Cartoon: Thirty Meter Telescope Flagged
Opening: The students will work in pairs or threes, based on their seating assignments, to look at three pictures and find things that the images have in common. We will then discuss the meaning of the images.
Work Session:
Video: Why Native Hawaiians Protesting Giant Telescope on Mauna Kea Aren't Going Anywhere
Article: Why are Jason Momoa and other Native Hawaiians protesting a telescope on Mauna Kea? What's at stake?
Early Finishers:
Discussion Post: Mauna Kea and other indigenous issues
Closing: Whole group discussion. Are most Americans are respectful of indigenous peoples and their religious/sacred lands?