Lesson Plan

Each day represents 55 minutes

DAY ONE: "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights" Animated Video. (Amnesty International USA , Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.hrusa.org). Introduce the unit by giving an overview. Ask students if they have any ideas about how Native American rights (re: the video just viewed) may have been violated by the coming of Europeans to this continent.

DAY TWO: Video: "Nomads of the Dawn" which portrays the coming of pre-Neolithic peoples to the Americas, from Asia. (Video: Native Land, Nomads of the Dawn, Primal Mind Foundation: in association with Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc. and Native Land Foundation 1996; available Moraga Library, Contra Costa County).

DAY THREE: Read "The Coming of the Pink Cheeks" (about the ruin of the culture of a tribe in Kenya in the 1950's due to the coming of the British. It is included as a microcosm of the exploitation of indigenous peoples. ( Chief Kabongo, as told to Richard St. Barbe Baker; reprinted from Richard St. Abarbe Baker, Kabongo, London: George Ronald, 1955, 107-26. Reprinted by permission of A.S. Barnes and Co. and George Ronald.). TheComingofthePinkCheeks.doc

Homework: complete a dialectical journal comprised of two vertical lists:

(a) What did the Kikuyu people "gain" from the coming of the Europeans?
(b) What did the Kikuyu people "lose" from the coming of the Europeans?

DAY FOUR Continue watching "Nomads of the Dawn" and complete worksheet. movie_notes.DOC

DAY FIVE: Class and homework, read to p. 14 in Ceremony; introduce Totem Cord Project: (TotemCordAssigmt.doc AND Totemchart.doc

DAY SIX: Students complete column one of the Totemchart.doc (Finish at home) Class and homework: read to page 20.

DAY SEVEN: Read, to page 34 (Class and homework reading); students complete column two of the three-part Totemchart.doc (finish at home).

DAY EIGHT: In groups of 3-5, students collaborate on completion of their Totemchart.doc. They make sure that their Totemchart.doc is done in accordance with the Totem Cord Assignment sheet (see DAY FIVE) TotemCordAssigmt.doc

DAY NINE: Quiz on Ceremony: Class and homework reading, up to p.40 ???.doc

DAY TEN: Correct quiz in class, Totem Cord worksheet due. Pass out Traditional Native American Values.doc sheet and discuss in class.

DAY ELEVEN: Pass back corrected tests. Read from p. 40-46

DAY TWELVE: Begin in-class work on the Totem Cord Project. Teacher supplies 4-foot long strips of cotton laundry line , one per student, 7-8 skeins of varicolored yarn, and needles and thread. Students wrap their cords neatly and carefully, and then sew on the items they have selected to represent themselves (see TotemCordAssigmt.doc DUE DAY 23)

DAY THIRTEEN: Read from p. 46-52, then turn the class over to the Totem Cord Project

DAY FOURTEEN: Read from p. 53-60; review oral questions, pp. 35-50. questions35-50b.doc

DAY FIFTEEN: Quiz on pp 35-60 ; when finished, work on Totem Cord.

DAY SIXTEEN: Correct Quiz in class…then read from p. 61-69 , finish for homework.

DAY SEVENTEEN: Read from page 69-80. Work on Totem Cord Project.

DAY EIGHTEEN: Work on totem cord, assign to page 85 for homework

DAY NINETEEN: Discuss last readings: oral questions, pages 74-85. Read to p. 100 (class/homework) QUESTIONS74-85b.DOC

DAY TWENTY: Finish work on Totem Cords

DAY TWENTY ONE: Unit test on Ceremony pages 1-100

DAY TWENTY TWO: Give students Presentation Rubric for presenting their totem cords on DAY 23. Discuss the rubric in detail. Rubric_totem.doc

DAY TWENTY THREE: Have students present their Totem Cords, photograph them, grade the cords, and the presentation Have students sign release for the photographs.

