Indigenous Rainforest Peoples
Know that indigenous peoples such as the Yanomami have lived in rainforests for thousands of years, building homes from forest materials, finding food by hunting, fishing, and gathering, and knowing the forest and its plants and animals deeply
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Does your child know that some people have lived in rainforests for thousands of years — building their homes from the trees and knowing which plants are food and which are medicine?
Know that indigenous peoples such as the Yanomami have lived in rainforests for thousands of years, building homes from forest materials, finding food by hunting, fishing, and gathering, and knowing the forest and its plants and animals deeply
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- Explain that indigenous peoples like the Yanomami have lived in rainforests for thousands of years
- Describe how they use the forest for shelter, food, and medicine
- Show respect for indigenous knowledge by explaining that these communities understand the forest very deeply
“Does your child know that some people have lived in rainforests for thousands of years — building their homes from the trees and knowing which plants are food and which are medicine?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Rainforests
- Age range
- Ages 5–7