by CFI First Year Naturalist Guides
Posted in Lessons & Games
Community Builders Lesson
Community Builders is a hands-on lesson that explores what it means to be connected to
land. This activity highlights the importance telling one’s own story and how Indigenous
groups have often been denied that opportunity.
This activity is designed to give kids (and adults!) a chance to use natural materials to build aspects of their own communities, and to use these projects as a tool for opening up about themselves and their personal histories.
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