Laguna Pueblo: Winter; Laguna Village Officials

DESCRIPTORS

Curriculum Areas: Language and Literacy, Social Studies

Recommended Levels: K/1 (Learning Disabled Students)

Time Frame: 30 minutes for four weeks

Tribal Affiliation: Laguna Pueblo

Geographic Location: Southwestern New Mexico

Developed by: Veronica Purley

Email addresses of developers: vpurley@teachnet.edb.utexas.edb

Date lesson was developed: July 26,2001

American Indian Standards:

· Language and Literacy; Standards 4, 5, 6, and 7

· Social Studies; Standard 7

INSTRUCTION

Goal: To learn the roles and the importance of their village officials

Behavioral Objectives: Students will:

• Name two officers from the village they reside in
• Name one duty of the village officer
• Compare and contrast roles of village officials from two different villages.

Prior Knowledge Needed:

• The student will name which village in which they reside.
• The students will explain the meaning of “village officer”.

Materials and Resources Needed:

• Chart with village names.
• Title and duties of village officials.
• Names of village officials from each village.
• Paper
• Pencil/markers

Culture Content and Strategies:

• The students and teacher will invite a village official from each village to visit classroom by making and sending an invitation made by the students.
• The students will identify the village officials.

Lesson Summary and Performance Tasks:

This lesson will provide the students with the opportunity to know who their individual village officials are and what their duties are. The students will be presented with information about officials from all six villages. Activities will include inviting a village official from each village to come and speak to the students on different days within the four-week span.

Assessment:

• The students will make a chart putting the village officials in order. Assessed by accuracy of order.
• The students will retell and draw pictures of an event presented by the village officials. Assessed by teacher-made rubric.
• The students will write about what they felt was the most important role of being a village official. Assessed by writing rubric.

EXTENSION

Technology Integration:

• Use digital camera to take pictures of their village officials and print them out to put in their portfolios.
• Use computer to write stories on the lesson after the four-week session.
• Use the program Inspiration to chart the order of the village officials.

Enrichment/Remediation:

• Students will continue to learn more about tribal government regarding the governing body for the Pueblo of Laguna.
• Students will continue the use of the digital camera for further lessons.
• Students will invite more elders to come visit our classroom.

Teacher Reflections

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