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Indigenous Language
Essential Questions & Enduring Understandings
*These resources are primarily for Grades 6-12. If you are looking for Elementary resources, they are on the Elementary page.
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How does family and community define who you are?
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Why is it important to learn your language?
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How can I overcome my hesitancy and began to express myself in Diné language?
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How is Lakota language structured differently than English language and why?
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What is Zuni space? Is there differences between Zuni space and other types of spaces?
Resources
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Seneca Language Assessment
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These standards to the right, broken down by concept, can also be found on CCSD's Dine Content Guide Website.
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This site is in progress, but it offers information about landforms, clans, relationships, and language: http://www.lapahie.com/index.cfm
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Grade 5, Social Justice Unit on the Navajo Nation.
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How CCSD assesses (on student and teacher level) progress in culture/language classes
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Page 4 offers example of spiraling of concepts through the grade-levels
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Language Vision Statement, Navajo Language and Culture, NACA
Resources
Example School UbDs
Yearlong, Unit, and Lesson Plans
Standards
Whisper (Girls' Personal Wellness) and Maȟpíya (Boys' Group) share their stories and speak to how vital and urgent is is for schools to support the "whole" student and the various roles people take as part of the school community.
Whisper (Girls' Personal Wellness) and Maȟpíya (Boys' Group) share their stories and speak to how vital and urgent is is for schools to support the "whole" student and the various roles people take as part of the school community.
Whisper (Girls' Personal Wellness) and Maȟpíya (Boys' Group) share their stories and speak to how vital and urgent is is for schools to support the "whole" student and the various roles people take as part of the school community.
Whisper (Girls' Personal Wellness) and Maȟpíya (Boys' Group) share their stories and speak to how vital and urgent is is for schools to support the "whole" student and the various roles people take as part of the school community.