xml Cindel Berlin 20.02.01: Honoring our Native American Friends and Building Understanding of Native American Culture and Way of Life Social Studies native Americans corn Lenape Microsoft Word 2021-03-02T16:28Z 2021-03-02T11:29:21-05:00 2021-03-02T11:29:21-05:00 uuid:4BCEE871-F29E-4B36-94F7-F8A2630B08B0 uuid:997aafac-ff28-4f79-bc92-0e81bd5fa7ec native Americans, corn, Lenape

Curriculum Unit

Honoring our Native American friends and building understanding of Native American Culture and Way of Life

Cindel Berlin

Title Author

KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.

Students will understand:

  • • How Native Americans used tools to make meals with corn.
  • • Importance of corn to Native Americans, and who Native Americans are.

    • ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT

    Who are Native Americans? Why is corn so important to the Native Americans? What roles does corn play across the Native American culture?

    What roles does corn play across the Native American culture?

    Why is corn so important to the Native Americans?

    CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C

    Indigenous Stories

    Exploring Artifacts

    Local Tribe Visitor or Field Trip

    ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C

    What roles does corn play across the Native American culture?

    Why is corn so important to the Native Americans? What are tools are used for cooking corn? What types of corn are there? What is an artifact?

    Who are Native Americans? What is a tribe or nation? What Tribes or Nations are near you?

    VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A

    Native Americans, Tribes, Nations, Informational text, Gods, Goddesses

    Corn, Maize, Indian Corn, Artifact, grinding,

    Native Americans, Indians, Indigenous , Tribes, Nations, Lenape

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES

  • • Corn grinding tools
  • • Various other tools or pottery unique to the tribe or nation you are working with
  • • Vocabulary picture cards