DAY TWENTY FOUR: Finish the Totem Cord presentations as on Day 23

DAY TWENTY FIVE: Watch beginning of Pow Wow Highway. (Video: 1988, Handmade Films, Cannon Video, Directed by Johathan Wacks, available at many movie outlets) Provide students with worksheet on the movie. movie_notes.DOC

DAY TWENTY SIX: Continue watching the video and the movie_notes.DOC worksheet on the film.

DAY TWENTY SEVEN: Finish the video and do the worksheet on the parallels between POW Wow Highway and Ceremony. parallet_bookvideo.doc

DAY TWENTY EIGHT:: Group work: PP 100-113 Ceremony Worksheet

DAY TWENTY NINE: Read to p. 119 or 120…

DAY THIRTY: Read to p. 128, Discuss essay assignment on the Totem Cord Project, DUE: DAY 36. Pass out the essay assignment

DAY THIRTY ONE: Go over worksheet on essay assignment; spend the rest of the class time working on the assignment: "Essay on the Totem Cord Project." TotemCordEssay.doc

DAY THIRTY TWO: Do the Ceremony Worksheet on pages 120-128. pdf file
aclass120_128.doc

DAY THIRTY THREE: Read to the top of page 140. Work on Totem Cord Essay in class.

DAY THIRTY FOUR: Read to page 150. Class discussion, using oral questions pp.139-146.QUESTIONS132-146b.DOC

DAY THIRTY FIVE:. Brainstorm Tayo's Totems Group Assignment. (put on butcher paper all the things/people which helped Tayo change and get in touch with his roots) Tayostotems_grpassign.doc
Assign various students (for extra credit) to bring in visuals for Tayo's Totems, a single class poster to be completed on day 42. Examples: spotted cattle, a cantina dancer, a mountain lion, etc..

DAY THIRTY SIX: Turn in the Totem Cord Essay assigned on day 30. Read from 151 to middle of 158, assign 8 pages for homework (to page 166)

DAY THIRTY SEVEN: Questions from page 158 to 166, answer in class. pp159-166.doc Classwork and homework: pages 167-175

DAY THIRTY EIGHT: Classwork and homework, read from 175-185

DAY THIRTY NINE: Oral questions from pages 176-185, from question set: Questions178-192b.doc Homework: read to page 192.

DAY FORTY: Quiz, pp. 176-192 Questions178-192b.doc

DAY FORTY ONE: Correct the quiz, and read from p. 192 to 205 (Classwork/homework)

DAY FORTY TWO: Put Totem cord posters together (One for each class); class discussion : poster and oral questions pp.192-200. pp192-200b.doc
Classwork/homework: read 206-216.

DAY FORTY THREE: Go over questions in class from the homework reading: oral questions pp. 206-216 aclass206-216.doc Read to p. 225 in class (finish for homework)

DAY FORTY FOUR: Pass out the first two pages of the eight page Social Justice Essay Assignment . Discuss the assignment. Students complete the exercise either in class or for homework. This essay is due on day 50.

DAY FORTY FIVE: Discuss the exercise from yesterday (the answers are on page three). Pass out pages 4-8 of the Social Justice Essay Assignment, including the Essay Worksheet, the sample essay, and the page references sheet. Start watching the video: The Return of Navajo Boy from KQED. (The Return of Navaho Boy 1996, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2000 Center Street, 4th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704 (#510-6420460; http://www-cmil.unex.Berkeley.edu/media)

DAY FORTY SIX: .Read out loud in class: teacher's sample essay on Old Betonie. Watch the rest of Navajo Boy. Discuss parallels between book and video: especially regarding uranium mining and the explosion of nuclear weapons on Indian Land.

DAY FORTY SEVEN: Read from page 225 to 236 . Students get together in groups to design questions about this section. questions224-238b.doc
Homework, read to p. 240

DAY FORTY EIGHT: Read from page 240-245. Homework: pp. 245-262. (end of book)

DAY FORTY NINE: Review for test, (unit test on Ceremony , PAGES 39 to 262 )

DAY FIFTY: Social Justice Essay is due. Students to review for final exam in small groups.

DAY FIFTY ONE : FINAL EXAM ON CEREMONY