Exploring Navajo Culture Through Poetry
Shonto Begay book and Illustrations:
Navajo: Visions and
Voices Across the Mesa
Grade Level - 3rd - 6th
CCSS- 5.RL.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poemfrom details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic;
summarize the text.
Lesson: Students will identify various elements of Native American poetry in relation to their culture. Students will write a short selection on identifying the aspects in the poem related to Navajo culture.
http://lessonplanspage.com/sslanavajopoetryculture36-htm/
Navajo: Visions and
Voices Across the Mesa
Grade Level - 3rd - 6th
CCSS- 5.RL.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poemfrom details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic;
summarize the text.
Lesson: Students will identify various elements of Native American poetry in relation to their culture. Students will write a short selection on identifying the aspects in the poem related to Navajo culture.
http://lessonplanspage.com/sslanavajopoetryculture36-htm/
Identifing different Native American Cultures through Research
Viewing Artwork
Grade Level- 3rd-5th
CCSS- 4.R.W.7 - Conduct short research projects about a topic
Lesson: Students will do a research project based on comparing different Native American Culture
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/native-american-cultures-teachers-guide
Grade Level- 3rd-5th
CCSS- 4.R.W.7 - Conduct short research projects about a topic
Lesson: Students will do a research project based on comparing different Native American Culture
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/native-american-cultures-teachers-guide
Using Impressionist technique to represent personal meaning of Navajo Poem
Shonto Begay book and Illustrations
Navajo: Visions and
Voices Across the Mesa
Grade Level - 4th- 5th
CCSS- 5.RL.7 Analyze how visual elements contribute to meaning or tone of poem
Lesson: Students will create an illustration that shows their best interpretation of a particular Navajo Poem.
http://lessonplanspage.com/sslanavajopoetryculture36-htm/
Navajo: Visions and
Voices Across the Mesa
Grade Level - 4th- 5th
CCSS- 5.RL.7 Analyze how visual elements contribute to meaning or tone of poem
Lesson: Students will create an illustration that shows their best interpretation of a particular Navajo Poem.
http://lessonplanspage.com/sslanavajopoetryculture36-htm/
A Navajo Thunder Song
Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa
Alice Yazzie’s Year
Grade Level: 3rd-4th
CCSS: 3.RL.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text referring explicity to the text as the basis for anwers.
Lesson: Students will read and interpret a Navajo song and discuss how climate and Nature influence Navajo culture.
http://www.proteacher.com/redirect.php?goto=449
Alice Yazzie’s Year
Grade Level: 3rd-4th
CCSS: 3.RL.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text referring explicity to the text as the basis for anwers.
Lesson: Students will read and interpret a Navajo song and discuss how climate and Nature influence Navajo culture.
http://www.proteacher.com/redirect.php?goto=449