Iroquois Corn in a Culture-Based Curriculum: A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Cultures
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...
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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. Booknews 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 FiguresIntroduction1The Problem: Stereotypes12Cultural Evolution: The Theories behind the Stereotypes193The Theories Become the Standard Curriculum274Valuing Diversity through Culture-Based Curriculum375The Thanksgiving Address: An Expression of Haudenosaunee World View696Corn as a Cultural Center of the Haudenosaunee Way of Life917The Interaction of Corn and Cultures1198Dynamic Aspects of Haudenosaunee Culture1639The Contemporary Role of Corn in Haudenosaunee Culture189App. 1Seneca Thanksgiving Address by Chief Corbett Sundown, Tonawanda Seneca, 1959203App. 2Long Opening Thanksgiving Address by Enos Williams, Grand River 1974213App. 3Ernest Smith Paintings - Rochester Museum, 1991225App. 4Publications Containing Ernest Smith Paintings243App. 5Interview of Irv Powless, Onondaga Chief, Onondaga Nation, New York, by Carol Cornelius, November 27, 1991245App. 6Interview of Katsi Cook, Akwesasne Mohawk Midwife, by Carol Cornelius, June 6, 1992253Chapter Notes263Bibliography279Index291
\ BooknewsOffers 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.\ \