Discussion Guides: Braiding Sweetgrass, Starry Messenger & Scientific Thinking

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9th - 12th

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Environment, Native Americans, Critical Thinking

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CCSSCCRA.L.3

CCSSCCRA.L.4

CCSSCCRA.L.5

CCSSCCRA.L.6

NGSSHS-ESS3-5

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This Bundle offers a perfect "trilogy"...

1. Discussion Guide for the book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Includes:

· 20 questions to use in discussions or to assign for written responses.

· 20 possible answers to the questions to assist the leader as a guide or as an answer key.

Suggested for Grades 9 on up. Cultural and Environmental Studies.

2. Scientific Thinking vs. Superstitions

Included:

- Definitions for “scientific thinking” and “superstitions”.

- Examples of scientific thinking.

- Examples of superstitions.

- Illustrated.

“Knock on wood!” “Friday the 13th!” “A four leaf clover.”

Suggested for grades 9 on up.

3. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson:

Book published in September 2022, Henry Holt & Company

A Book Discussion Guide

· Part 1: Use the Discussion Guide questions as you are reading and after reading a section of the book, summarizing what you have read.

· Part 2: Includes some possible discussion points for the leader of the discussion.

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1 month

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CCSSCCRA.L.3

Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.

CCSSCCRA.L.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

CCSSCCRA.L.5

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

CCSSCCRA.L.6

Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.

NGSSHS-ESS3-5

Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth's systems. Examples of evidence, for both data and climate model outputs, are for climate changes (such as precipitation and temperature) and their associated impacts (such as on sea level, glacial ice volumes, or atmosphere and ocean composition). Assessment is limited to one example of a climate change and its associated impacts.

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