Units 2010

Going Places Students will learn to ask and answer the basic question “Where are you going?”

Hunting Students will learn 21 phrases and 12 nouns around the topic of hunting and food gathering.

What do you have? This unit lists 1^st/2^nd/3^rd person possessions of the word “jeewú” including positive and negative.  This unit teaches a total of 29 words/phrases.

What are you eating/What did you eat? This unit introduces the verb stem “xáa” (eat) and many different forms of that verb stem.  The different forms included in this unit are the imperfective (present tense), the perfective (past tense), and the imperative (command form).

My Body Hurts. Students will learn body parts so they will be able to recognize how they are used in every facet of the language, when hearing fluent speakers communicate. Students will learn that some nouns [such as body parts] require a pronoun to be placed or attached to the front of the noun.

Weaving. In this unit lessons 1-3 introduce the materials that are necessary for weaving a basket, whether it is out of cedar, spruce or yarn. The students will begin to use these terms along with the verbs necessary to and ask for materials, help and to talk about the act of weaving.

Gaff hook. Traditionally a Tlingit clan claimed a river and was responsible for taking care of it. A teacher can invite an elder to their class room to speak about the use of a river, or a story that relates to rivers or fish. The lessons focus on what a gaff hook is called in the Tlingit Language; a trip a river and the names of the  fish.

Berries. Alaska is the land of berries [tléikw]. These form a most necessary and acceptable article of diet, eaten fresh, or cured and pressed into cakes, or preserved now days by canning process.

The Seasons. As Tlingit people we have survived for thousands of years depending on the tide and the seasons.  Our lifestyle is a whole cycle surrounding food gathering for each time of the year passed down through generations.  Learn the cultural significance relating to the importance of the seasons.

Units 2011

Going-Places-Unit-Part-2-2011 New knowledge will include the perfective form of the same verb; the new basic question is: “Where did you go?” Several new place nouns will be included.

Sewing The lesson is made up so you can do a sewing activity, in this lesson it is set up for either a vest or moccasins.

Math Students will learn to count to twenty in Tlingit. Then they will use the essential skills they are learning in K/1 math and apply them in language class, to refine their ability to think in Tlingit.  Numbers-Math Unit Number posters in Tlingit to accompany math unit.

The things we eat Our food is our way of life; haa atxaayí haa kusteeyíx sitee. Because all food comes from the earth in one way or another, the Lingít people have learned to respect the earth and its resources.

Lets go fishing Young men or boys are taken in by their uncles, their mother’s brothers. They taught them what is needed to know and skills it takes to be successful fisherman and providers.

What did you catch The verb “to catch” is only one example of how the Tlingit people developed their language around shapes of individual object (long, round, full, empty, etc). This variation is not found in the English language but is seen frequently in Tlingit verbs.

Sea Day Our life style is a whole cycle surrounding food gathering for each time of the year passed down through generations.

HandWashing Prior to contact, the parable of Aak’wtaatseen was told so people could learn how to properly clean and take care of the materials needed to prepare and preserve salmon. Then, in the mid-1920s, the Alaska Native Sisterhood created a bylaw, whereby children attending government schools were expected to be well-dressed and clean, according to Western standards.

What did you catch the verb “to catch” is only one example of how the Tlingit people developed their language around shapes of individual object (long, round, full, empty, etc). This variation is not found in the English language but is seen frequently in Tlingit verbs.