Galapagos identity

• At any sublevel, students can describe or express what is important to them, their family, and their community by sharing and labeling pictures, writing stories, or preparing skits.

• Where I'm From poems are meaningful ways for students to express their identity.

  1. Click here for the original poem by George Ella Lyon.

  2. Click here for a graphic organizer for students to organize ideas.

  3. Click here for a template to help your students write their own poem.

Good for media (with visual modification), superior & bachillerato.

• Galapagos Girl tells the story of Valentina Cruz, a biologist and naturalist guide in Galapagos. The story is read aloud on this YouTube video. You can watch from the introduction, or you can start the story here. Turn on the captions or print the transcript to create activities. Good for media & superior

• Human History of Galapagos from Discovering Galapagos Good for superior & bachillerato

• "Rethinking the Galapagos Islands as a Complex Social-Ecological System: Implications for Conservation and Management" - Table 2 on pages 15 and 16 contrasts the Island with Isleño ways of existing in a socio-ecosystem. Good for bachillerato