ELT3 lesson project

What do you know about Native Americans?

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Answer the following questions:

1) How do you think the American indigenous people regard the European settlement in America? How does this differ from the perspective of European settlers?

2) What has caused these differences in perspective?

3) Do you think the history between American indigenous people and Americans with a European background still causes problems or tensions today? If so, in what way? Can you name examples?

Reflect on the following questions:

1) What is your evaluation of the Mount Rushmore issue? On which criteria do you base these opinions?

2) What were the evaluations and arguments of your classmates? How do they differ from yours?

3) Compare your view of Native Americans at the start of this project to your view now (think of the mindmap). What has changed? What has caused your view to change?

1. What do you now know of and understand about indigenous American peoples, culture, and history?
2. Share a few perspectives that you heard during class that differed from your own (for example, from the videos or your classmates)

How would you describe the sun and the moon?

Statement: “Two people watch the same event, but end up remembering different things about that event”.

What influences of culture on language (or vice versa) are mentioned in the article?

Culturally loaded words

TASK

Comment on the concepts of ‘land ownership’ (Group 1) and ‘gender roles’ (Group 2) from the perspective of a Native American and from the perspective of a European settler.

> First, think about what you remember from previous lessons

> Then go online and do some research

Reflect on these questions:
1. How can language affect culture, and vice versa?
2. What misunderstandings can it cause when people do not consider the cultural weight or connotations of a word?
3. What does this mean for you when you engage with a language?

What do you remember about Native American history and the effect of culture on language?

Final product

1. The final assignment

2. The rubric

3. Success criteria

Feedback

1. Exchange your work with a classmate

2. Fill out the single-point rubric: task criteria? success criteria?

3. Compare your works: write down 1-3 points of improvement for each work

4.  Improve your work

5. Finished? Submit your work to the teacher

Reflect on the following questions:

1) What have you learned from this project? Summarize the main points you have learned about (Native) American culture, different perspectives, and the effect of culture on language (and vice versa).

2) What has (or who have) contributed most to learning these things? How and why?

3) What is the most important lesson that you take with you from this project? How can this help you in your further studies or in life?

4) What difficulties did you encounter while writing the final product? How did you overcome these?

5) What questions do you still have? How can you find the answer to them?