Intertwining Self-Identity with the Western Culture

Abstract

This curriculum unit will focus on how to intertwine self-identity of being Diné with the Western culture. It will give an insight on what Diné children deal with in being a part of the Diné and Western society and how our young students struggle with it. This curriculum gives a personal story about how I deal with self-identity and how I intertwine the two societies that I live in. This curriculum unit will give the history of how the Diné people were given their clans, what its purpose is and how the people created their own self-identity. The curriculum is comprised of objectives, standards, activities, and assessments. The result of this curriculum will be for the Diné students to know they are in charge of their own self-identity and to be able to acknowledge their Diné identity.