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Landmarks in the Local Region for Tuluksak

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Yupiit School District

8

Social Studies

Landmarks in the Local Region for Tuluksak

Grade

Subject

Unit Title

Students will beome familiar with the local landmarks for future hunting trips.

3 weeks

One-Sentence Summary

Time to Complete

Standard
A student should be able to make and use maps, globes, and graphs to gather, analyze, and report spatial (geographic) information.

Detailed Description
1. Bring resource person in to name the land marks within our local area.
2. Ask why that name was given.
3. Students will take notes while person is talking.
4. Be able to name local Yup'ik places.
5. Find locations of their native allotments.
6. Learn the traditional and modern hunting land marks.
7. Student will know the position of land marks.
8. Students need to know the complete compass rose and a combination of landmarks, Yupiit sense of direction as well as the compass.

Description of Activities:
1. Write vocabulary word list in Yup'ik and English
2. Make a map of our area.
3. Research stories from local people, men, elders, and hunters.

Task Management Skill
Information: Acquires and uses information

Vocabulary

Tuluksak Area:
uuravik
tuulkessaaq
iiyussiiq
kevkalleq
kuigurluq
qamuqatarvik
kuilleq
nuugpak
kuigurluyagaq
yugnilnguq
naryauq
qikertarpak
kasigluq
nanviuviik
maciivik
qavirngalria
anaqsarturvik
qemirluar
ungagluliq
qantaq
ciiskayugtuli
ekerkalleq
tangercetaarvik
aparuum
uksuilra
tevyaraq
makcagnilnguq
nunapicuar
maciiviim
qagatii
naruyauq
siimaraat

EFG
Primary Domain

Detailed Description
1. Bring resource person in to name the land marks within our local area.
2. Ask why that name was given.
3. Students will take notes while person is talking.
4. Be able to name local Yup'ik places.
5. Find locations of their native allotments.
6. Learn the traditional and modern hunting land marks.
7. Student will know the position of land marks.
8. Students need to know the complete compass rose and a combination of landmarks, Yupiit sense of direction as well as the compass.

Description of Activities:
1. Write vocabulary word list in Yup'ik and English
2. Make a map of our area.
3. Research stories from local people, men, elders, and hunters.

Domain Outcomes

P1. Read to Understand
Core Skills: reading, information acquisition and management, annalytical thinking

P2. Complete a Mathematical Analysis
Core skills: analytical thinking, mathematics, relational thinking

P3. Create a Map, Graph, or Chart

P4. Demonstrate Competency in World Languages

P5. Action research project with a team approach:

P6. Utilize one form of technology:

P7. Develop Creative Expression:

P8. Write a report:

P9. Make an Oral Presentation:

Partnerships

Career Investigations

Community Service Options:

Internet Questions:

Grade8

SubjectSocial Studies

Date Created10/20/1996

Unit TitleLandmarks in the Local Region for Tuluksak

Date Modified3/24/2000

Time to Complete3 weeks

Cultural ConceptThe students will be able to travel and recognize the landmarks in the local area.

Outcome Area
Survival Skills

State Standard
 A student should be able to make and use maps, globes, and graphs to gather, analyze, and report spatial (geographic) information.

District Outcome 1:
5. Possess a visual sense of early United States history.

District Outcome 2:
1) Identify and locate information sources using technology

Detailed Description:
1. Bring resource person in to name the land marks within our local area.
2. Ask why that name was given.
3. Students will take notes while person is talking.
4. Be able to name local Yup'ik places.
5. Find locations of their native allotments.
6. Learn the traditional and modern hunting land marks.
7. Student will know the position of land marks.
8. Students need to know the complete compass rose and a combination of landmarks, Yupiit sense of direction as well as the compass.

Description of Activities:
1. Write vocabulary word list in Yup'ik and English
2. Make a map of our area.
3. Research stories from local people, men, elders, and hunters.

Specific Grading Critieria:
>The student will be able to identify their current position and be able to find their direction with 80% accuracy.
>Students will be able to pronounce the names of local places, landmarks, native allotments, hunting, and subsistence areas.

General Grading Critieria:
> Completeness and accuracy

SCAN Skill
Information: Acquires and uses information

Resources
Elders, hunters, teachers, local IRA council; Material: Map of the delta area.

Specific Grading Critieria>The student will be able to identify their current position and be able to find their direction with 80% accuracy.
>Students will be able to pronounce the names of local places, landmarks, native allotments, hunting, and subsistence areas.

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