Objectives:

Learner will make predictions about content based on background knowledge.
Learner will exercise critical thinking skills to develop new learning.
Learner will support or negate their learning using evidence.

SOS Strategy from Discovery Education

MYTH BUSTING (adapted)

Students make predictions, develop critical thinking skills, and learn how to support their thinking with sound evidence as they work to “Confirm” and “Bust” statements about media they will view.

STEPS

1. On a sticky note, write down anything you know about Cherokee. Place them on the chart paper.

2. We will watch a series of videos, as you watch, think about what you wrote on the sticky notes.

3. Following the videos, we will either CONFIRM or BUST our knowledge.

4. Lastly, we will share our new learning.

Let’s Share

What did we confirm?

What did we bust?

What did we learn?

What questions do we have?

"We were taught to love and take care of each other." - Walker Calhoun, EBCI tribal elder

In 2004, Vision Qualla, a committee of the Cherokee Preservation Foundation, recognized the need of guidelines that represented an accurate portrayal of Cherokee culture in tourism. Prior to this time, tourism revenue relied heavily on the sale of headdresses and tomahawks. Vision Qualla developed an action plan to identify core values of the Cherokee community. Letters were sent to community members for a round table discussion. Their goal was to integrate Cherokee core values into all facets of Cherokee life; government, education, business and tourism, resource management, gaming enterprise, health enterprise, and community.

The core values are the foundation of how we live, our work ethic, and our community structures. These values remain constant in an ever changing world. These are the practices we abide by in order to obtain professional, personal, and family goals.

ꮳꮃꭹ ꭲꮧᏼꮻꮚ ꭲꮅꮝꭸꮣ ꭲꭹꮝꮣꮹꮫꮝꮧ

Tsalagi idiyvwiya ulisgeda igisdawadvsdi

Cherokee Core Values

Sense of Place

Strong connection to the land
Commitment to stewardship of the homelands of the Cherokee.
Pride in where you live/come from
Taking care of Home for future generations

Biology and Cherokee Ways with Caleb Hickman

Honoring the Past

Knowing our ancestors and the history
Living and Preserving Cherokee culture & traditions
Possessing a sense of Cherokee identify and belonging

Group Harmony

Group harmony in kin relationships.
Freely sharing and giving time, talent, and treasure for the benefit of the group.
Respect for family, community and kin, sacrifices for the people.

Educating the Children

Providing values-oriented education and recreation
Being strong role models in family, school, and community settings
Recognize our youth walk in 2 worlds, Cherokee and mainstream society

Sense of Humor

Humor can lighten pressure in serious situations and help people make good decisions
Native humor is universal-always present when native people gather and converse
Joking with others in a healthy way
Self-effacing humor
Humor can be a sign of affection and acceptance

Strong Individual Character

Integrity, honesty, perseverance, courage, respect, trust, honor, and humility.
Using your strengths to help others and where you live.
Living a responsible life.
Resiliency that you learned from your family and ancestors.

Spirituality

Creates a bond among Cherokee people in good times and bad and is a source of hope.
Prayer, faith and spirituality creates a bond among Cherokee people in good and difficult times.
Prayer is a source of strength for the Cherokee people
A connection to something/someone of a higher power
Church and Stomp
Importance of Water

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