Sacred Plants Important to Indigenous People in Canada | Research Activity

Focus on research skills with this low-prep project that teaches notetaking, reading/creating maps, reading photographs and diagrams, and synthesizing information to research sacred plants Indigenous People in Canada use for healing, medicine and in their special ceremonies such as smudging and prayers.

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Specific instructions are included to teach each of the skills.

This easy-to-prep resource includes:

• a complete teacher lesson plan including possible modifications for differentiation.
• instructions for how to teach each of the research skills: notetaking, reading/making maps, reading photos & diagrams and synthesizing.
• maps showing locations the plants grow in Canada.
• photographs of all the plants.
• a diagram of the medicine wheel.
• a reading passage about each of the four sacred plants: sage, sweetgrass, Red Cedar and tobacco.
• a variety of student pages and templates with differentiated options.
• student instructions for each skill and task.
• student examples in different formats.
• a digital version of the colour pages to reduce printing costs. You must download the PDF file and use the access link in the file to get your digital copy.
• an alignment guide for Alberta Outcomes.

Everything you need for students to create a final project is included except for empty legal size file folders (or poster board in you prefer) for the presentation.

Ninja Note: This resource works for Grade 5 independently (assuming most students read at grade level) or with support in Grade 4.

This lesson aligns with:

• Alberta Science Curriculum © 2022 Grade 6 (new outcomes)

This lesson supports:

• learning about Indigenous cultures in Social Studies.
• any Canadian Social Studies class.
• any science class about plants.

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