Grade 7 Language: Environmental Sustainability

Acknowledgements

Some images supplied by Getty Images. Other images, graphs, diagrams, and illustrations in this course, unless otherwise specified, are TVO created.

Learning Activity 1

Excerpt from Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer (author), Monique Gray Smith (adapted by), Nicole Neidhardt (illustrator). Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Group, 2017, pages 41-43, 46-47.

Reimagine, Recreate, Restore – World Environment Day Poem by Jordan Sanchez, UN Environment Programme, United Nations, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zohtgdQtEHo, Published 24/05/2021, Accessed 25/07/2024.

Active vs Passive Voice in Your Writing, LearnFree, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZd7rDVNi58, Published 29/01/2020, Accessed 25/07/2024.

Learning Activity 2

Excerpt from Bill Nye The Science Guy – Biodiversity (Season 1, Episode 9), KCTS Seattle/McKenna / Gottlieb Producers/Rabbit Ears Productions. First air: 05/11/1993.

Shawanaga Island, Steven Kell, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/keepers-of-the-land-how-indigenous-led-conservation-can-boost-biodiversity, Published 4/11/2021, Accessed 30/07/2024.

Learning Activity 3

Amazon Deforestation: The Next Climate Tipping Point?, Global Landscapes Forum, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v-Ld-xc6PY, Published 15/09/2021, Accessed 25/07/2024.

Learning Activity 4

Front cover of Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (author), Brad Woodard (cover illustrator), Mike Burroughs (hand lettering), Penguin Random House, URL: https://carlhiaasen.com/books/hoot/, Published 2005, Accessed 29/07/2024.

Excerpt from Hoot, Carl Hiaasen. New York: Penguin Random House, 2002, p. 211-228.

Front cover of Braiding Sweetgrass For Young Adults, Robin Wall Kimmerer (author), Monique Gray Smith (adapted by), Nicole Neidhardt (illustrator), Lerner Publishing Group, Inc, URL: https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781728458991/robin-wall-kimmerer/braiding-sweetgrass-for-young-adults, Published 2022, Accessed 29/07/2024.

Front cover of Seeds of Change, Jen Cullerton Johnson (author), Sonia Lynn Sadler (illustrator), Lee & Low Books, URL: https://www.amightygirl.com/seeds-of-change, Published 2010, Accessed 29/07/2024.

Excerpt from Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace, Jen Cullerton Johnson (author), Sonia Lynn Sadler (illustrator). New York: Lee & Low Books, 2010, pages 26-27.

Learning Activity 5

Natural Law, Anishinabek Nation, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qTJ_x0Q7bM, Published 23/06/2021, Accessed 29/07/2024.

What do Indigenous Guardians do?, Boreal Conservation, International Boreal Conservation Campaign, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqdka23IBws, Published 21/06/2019, Accessed 29/07/2024.

Pronunciation of Thaidene Nëné, Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation, URL: https://www.landoftheancestors.ca/relationshipplan.html, Published undefined, Accessed 29/07/2024.

Thaidene Nëné Indigenous Protected Area (National Park Reserve and Territorial Protected Area), Parks Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/nt/thaidene-nene/visit/carte-map, Published 24/06/2024, Accessed 29/07/2024.

Kaska Dena Traditional Territory, Kaska Dena Council, URL: https://kaskadenacouncil.com/our-land/, Published undefined, Accessed 20/11/2024.

Métis Perspectives on Climate and Conservation, The Climate Atlas of Canada, Prairie Climate Centre, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQLY892dOk, Published 10/02/2022, Accessed 29/07/2024.

The Elders of the Forest: A Métis Dendroclimatologist's Perspective, The Climate Atlas of Canada, Prairie Climate Centre, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm6HWTjAM1o, Published 24/07/2020, Accessed 29/07/2024.

Learning Activity 6

Sustainable Cities: Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Design, Nature Lab, The Nature Conservancy, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-UJPLlAnCs, Published 05/07/2018, Accessed 30/07/2024.

Copenhagen - The world’s greenest capital city? | DW Documentary, DW Documentary, Deutsche Welle, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eS0B3Mlyyw, Published 02/04/2024, Accessed 30/07/2024.