UNIT 1: GENERATIONS

4 GENERATIONS of Navajo Men – Son, father, grandfather, great-grandfather

3 Generations of Navajo Women –daughter, mother and grandmother

How many generations are in your family

line?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

◦WHAT CAN ONE GENERATION LEARN

FROM ANOTHER?

3 QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER in this Unit:

◦1. WHAT UNEXPECTED EVENT SHOWS HOW A

PERSON CAN INFLUENCE SOMEONE FROM

ANOTHER GENERATION?

◦2. WHAT NEW KNOWLEDGE OR SKILLS CAN YOU

LEARN FROM SOMEONE OF A DIFFERENT

GENERATION?

◦3. IN WHAT SITUATIONS CAN ONE GENERATION

LEARN FROM ANOTHER?

WRITE 1 THING THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM

SOMEONE WHO WAS 20 YEARS OLDER THAN YOU….

SHARE – ON THE SCREEN

Which generation do you fit in?

◦WRITE 1 THING THAT YOU LEARNED FROM

SOMEONE YOUNGERTHAN YOU…

◦SHARE – ON THE SCREEN

LEARNING FROM THE YOUNGER GENERATION…

LEARNING ON YOUR OWN

◦LAUNCH TEXT: READ/LISTEN TO “GROUNDED”

ON PEARSON (PG 6-7)

◦( Word Network pg 7 – fill out with words that are

associated with RITES of PASSAGE)

◦WRITE A SUMMARY - NOTE THE WHO, WHAT,

WHERE, WHEN, WHY of this short selection (PG 8)

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE (Options):

1. PEARSON ONLINE - Download the worksheet, SAVE to the desktop, make your changes, and send it as an ATTACHMENT to

my school email.

2. PRINTABLE WORKSHEET: from the Teacher website. Download, print, write you answers,

take a picture, and email it back for credit.

3. DOWNLOAD/EMAIL: download from the Teacher Website, save on

the desktop, make your changes, SAVE, ATTACH, send it to my email