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This Dark Water: Lesson Plan 3 - Grades 6-12 lesson plan also includes:
- Discussion Questions
- Additional Resources
- Dark Water: Summary of the Story
- Dark Water
- Activity
- Template
- Graphic Organizer
- Reading Passage
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After watching the documentary Dark Water about a traditional Chumash ceremony and reading a Chumash origin story, viewers are asked to create a coat of arms and to craft an essay that details a family tradition or their own origin story.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have individual research how their families or neighbors came to be in this pace at this time
Classroom Considerations
- Assumes class members have viewed Dark Water, the documentary that introduces the series of lessons
- The fourth in a four-part series that focuses on the Chumash of the California Channel Islands
- Class members should have experience crafting narratives
Pros
- The 14-page packet includes a summary of the lesson that is based on the Dark Water documentary, a vocabulary worksheet, and a template for a coat of arms
- Also included are reading passages, images, Chumash poetry, and links to news articles about the Chumash tomol crossing
Cons
- No scaffolding is provided for the essay assignment, nor is a rubric included