I wanted to quickly share a list of Journal or Discussion Prompts I created for inclusion in a cross curricular unit planned for our Indigenous Education course in the second semester of my Bachelor of Education. The students can have this offered to them at the start of the day or the start of their lesson, and they may either journal or discuss one to one with a partner. This unit focuses on the sun, moon, and stars, and culminates with an outdoor ed camping trip. Anyone coming across this page is more than welcome to borrow some or all of these prompts with their students. The prompts include elements of the unit, social and emotional learning, and essential reflection on respectful and reflexive land based learning on unceded Indigenous territories. The prompts are as follows:

  1. Their weekend
  2. Something they saw outside recently
  3. Something the experienced recently that made them smile
  4. Something new they learned recently
  5. What do they find interesting about sun, moon, stars, and outer space
  6. Everything they can remember quickly from last week
  7. A book or story they enjoyed recently
  8. Something we’ve covered recently that they don’t understand yet
  9. What does it mean to be respectful on our camping trip (to people, place, and land)
  10. 3 stars and a wish for the camping trip (completed while waiting for the bus to leave)