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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas:
all
Time line:
open
Grade Levels:
9-12
Purpose: to include the
traditional and contempoary aspects of the
students' culture in the school's program of
study
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J. and V.
Lewis
Cultural
Heritage
Projects
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 Activities
- Have students determine aspects of village/community
life that are not addressed in the school program.
- Set up projects and order necessary materials.
Projects should be tied to readings in regular classroom subjects.
For example, the construction of beaded items should accompany research
on beadwork designs throughout the United States.
- Recruit cultural heritage instructors from the
community.
- Suggested projects include:
skin sewing
traditional shelter construction
traditional hunting tool construction
tanning
boat and sled construction
carving
weaving
jewelry
food gathering and preparation
Resources
- Federal programs:
grants
JOM
BIA
Indian Education bilingual/bicultural
- Village/community resource people
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Variations
- The finished items may be sold,
raffled, or auctioned to provide funds for project
continuation.
- Sponsor field trips emphasizing
traditional activities.
- Allow community members to design
and run the program.
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