Talking trees of Marovo

Grade and topic

G6 Social Studies

Curriculum references

Understanding Customs and Traditions

Concept / Topic To Teach

Indigenous knowledge of Marovo

General Goal(s)

To understand traditional Marovo medecine

Specific Objectives

Objectives

to understand medecinial uses of Marovo forest plants to differenciate between beliefs and myths to understand traditional Marovo ways

Required Materials

• acess to the Reef and Rainforest book
• acess to the wiki
• digital cameras

Anticipatory Set (Lead-In)

• talk about different types of medecines and traditional beliefs

Step-By-Step Procedures

Activity

as a class activity students suggests different types of medecinial plants and write them on the board in groups students try to find the plants in the books or wiki students add any new information to those entries if there is no picture students draw or photograph those plant OLPC can be used to make Memorize game with matching pairs of photos and Marovo names of medicinal plants

Plan For Independent Practice

Assignment

interwiew family members about their beliefs in customary medecine interwiew community experts in traditional medecine OLPC laptops could be used to record audio for the wiki in Marovo the Poll activity can be used to conduct a multiple choice survey about which plants have medicinal uses mp3 players and phones can also record voice interviews

Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set)

• Summarise and discuss assignment

Assessment Based On Objectives

• Class presentation and student books
• Set homework
• Quiz at end of week

Extensions (For Gifted Students)

• Uploading to the wiki
• Advanced OLPC content

Possible Connections To Other Subjects

• Health, science

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