Social Studies Elementary Reference Sets: Global Indigenous Peoples (SS 3)

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The words Hmong and Mong refer to an Asian ethnic group. Their homeland is southern China. In the 18th century, Hmong people started moving to other Southeast Asian countries. Today, they live in northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. In 1975, communists took over Laos. After they took over, many Hmong people moved to the United States, Australia, France, French Guiana, and Canada. Hmong people divide themselves into the White Hmong, the Green Hmong, and other smaller groups.

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Survival International

• Earth's most threatened tribe - Awa
• 30% of their territory destroyed by illegal logging
• 2012 Brazil - Save the Awa!
• Success - loggers were removed, logging roads were mapped and camps were shut down

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Where the forest meets the sea is a story about a child's exploration of an ancient coastal rainforest. using a unique relief collage art form

The animated film takes the viewer on an extraordinary visual journey, the film ends asking the question, what future do we choose for our few remaining special untouched natural places such as this?  (Youtube 9.52)

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Grade 3 Socials Studies

Big Ideas

• Learning about indigenous peoples nurtures multicultural awareness and respect for diversity.
• People from diverse cultures and societies share some common experiences and aspects of life.
• Indigenous knowledge is passed down through oral history, traditions, and collective memory.
• >Indigenous societies throughout the world value the well-being of the self, the land, spirits, and ancestors.

Inquiry Questions

• Why are stories important to indigenous people?
• What values were significant for local First Peoples?
• How has the way of life changed for indigenous people?
• How are indigenous cultures viewed today?
• How have First Peoples government and leadership changed over time?
• How might present-day Canada be different if First Peoples had not been moved to reserves?
• How has the way of life changed for indigenous people?
• How do the values of indigenous people differ from the values of people from other cultures?
• Is the technology we have today better than the traditional technology of indigenous peoples?
• What would be the advantages or disadvantages of consensus decision making?
• Should indigenous cultures and languages be maintained? 
• Should anything be done about the loss of indigenous lands?

Content

• Cultural characteristics and ways of life of local First Peoples and global indigenous peoples
• Aspects of life shared by and common to peoples and cultures
• Interconnections of cultural and technological innovations of global and local indigenous peoples
• Governance and social organization in local and global indigenous societies
• Oral history, traditional stories, and artifacts as evidence about past First Peoples cultures
• Relationship between humans and their environment