Iroquois Corn in a Culture-Based Curriculum: A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about CulturesCarol 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. |
Contents
The Problem Stereotypes | 1 |
Cultural Evolution The Theories behind the Stereotypes | 19 |
The Theories Become the Standard Curriculum | 27 |
Valuing Diversity through CultureBased Curriculum | 37 |
The Thanksgiving Address An Expression of Haudenosaunee World View | 69 |
Corn as a Cultural Center of the Haudenosaunee Way of Life | 91 |
The Interaction of Corn and Cultures | 119 |
Dynamic Aspects of Haudenosaunee Culture | 163 |
Long Opening Thanksgiving Address by Enos Williams 19151983 Grand River 1974 | 213 |
Ernest Smith PaintingsRochester Museum 1991 | 225 |
Publications Containing Ernest Smith Paintings | 243 |
Interview of Irv Powless Onondaga Chief Onondaga Nation New York by Carol Cornelius November 27 1991 | 245 |
Interview of Katsi Cook Akwesasne Mohawk Midwife by Carol Cornelius June 6 1992 | 253 |
Chapter Notes | 263 |
Bibliography | 279 |
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The Contemporary Role of Corn in Haudenosaunee Culture | 189 |
Seneca Thanksgiving Address by Chief Corbett Sundown Tonawanda Seneca 1959 | 203 |
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