What is our “Culture” and who or what defines it? Taking what we learned from our last standard (Theme#3), we will continue to ask deeper, probing questions. What “mixture” of cultures do you interact with? How do different cultures impact you today?Example:
Starting with the “Cultural Spiral” students will begin to explore their own culture and how historical events impact who we are today. The study will include cultures worldwide; how they interact, and how they have adapted with the current societies and technology advances. Students will use their project ideas from the “Multiple Intelligences” to select a project in their level, to demonstrate “mastery” of the particular theme standard.
theme1_cultural_spiral
For Level 5 students, we will be exploring the cultures around Alaska and how they compare/contrast with other indigenous cultures worldwide. In this unit, we will research current issues facing Indigenous People around the globe, starting with the Global Summit held in Anchorage in April, 2009. Using the Executive Report, we will reflect on the findings and recommend one action that can be and should be taken for Alaskans. This recommendation will be in a form of a proposal to a local / state / US / or Global decision-maker. In addition to this one recommendation, we will explore other cultures in-depth to compare / contrast cultures.
SE.AK_501_Indigenous_Cultures
All work should be submitted digitally (by e-mail from gaggle.net account) with:
- Your name
- Standard#
- Your work
- Grade you expect & why (refer to the rubric)
- What you did well / what you would change next time
DUE: by Friday, April 2, 2010. Send to: menadelook_roxy@asdk12.org
Resources:
Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change (full report)
http://www.indigenoussummit.com/servlet/content/home.html
Aboriginal Laws Worldwide
http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborl.htm
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
http://litsite.alaska.edu/aktraditions/ancsa/
ANCSA Story (Primary sources)
http://www.juneaualaska.com/between/corp_index.shtml
Resources by peer: Mason Smales
http://hthsocialstudies.bravehost.com/
Barrow’s Football Team
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=tundra&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1
Indigenous People of Alaska
http://www.explorenorth.com/native-ak.html
Kawerak Pictures, audio, and video files on-line
http://www.kawerak.org/culture/video/STBdance1.html
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