Karenna Bray, Mikaela Powers, Natalia Howard, Emily Savage

Lesson 2: Since Time Immemorial - Salmon - 1st grade

Lesson Title: STI-Salmon & Haida Tribe

Lesson Topic: Salmon

Social Studies Major Content Area(s):

How are you connecting the lesson to any combination of these…

History: As we read the book, Salmon Boy, students will learn about the Haida tribe who are
indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Students will gain some insight into what
these people's lives were like many years ago.

Geography: As we read the book, we will discuss that the Haida people are from the Northwest
United States and Canada. They will see that these people originate from locations very close to
them when we show them on a map where we are and where the Haida people are from.

Economics: We will discuss how the way Salmon boy originally thought and acted, affected
people without him even realizing it. He had a privilege that he wasn’t even aware of. We will
talk about how sometimes we act without really thinking about the consequences and how we
can change that in the future.

Civics: After reading the book, we will discuss what we remember about rights from earlier in
the year. We will talk about how everyone has the right to practice their own cultures and
traditions. This will tie into what we read in the book about the Haida and Salmon people.

Community Partner(s): N/A

Standards:

SSS3.1.1 Engage in discussions to learn about different points of view on issues that impact their
communities.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.1
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about,
state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

Objectives/Big Ideas
Students/community members will…
Know/Understand:
● SWBAT Learn about cultural traditions of indigenous/native peoples.
● SWBAT Learn about the role of traditions in family and culture.
● SWBAT Tell, retell, and/or write stories about salmon.
● SWBAT Reflect on their own culture and learn about cultural traditions from their
classmates.

Be Able to Do:
What skills and habits of mind will this lesson help develop?
With this lesson, we hope that students will continue to expand their learning on indigenous
tribes/people in surrounding areas outside of the classroom and that students will continue to
reflect on what makes their culture special/unique to them.
Eco-Citizenship Focus Area(s):

§ Human Rights
(Children’s Rights)
§ Animal Habitat
§ Arts
§ Food Security/Sovereignty
§ Land
§ Water
§ Other(s)

Children’s Right(s) Emphasized

13. Children have the right to share freely with others what they learn, think and feel, by talking,
drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms other people.

Essential Question:
What do you already know about salmon?

Sub-essential Questions
What have you learned about Salmon and the Haida tribe in today’s lesson?
What else would you like to know about salmon and/or the Haida tribe?
What is a tradition?
What are some of your traditions?

Connection between School/Community EQ and Classroom/Lesson(s) Sub-EQs:

Materials Needed:
● Salmon Boy, A Haida Legend
● Paper
● Art Supplies
Activities/Procedures:

We will begin by reading the book, Salmon Boy, which shows the importance of salmon and
tradition. After reading the book we will discuss what we learned in the book. We will ask
students questions about the book, salmon, and the Haida people. After discussing the questions,
we will talk about our own traditions. Students will then illustrate their favorite tradition and
write a few sentences about it and why it is important to them. They will share with the class
what they wrote and drew.

Assessment/Evaluation
How will I know what students have learned?

We will know students have learned if they can correctly answer our discussion questions and
talk about their own traditions with their classmates.

Support
What do I need to teach this lesson? What might students need to learn within the lesson?
In order to teach this lesson, we need to have the appropriate resources/information for our
students to learn from, we need to know as much as we can about the topic before we begin
teaching it to our students, and we need the appropriate materials beforehand. With this lesson,
students will be expected to know some things about their own culture and they can expect to
learn about their own culture and what makes it special, and they can also expect to learn about
new cultures as well.

Curriculum/Instructional Coaching: N/A

Community Partner support: N/A

Other Support:N/A

Notes/ Next Steps

After this lesson, there will be lessons about other Native American Tribes and we will continue
to discuss the importance of tradition and culture. All of the lessons will tie into rights and how
we can respect the rights of ourselves and others.