Lara Belice
One Sky - Many Astronomies: connection to place through the night sky
How has colonization affected our relationship with the sky?
How is Indigenous science an important complement to Western science?                                   Â
Unit Goals
students value and respect diverse ways of knowing about the world
students engage with texts from a variety of cultures to explore different ideas, perspectives, and interpretations of the world
students recognize how language and text record and preserve the history and expressions of cultures
Resources
Star story videos from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Books
The Forever Sky, by Thomas Peacock
How Things Came to Be: Inuit Stories of Creation, by Rachel & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
The Star People: A Lakota Story, by S.D. Nelson
Tipiskawi Kisik: Night Sky Star Stories, by Wilfred Buck
Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun: A Cherokee Story , by Geri Keams
The Origin of the Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee, by Barbara R. Duncan
They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths, by Jean G. Monroe & Ray A. Williamson
The Day the Earth Rose up, by Alfreda Beartrack-Alego
Raven and the Tide Lady, by Michaela Goade
SkySisters, by Jan Bourdeau Waboose
Where We Come from, by Wilson, Shin, Gibney, Coy
Coyote in Love with a Star, by Marty Kreipe de Montano
Native American Stories for Kids, by Tom Pecore Weso
Talking Sky, by Carl Gawboy & Ron Morton
D(L)akota Star Map Constellation Guide, by Annette Lee, Jim Rock, Charlene O'Rourke
Ojibwe Sky Star Map Constellation Guide, by Annette Lee, W. Wilson, J. Tibbetts, C. Gawboy
Keepers of the Night, by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac
The Stars We Know: Crow Indian Astronomy and Lifeways, by Timothy P. McCleary
How the Morning and Evening Stars Came to Be, by Montana Historical Society Press
How the Summer Season Came, by Montana Historical Society Press
The Spirit of the Sky: Lakota Visions of the Cosmos, by Mark Hollabaugh
Lakota Star Knowledge: Studies in Lakota Stellar Theology, by Ronald Goodman
Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places, by Peter Nabokov
Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge, by Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger
Following My Spirit Home: A Collection of Paintings and Stories, by Sam Zimmerman
Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People, by Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger
Encyclopedia of American Indian History & Culture, by National GeographicÂ
Secret of the Stars, by Gitz Crazyboy
The Wolf's Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves, by Thomas D. Peacock
The Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Dimaline
Hunting by Stars, by Cherie Dimaline
The Star that Always Stays, by Anna Rose Johnson
Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories, by Dan S. Jones
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, by Shane Hawk & Theodore Van Alst Jr.
Demonstration of Learning
skit/play
puppet show
shadow puppet show
write a collection of poems
written story
create visual art
museum-style exhibit
artwork with voice over video
star map
star box
presentation
podcast
design lesson & teach it
create a board game/card game
write a graphic novel
Unit Calendar