Grade 2 Fall History - The Native Peoples of Our Region: Living Nations, Land, and Knowledge
History · CUL G2 (NK360 EU-1; NK360 EU-5; NCSS-1; CA HSS 2.5.1) hist.g2.f.cul.indigenous_living_nations_today

Recognize Native peoples as LIVING nations today, not only of the past

Demonstrate the present-tense protocol: Native peoples ARE HERE today. Identify 5 contemporary Native individuals or families and their living contributions. Use present tense ('Cherokee people speak Cherokee') not past tense ('Cherokee people spoke Cherokee') when discussing ongoing practices.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
6
Typical minutes
40
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Prereqs
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Believing Native peoples only existed long ago (the 'vanishing Indian' trope - INCORRECT and harmful)
  • Using past tense for present practices ('the Lakota lived in tipis' when many Lakota families today live in modern homes AND tipis still appear at ceremonies)
  • Believing Native peoples all look one way or live one way (574 distinct nations exist with different lives)

Exercise pool (4)

Diff Stem Type
1 Read this sentence: 'Native Americans LIVED in our region a long time ago.' Is this sentence in past tense or present tense? Rewrite it... tense check
2 Look at the four photos (M-2-F-CUL-01-A). For each photo, write the YEAR you think it was taken AND one detail that tells you when. Are... photo dating
3 Add your wondering to the I-Wonder Living-Nations chart. Write (or dictate) ONE compelling question (a big-picture question) AND ONE... wonder chart contribution
5 Find one image of 'Native American' people in a book, magazine, or online (with a grown-up's help). Apply the 3 checks: (1) Is the image... media audit