Your Study Resources: Module 2
YOUR CULTURE AND YOU
Native Housing
http://www.nativeamericans.com/Wigwams.htm
Description, illustration, and directions for building various Native American dwellings, along with a discussion of the importance of the dwellings to the people who built them.
This is My Home by Arthur Dorros
http://www.arthurdorros.com/books/thisismyhouse.html
A brilliant resource for this activity, this book illustrates in interesting text and pictures that show and tell just how and why homes are built. Varied lifestyles, climates and available materials. Learn to say home in 17 languages!
Hidden Kitchens
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/hiddenkitchens/
Archived broadcasts of NPR shows provide a variety of tales of communities created through food in the United States. Lots of great recipes!
Jamaican Dumplings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R3zNNoIR38
Excellent how-to movie on YouTube, along with the recipe.
Worldly Dumplings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpling
Dumplings may be any of a wide variety of dishes, both sweet and savoury, in several different cuisines.
CULTURE LANGUAGE
Speaking Yu'pik
http://members.aol.com/glincoln45/Yugtun.htm
Learn to speak some basic Yu'pik phrases supported by audio samples!
The Language Museum
http://www.language-museum.com/
Samples of 2000 languages around the world
Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia: The Chukchi Language
http://lingsib.unesco.ru/en/languages/chukchi.shtml.htm
In-depth information from UNESCO on the threatened Chukchi language.
Shamanism: The Drum
http://www.pulseplanet.com/archive/Mar98/1580.html
Unfortunately, the audio recording of shamanic ritual is not available at the site, but you can read a transcript of the "portrait."
Agayuliyararput: Yupik Masks
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/yupik/gallery/sgallery/sections.html
See an assortment of Yupik masks and their stories among a wealth of fantastic resources.
The Drums of Winter (unabbreviated)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7140845124773611591&q=Yup%27ik+Eskimo+Dance
This is a 9-minute clip on YouTube.com documentary explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual world of the Yupik The full feature length documentary can be purchased.
Yupik Stories & Masks
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/yupik/gallery/sgallery/sections.html
Center for Digital Storytelling
http://www.storycenter.org/index1.html
In-depth and illustrative resources about digital story telling.
Y.O.U.T.H
http://www.youthtrainingproject.org/
Foster youth telling powerful digital stories
Pandoras Box
http://story.e2bn.net/movie.php?id=42&wm=true&qt=true&browser=safari&ismac=true
A digital story by 3rd graders in Britain, this is a classic! Very funny and enthusiastic performance - great example to become inspired.
The Brick Testament
http://www.thebricktestament.com
By the Rev. Brendan Powell Smith an excellent example of an 'old story' in a new format!
CASE STUDY: FACT FINDER
Inuit Collection
http:/www.webstergalleries.com/inuit_fp.htm,
http://www.webstergalleries.com/inuit_ft.htm,
http://www.webstergalleries.com/inuit_bw.htm
From Webster Galleries, a wealth of carvings organized in categories of people, animals, and things.
Wumpa's World
http://www.wumpasworld.com/
One of our favorite resources for young students to learn about Inuit culture through games. Carve with the polar bear!
Buy 60 Cinderella Stories
http://shens.com/cinderella.html
This is a commercial site, offering a catalog of more than 60 Cinderella stories and a teacher-resource book, In Search of Cinderella: A Curriculum for the 21st Century.
Walt Disney and Cinderella
http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/collection/masterworks/cinderella/index.html
Learn about the history of Walt Disney and its break-through animation of Cinderella in the 1960s.
"The Work Song"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg7SebZl_8w&mode=related&search
"The Work Song" from Cinderella in Spanish on YouTube.
Syllabics
Click on this PDF for more information on the origins of syllabics.
Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia: The Chukchi Language
http://lingsib.unesco.ru/en/languages/chukchi.shtml.htm
Translation of a scholarly article with in-depth information on the history of the language since the coming of Russian explorers.
The Drums of Winter (abbreviated)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7140845124773611591&q=Yup%27ik+Eskimo+Dance
This is a 9-minute clip on YouTube.com documentary explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual world of the Yu'pik. The full feature length documentary can be purchased.
Cherokee Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide
http://www.cherokee.org/Extras/Downloads/Syllabary.html
Russian Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide
http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/language/russian-alphabet.html
CASE STUDY: THINK GLOBAL...
Support the protection of Native peoples!
Sign the United Nations petition for the declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples http://www.amnesty.ca/take_action/actions/UN_indigenous_rights.php
Help people of other cultures!
Help women around the world, so they can help their children: http://www.care.org/index.asp
Help victims of war in Dafur: http://www.care.org/careswork/emergencies/sudan
Trip to other cultures!
Go on virtual field trips to Guatemala, Ghana and Peru: http://www.care.org/features/vfts.asp
Travel with National Geographic around the world: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
