Oral Histories and Glacier National Park

Students will be able to: • Explain the importance of oral history and cultural stories. • Compare and contrast it to a story their family tells over and over again. • Produce their own stories of environmental phenomena in their community. • Speculate creatively and scientifically about natural phenomena in their lives. • Consider compatibilities between Western science and Native knowledge. • Realize there are multiple perspectives for the same landscapes.

Recommended level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade