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Multicultural Education. Manning Miller. Navajo Culture. Girls learn to cook, make pottery, and weave at early ages Boys would learn to hunt, make tools, and live more physical lives They like to perform in ceremonies and rituals and they like to chant
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Multicultural Education Manning Miller
Navajo Culture • Girls learn to cook, make pottery, and weave at early ages • Boys would learn to hunt, make tools, and live more physical lives • They like to perform in ceremonies and rituals and they like to chant • Navajos love nature and are very good farmers • Like to live with a group of people (Tribe)
Sihu- Means Flower Sihu is a Navajo girl I could connect with her by: • Asking if she has very made pottery and if so what did she make • Is she a good cook or what is her favorite thing to cook • Ask her favorite thing about nature or her favorite season and why
Navajo Generalizations: • Some Navajo’s wear headdresses • Most Navajo’s wear lots of beads • Some Navajo’s could live off the land
Navajo Stereotypes: • Navajo’s live in teepees • Navajo’s wear braids • Navajo’s ride horses
James Banks Level 1&2 Lesson Approach • Day One: Talk about Navajo culture and the importance of the culture for 10 minutes • Day Two: Talk about Navajo Tribes for 10 minutes • Day Three: Talk about pottery and how its important to the culture for 10 minutes
Parent Letter I am Sihu’s teacher and I have leaned a lot about her culture during school. Hearing many different stereotypes about Navajos I thought teaching her would be different. We are providing a multicultural education for our students and Sihu has been a great help to this. Sihu is part of our assimilation program. She is doing very good in school and we are very proud of her. I would love to learn more about her ethnicity as the year goes on. You should be very proud of her she is a very bright young girl with a lot of potential.