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Earth Day


Project

Environmental Research

Earth Day, 2010

Questions

  • What effects in your life and those of your elders have occurred due to the changes to the local environment within the last century? 
  • What topics are important to share with others? 
  • What recommendations would make because of these changes? 

Due Date

Draft: 4/20

Final: 4/30




What do you already know about your connection to the environment of your area and to any changes in the environment that may be occurring?

PreWriting Ideas

Part 1 A:

Watch the video and answer the DISCUSSION questions on page two here.

Focus Questions:

How would you compare the way in which the Cup'ik people and Western scientists view the natural world? What are the similarities and differences?

This video describes a world perspective in which "everything is connected." What is meant by that?


Thought Notes: My World


While reviewing the previous video and watching this next video and after discussion the questions here on page three, think about your world: take notes on the similarities and differences to your life, and what you would say and show to teach others. 

Your notes might look like this:

Same Different Teach




Thought Notes: My World

For millennia, Colville Tribes Native peoples have been observing the changes in their environment. What can you teach others about:

  • The natural things you use
  • How you view "every thing is connected"
  • How you and your elders have noticed environmental changes

Research: background information handout (also here) --

  • Highlight the important concepts you think affect our local environment.
  • Circle vocabulary words to discuss.
  • Be prepared to develop questions we all need to answer.


Homework:


Interview people to discover if  elders have noticed environmental changes.  Add the information to your Thought Notes.

Before your interview, consider this video, A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change. What changes have your family noticed?


Discussion

Make a list of changes in the environment that have been identified by the Athabaskans in this video. How have plant and animal species been affected? Identify some of the species that have already been impacted, or are predicted to be impacted, by the current change in climate.

What are the implications of these changes to the Athabaskan subsistence culture and way of life?

What is happening to the rivers that negatively impacts salmon?

In addition to the Alaska Native peoples, what animals depend on the salmon run for their existence?

Thought Notes: My World - Add your interview notes to your class responses:

For millennia, Colville Tribes Native peoples have been observing the changes in their environment. What can you teach others about:

  • The natural things you use
  • How you view "every thing is connected"
  • How you, your family, and your elders have noticed environmental changes



Online Copies of Project Information:

Project Information

Earth Day: Connections and Protections -- Part One


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