Download This Full Lesson: People of the Dawn
Essential Question: How do different beliefs about land influence the way people care for it?
Time: 80 minutes
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Explain the difference between land stewardship and land ownership.
- Define foodways and describe how they connect people to the land.
- List the knowledge needed to gather, preserve, and prepare wild blueberries.
Materials
- Reading: People of the Dawn
- Video: Wild Food Explorer Series: Maine Wild Blueberry
- Handouts- Stewardship and Ownership, What is a Foodway?
- Wild Blueberry Hook/Anticipatory Set
Optional:
- Recipe: Blueberry Fruit Leather
- Food Dehydrator, Hot Plate, Spoon, Parchment Paper
- Frozen wild blueberries
Extension Activities
- Caring for the Land – National Agriculture in the Classroom
- The Interconnectedness of Water and Life – Maine DOE Wabanaki Studies
MLR Standards
Social Studies: A.1, B.1, B.2, D.1
Science: MS-ESS3-1
ELA: R.1, R.2, R.7, R.11, W.1, W.3, SL.1