Land Based Education_ Mini Unit Ideas

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Aryana Jones 10/31/2023 EDF-301W Mini Unit Ideas for Land Based Education Day One: Introduction to Land-Based Education - Begin by taking the students outside for the lesson, allow them time to walk around throughout the school and write down observations as they go along. Encourage them to note all their surroundings, both nature and what makes up the school community. - Once they have arrived at the location of your choice, have students sit like they would on the carpet in the classroom. Have students share what they wrote down and ask them to elaborate on why they chose the particular thing. Expand the conversation to include their surrounding environments that they take part in everyday - Introduce the idea of Land-Based education and how it builds a connection with the land around them. Return back to the classroom and present a presentation to the students that regards Land-based education, what it involves, and its importance. - For a ticket out the door, ask students to tell you what land-based education is in their own words Day Two: Indigenous Perspectives on Land-Based Education - Begin the lesson by reading a story that involves indigenous culture. - Have a guest speaker from the indigenous culture to educate the students on what it means to be indigenous and how it relates to land-based education
- Encourage students to ask questions and lead a whole group discussion on what culture means to them and why indigenous perspectives are important within land-based education - For homework, ask students to bring in something from home that represents their culture Day Three: What Land-Based Education Means For Us and For Them? - Begin the lesson by having students share what they brought in that represents them. When this is done, encourage the students to think about the importance of sharing your culture and how this relates to land-based education. - Discuss how schools implement land-based education within their schools and how their school could do the same - Have them write down why they think land-based education is important to keep the indigenous culture alive. - Use their ideas to lead into a discussion about a project they will work on tomorrow Day Four: Land-Based Research and Project - Allow students to work in groups of four to summarize all the information they have learned - Ask students to create a powerpoint on what land-based education is and its importance to the indigenous culture - Ask students to elaborate on one area that land-based education teaches, i.e. sustainability, culture, nature, etc Day Five: Presentations
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