Native American Navigation Unit | Communication through Rhythm & Drumming
Surdynski Sounds
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Grade Levels
4th - 10th, Homeschool
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- Google Slides™
Pages
32 pages
Surdynski Sounds
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Description
This cross-curricular project Native American Navigation is a multi-week unit designed to be collaborative by connecting music to culture & history, and to require critical thinking skills. While many tribes and nations had signed, spoken, & drawn languages, music was an integral component for communication & celebration. To honor that, students will use music as their communication tool during this project.
Students will:
- Compose 4 short rhythms for the cardinal directions (N, S, E, & W)
- Draw a map of their school to include a "home" and an important ritual spot.
- Transform that architectural layout into the geography the people of a specific tribe or nation would have encountered
- Navigate another student from place to place by communicating through drummed rhythms.
Included in these editable Google Slides:
- Teaching slides with animations to demonstrate the process
- Printable student packet - colorful & plain white backgrounds available
- Instructions /checklist for students
- Teacher guide
- Rubric
- Resource links
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Total Pages
32 pages
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N/A
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