SECTION 1 - The Beginning 12+, Arts, Literature, & Social Studies You Are Brave AGE RANGE: 12+ SUBJECTS: Arts, Literature, & Social Studies OBJECTIVES • Identify the message(s) of the poem • Analyze the poem for its meaning(s). What is the poet saying to us? • Evaluate the impact that individual, communities, and countries decisions have had on our planet and its climate. DURATION ENDURING UNDERSTANDING • Two 50-minute class periods • Learners will identify themselves as global citizens with the power to create change through their choices and actions. PREPARATION: You will need to provide each learner with a copy of the poem and the article “Indigenous Youth Represent Their Culture Demand Action” from The Carbon Almanac, either on paper or electronically. Search the web for de昀椀nitions and images of mola art you can share with your learners. ACTIVITIES: • Read the poem “A Brave and Startling Truth” by Maya Angelou. • Review how to 昀椀ll out the worksheet. • Have learners independently, as a whole group, or in pairs, read the poem and article, completing the worksheet as they go. (Note: webs/maps and molas are to be done individually, not in groups.) • Group discussion around the topics of being a powerful human being, a global citizen, what does being brave look like, what are the responsibilities of being an agent of change? • Introduce the topic of doing the web/map worksheet. • Learners 昀椀ll out their personal web/map worksheet. Remind your learners that feeling powerful isn’t something that comes from doing large and important things, it also comes from the small, everyday choices we make. The clue for this exercise is how doing this thing makes them feel on the inside about themselves. • Learners read their copies of: “Indigenous Youth Represent Their Culture to Demand Justice”. • Group discussion comparing the themes of “A Brave and Startling Truth” with the themes from the article about the Indigenous Youth. • Script: Now you will be using the next worksheet to write a letter: In this letter you will pretend you are Maya Angelou. You can write your letter to either Agar or Iniquilipi. Include a quote from the poem and make sure to reference the mola sail. Sign the letter Maya Angelou. • Learners complete the worksheet: Analyzing the Poem and the Article. • Script: You all have worked to understand the meaning of a poem and you have read about some extraordinary indigenous youth who are activists against climate change and you’ve examined when you feel powerful. Now is the time to pull all of this together. You will be using your web/maps to create a mola. • Learners draw their personal molas. Learners display their molas ASSESSMENT: • At the educator’s discretion points can be assigned for completed worksheets and participation in discussions to determine a cumulative grade. T RESOURCES: • The Carbon Almanac - Introduction: A Brave and Startling Truth, p. 16,17 • The Carbon Almanac - Whose job is it?: Indigenous Youth Represent Their Culture to Demand Action, p. 242/120 • Worksheet: Analyzing the Poem and the Article • Pencil, colors optional and paper 8