The Progression from Ancestral Pueblo to Pueblo of Today

The theme of culture plays a predominant role in this unit because it allows students to explore many different aspects of the Ancestral Pueblo and Pueblo tribes including art and architecture, beliefs and traditions, music and literature.  Students will be introduced to the Ancestral Pueblo and Pueblo tribes located in the southwestern part of the United States.  This collection will have interactive and differentiated lesson plans that will focus on the culture of the Pueblo people from the past to the present.  Activities included in this unit will include activities that are cross curricula, which will focus in mathematics and social studies.  Students will be able to read and research different documents to gain a better understanding of their history and migration patterns.  Pictures of tribal artifacts will visually connect students with the arts that are incorporated in the tribes and the importance behind them.  Students will learn that the Ancestral Pueblo were true pioneers of their time.  Ancestral Puebloans created reservoirs in order to help provide water for growing crops such as corn, squash, cotton, etc.  These tribes established homes within the stone mesas with intricate detail at an epic size with hundreds to thousands of rooms in each cliff dwelling.  Through the lessons and activities in this unit, students will be able to connect the Ancestral Pueblo culture and traditions to those still practiced by the Pueblo Indians today.

This curriculum unit will be created for the use of a sixth grade inclusive classroom, which focuses on the subjects of mathematics and social studies.  With this curriculum unit, the activities will be able to be tweaked and enhanced, in order to be incorporated in both elementary and high school history classes.  My students will be introduced to the Ancestral Pueblo and Pueblo tribes located in the southwestern part of the United States.  This collection will have interactive and differentiated lesson plans that will focus on the culture of these two tribes from the past to the present.  Activities are cross-curricular.