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UNIT ONE: Pre-Columbus
Those Who Were Here Before |
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A historic-cultural look at the lifestyles
and customs of North America’s
Indigenous people. |
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UNIT EIGHT
The Culture of Cinema |
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UNIT TWO
Conquerors and Colonists |
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Unit One: Those Who Were Here Before
- Where they were: locations of major North American tribes
- First Impressions: Improvisations based on first encounters
- Who they were: New World vs. Old World
- Reading comprehension
- Pronunciation Practice through reading
- Vocabulary development
- Grammar check: comparisons writing exercises
- Painting to inspire literal descriptive writing
- In native language
- Translation into English – teacher corrections
- Edit with corrections
- Ancient Nature Ritual: Corn Chant, “poetry”
- Pronunciation practice
- Vocabulary in context
- Discussion: What is literature?
- Ancient Art of Storytelling:
Grandmother Spider & Why the Leaves Fall
- Pronunciation & reading for fluency
- Reading comprehension
- Vocabulary development
- Grammar Check: comparative adjectives,
writing questions from answers
- Improvisation/storytelling techniques
- Creative Writing : Children’s book & poetry
- Navajo flute music of N. Carlos Nakai to inspire descriptive writing
- Write images (word pictures ) music evokes
- Read images aloud, dictate to others
- Read and discuss original poetry of ESL students
- Play reading : Adaptation of How Men and Women Got Together – Blackfoot
- Pronunciation and reading for fluency
- Reading comprehension
- Grammar Check: writing questions using question words; adjectives/antonymns
- Vocabulary development
- Review Quiz: Vocabulary, reading, structural exercises based on reading materials
- Ancient Traditions : The Talking Circle; Totems; The Vision Quest.
- What we Know of our Country’s Native People – Student unit project
- Native writings and pronunciation exercises.
- Words, Words, Words: Vocabulary, Structure Review
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