Culturally Embedded Lessons for ELA, Social Studies, Science, and Math Alaska Standards
Between August and September, students are building community within their own classroom. These lessons are designed to create a classroom community using local cultural knowledge.
These lessons can be taught independently of each other or in combination. Use this as a resource to enhance student understanding of Alaska Day here in Sitka. These lessons build off of what students learn in the previous grades and prepares them for what they may learn in the next grades.
In the fall and winter, students are naturally learning about how to work together, practice sharing and kindness, and their own body regulation. Use these lessons to help support these fundamental concepts using place-based knowledge and values.
Raven Writes Lessons were created by Sealaska Heritage Institute. These lessons are specific to the Juneau area, but with coordination with the cultural department they can be adapted for Sitka.
In late April, students have the opportunity to learn alongside PHS students on the importance of Tlingit potatoes and how these have lived for hundreds of years. They will plant their own potatoes in the PHS garden and then harvest them in the fall as 1st graders.
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