Página — Ingles 8 (pág. 102)

Reading and Vocabulary Traditions and Indigenous Groups

In groups,read the text on Social Groups and determine if the following sentences correspond to Aborigine, Cherokee, or Huichol.Write the answers in your notebook.

Their beliefs and traditions are passed down orally.

Paintings and engravings of plants, animals, and ceremonies were important in their culture.

Most of them live in Oklahoma.

For them, maize is a symbol of life.

Pesticides are bad for their health.

The idea of balance and harmony is very important.

Communication and transport have changed their lifestyles.

Women looked after crops while men hunted.

They are descendants of the Aztecs.

Read the text again and match the information on the left to the correct number on the right. Write the answers in your notebook.

Copy the following sentences in your notebook and underline the correct words to complete them.

Kangaroos, rabbits, and cats have fur/hair.

Your homeland / home town is the country where you were born,and with which you have a deep cultural association.

Pictures which are carved or cut into wood, metal, or stone are called engravings /paintings.

Villages or towns which are very far away from other civilizations are lonely/remote.

Speaking: Discuss the Questions.

What are the positive and negative aspects ofindigenous people adapting to modern society?

What can people do to help protect traditional culture and language?In Chile,how are the problems of each indigenous group similar or different?

4. Respuesta variable.

5. Respuesta variable.

After Reading

6. a. Respuesta variable.b. Respuesta variable.c. Respuesta variable.

Profundización y variaciones

Para expandir el conocimiento adquirido, haga a los estudiantes escoger una tribu aborigen de cualquier país y que la comparen con alguna de las leídas en las páginas 50-5l, utilizando los mismos elementos mencionados en los textos para dirigir la investigación.Haga que cada estudiante presente los resultados de su investigación de forma breve (no más de diez minutos) en la clase siguiente.

Preguntas de profundización

Para continuar la discusión de la actividad 4, se sugieren las siguientes preguntas para desarrollar pensamiento crítico:

• How are indigenous cultures protected and motivated in Chile?

What do you personally do to stay connected to your roots and indigenous background?

Solucionario

Reading and Vocabulary 1. Aborigines: b, g Cherokee: c, f, h Huichol: a, d, e, i 2.a. 18,000 b.500 c. 300,0003.a. fur b. home c. engravings d. remote 4. a. Respuesta variable b. Respuesta variable.c. Respuesta variable.

Texto del estudiante

Number of Huichols in today's society.	500
Original numberof Aborigine tribes.	18,000
Number of Cherokees in today's society.	300,000

Lesson4-Culteure and Heritage|53

101