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This Cultural Heritage: Recording a Native Language Dictionary lesson plan also includes:
- Cultural Heritage: Recording a Native Language Dictionary (.html)
- Cultural Heritage: Recording a Native Language Dictionary (Google Doc)
- Spanish Version (.pdf)
- Spanish Version (Google Doc)
- Marie's Dictionary
- Native Digital Land
- Education Guide: The Land You Live On (.pdf)
- Note-Taking Sheet (Google Doc)
- Endangered Languages Map
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How do you rebuild a language that has been banned for years? A short video introduces high schoolers to Marie Wilcox, A Wukchumni Native American from Central California who, for over 20 years, worked on comprising a dictionary of the Wukchumni language. Young historians learn not about the policies behind enforced assimilation and language loss but also about the importance of preserving languages and cultural traditions.
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Instructional Ideas
- Ask groups to create an infographic that details information about the tribe they researched: the location of the tribal lands, the name of the tribe, and the name of its language, and includes words with translations
- Present the lesson during November's Native American Heritage Month
Classroom Considerations
- Requires projection equipment with internet access for the video
- Class members need devices with internet access for their research
Pros
- Groups watch different films about the attempts of California tribes to revitalize their languages and cultures and report their findings to the class
Cons
- None