Teaching Tips

• This lesson could be an excellent addition to salmon, water, and ecosystem lessons.
• Teachers should explore the teacher's guide to see what the other lessons and resources have to offer.
• Consider playing the games and books described in the lesson to further engage students after watching the video.
• Consider prefacing the video with a description of what Indigenous costumes look like, so that younger kids are not scared when they first see the salmon costume.

About the Content

• This lesson focuses on Indigenous Peoples' relationship to salmon and how to respect the environment that sustains them. While it does not offer Western science perspective, the Traditional Ecological Knowledge featured is equally important.
• The lesson teaches about the culture of the Tribes of the Northwest, as well as the connection between land, water, animals, plants. It also teaches about negative impacts of human pollution and resource management.
• Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.

About the Pedagogy

• This elementary lesson focuses on the accompanying video. While the video is slightly dated, it is still relevant. The books and other activities and lessons that go with this resource will help provide a more in-depth learning experience for students, but are not all available.

• This resource engages students in using scientific data.
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Technical Details/Ease of Use

• This lesson is easy to use and simple. Teachers should take note that the books and a few of the resources described are not included.