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[Ethnobotany
Project] [Photo Journalist
Projects]
[Literacy Links] [Then
and Now Projects]
Prior
to beginning your studies of the Kumeyaay, you will want to uncover
any questions, prior knowledge, or misunderstandings your students
have. For a graphic organizer that will help you learn more about your
student's needs, interests, and understandings,
click here.
Click on the worksheet to the right to print out a classroom
template for ethnobotany research. For a
Plant Card Template that
matches those on the Ethnobotany pages,
click here.
For great links on Ethnobotany:
Native American
Ethnobotany Database
For some good sites with photos and information on plants:
The Digital Library Project from the University of California at
Berkeley has a vast collection of photos of plants from
California. You can search for them by name, or you can search for
all the plants found in San Diego County. Click on the flower
above to go to the site.
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Use this sheet to record research as you study the plant you
have chosen.
For a site with a LOT of information that you may need to read
with an adult, click on
Plants for a
Future. One nice thing about this site is that it describes
the habitat where each plant is found.
If
you know the scientific name of your plant, you will find that
this site by the Sierra Club has a tremendous amount of
information. Click on
Rare Plants of San Diego by the Sierra Club. |
When visiting Mission Trails, or even areas surrounding your
school site, challenge students to take photos to illustrate:
Kumeyaay Habitats, natural resources available to the Kumeyaay,
natural resources that would illustrate different scenes in
Indians of the Oaks, or plants they would use for food,
clothing, or shelter.
The photos can be printed for journal pages, posted on web pages
with well-researched annotations, or in PowerPoint presentations. |
Click on the Photo Journalism page above to print a page students
may use to record important information about the photos they are
taking for their projects.
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If
your students are reading Indians of the Oaks, they may
want to take digital photos to illustrate plants and objects
mentioned in the text, creating a "Photo Dictionary." Students may
also want to go to one of the Kumeyaay Language sites to find the
pronunciation of the Kumeyaay words used in the text. If you are
taking a field trip to the Museum of Man, students will find great
photos for tools, food, and shelters described in the book. A trip
to Mission Trails would provide many photo illustrations for the
chapters. If students are each responsible for a specific scene,
plant, tree, natural resource, tool, or vocabulary word, they will
know what to look for along the way. |
Click on the page above to print a Literacy Link page for students
to compile research notes as described in the project description
to the left.
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Research shows that many students hold stereotypes of Native
Americans that match what a tribe was like over a century ago. To
help your students bridge this gap in understanding, you may want
to have them compare different aspects of the Kumeyaay culture
from the past with current times. (Click here for a
Venn Diagram page.) Students could create: "Then and
Now" books, PowerPoints, Web Sites, bulletin boards, or posters.
They could compare the land and resources available to the
Kumeyaay by comparing historical photos of San Diego areas with
photos of those areas today. They could be asked to note the
change in available natural resources. They could also compare
what life is like for the Kumeyaay today with what it was like in
the past. It might be good for students to write to students at
some of the Kumeyaay Reservation schools.
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Click on the above graphic to print a research planning sheet for
students to use as they gather photos and information for their
projects.
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Last
Updated:
09/30/03
Linda C. Foote
Instructional Technology Specialist
Poway Unified School District
13626 Twin Peaks Road
Poway, CA 92064 |
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