Jennifer Cruz

McKinley Grimmer

Erin McRaith

The purpose of this curriculum is to determine how a group or individuals representing a unique heritage have impacted the Gallup region, as well as to help the students know more about the place and people where that heritage group originated.  We have designed our curriculum to be geared for upper elementary.

Groups:

Hispanic/Latino	Mexican	African American	Dutch
Navajo	Zuni	Plains/Intertribal	Italian
Croatian	Celtic/Bluegrass	Arabic	South Asia
Western Classical	Chinese	Ranching, Country Western, Rodeo	Philippine
Japanese	Greek	Other Interest Groups	Polynesian

Lesson 1-Introduction:

Students will begin this project with some introductory activities, such as discussions meant to stimulate prior knowledge in order to develop a framework for upcoming activities.  One important introductory activity would include the students exploring the area’s culture, history, and peoples through a variety of books, videos, and websites.  The library has a nice selection of videos and books on the area that can be ordered by teachers on line at media.gmcs.k12.nm.us or by calling extensions: 51240 or 51241.  There are a wide variety of websites available to use, such as:

http://www.fourcornerssw.com/gallup.html

http://www.ci.gallup.nm.us/shst.htm

http://www.pilotgetaways.com/sample_article2/history.html

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=17847

http://www.navajonationparks.org/fourcorners_monument.htm

http://www.neartime.com/ruins/default.htm

Technology needed: 

VCR, Internet, Computer, Infocus and Smartboard (optional), Television, phone

Lesson 2-Cultural Quest

Students will choose a culture they would like to explore and begin a “quest” to find out all they can on that culture.  At the end of their quest they will be expected to present some sort of report to the class on the history of that culture using appropriate technology.  After using the Internet to explore their culture’s history they may use the following to present their findings in a creative manner: webbe books, studio 7 movie, PowerPoint, or if they are really motivated a WebPage.

Technology needed:

Computer with Studio 7 hardware, webbe books, PowerPoint, and Internet access, word processing, digital camera or video camera.