53 pages 1 hour read

Scott O'Dell

Thunder Rolling in the Mountains

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

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1. Consider the significance of land and nature in Indigenous cultures. How might a connection to the land shape a community’s identity and response to external threats?

Teaching Suggestion: This question relates to the theme of Connection to Home. To strengthen student understanding of this topic, you might encourage your class to look at land acknowledgements all over the country. They could research which tribes live or used to live on the land where they currently live, then you could extend this Short Answer with the additional task of having students write a land acknowledgement. Writing a thoughtful land acknowledgement might involve significant research, so you might consider putting students in groups for this activity.

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