Navajo Place Names

DESCRIPTORS

Curriculum Areas: Social Studies

Recommended Levels: K-8th

Time Frame: 30-45 mins.

Tribal Affiliation:

Geographic Location: Southwest (Dilcon)

Developed by: Martha Lee

Email addresses of developers: redhorse86047@yahoo.com or martha_lee@teachnet.edb.utexas.edu

Date lesson was developed: July 25,2001

American Indian Standards:

¯ Social Studies Standard 4: GL K-4: Individual Development and Identity

INSTRUCTION

Goal: To know more about the language associated with the students’ home place.

Behavioral Objectives: Students will:

• Name individual home places in Navajo.
• Discuss brief history and significance of home place.
• Photograph the home place.
• Compare home place names with student’s clan.

Prior Knowledge Needed:

• Knowledge of clans.
• Using digital camera.
• Using the internet.

Materials and Resources Needed:

• Digital camera
• Clan list
• Internet

Culture Content and Strategies:

• Stories related to the home place.
• Stories related to the clans.

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