Daily Lessons for Teaching The Scalpel and the Silver Bear

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Within the Navajo culture, many people create and sing songs that will help them in their healing process. Today's objective is to discuss the ways in which healing can be approached from a modern perspective as well as from a cultural perspective.

1) 1. Have each student list the steps they take when they are ill.

2. In smaller groups, have students discuss whether...
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