List Books » Iroquois Corn in a Culture-Based Curriculum: A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Cultures
Authors: Carol Cornelius
ISBN-13: 9780791440285, ISBN-10: 0791440281
Format: Paperback
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: December 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Carol Cornelius offers a new culture-based framework that provides a way to research and develop curricula based on respect of the diverse cultures of this nation. Using the Haudenosaunee culture as an example, Cornelius examines the source and reasons for the prevailing stereotypes about American Indians and explains how those stereotypes became the standard curriculum taught in America. She uses the components of world view and how it structures a way of life - the interaction of corn and culture, the dynamic aspect of Haudenosaunee culture, and the contemporary role of corn - to weave the interdependent, holistic, interdisciplinary framework for culture-based curriculum. Using this conceptual model, teachers can develop a culturally sensitive curriculum on any culture. The book therefore fills a void for teachers who want to utilize a multicultural approach in their classroom, but don't know how to begin the process.
Offers a framework that provides a way to research and develop curricula based on respect for diverse cultures. Using the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) culture as an example, the author examines the sources of prevailing stereotypes about American Indians and explains how they became part of standard curricula. She then explores how her framework could be used to build a culture-based curriculum on the Haudenosaunees (or other cultures). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
List of Figures | ||
Introduction | ||
1 | The Problem: Stereotypes | 1 |
2 | Cultural Evolution: The Theories behind the Stereotypes | 19 |
3 | The Theories Become the Standard Curriculum | 27 |
4 | Valuing Diversity through Culture-Based Curriculum | 37 |
5 | The Thanksgiving Address: An Expression of Haudenosaunee World View | 69 |
6 | Corn as a Cultural Center of the Haudenosaunee Way of Life | 91 |
7 | The Interaction of Corn and Cultures | 119 |
8 | Dynamic Aspects of Haudenosaunee Culture | 163 |
9 | The Contemporary Role of Corn in Haudenosaunee Culture | 189 |
App. 1 | Seneca Thanksgiving Address by Chief Corbett Sundown, Tonawanda Seneca, 1959 | 203 |
App. 2 | Long Opening Thanksgiving Address by Enos Williams, Grand River 1974 | 213 |
App. 3 | Ernest Smith Paintings - Rochester Museum, 1991 | 225 |
App. 4 | Publications Containing Ernest Smith Paintings | 243 |
App. 5 | Interview of Irv Powless, Onondaga Chief, Onondaga Nation, New York, by Carol Cornelius, November 27, 1991 | 245 |
App. 6 | Interview of Katsi Cook, Akwesasne Mohawk Midwife, by Carol Cornelius, June 6, 1992 | 253 |
Chapter Notes | 263 | |
Bibliography | 279 | |
Index | 291 |