Seminar: Understanding our World through Geometric Reasoning
Program: DINÉ
Subject Area: Math
Grade Level: 3rd
Year of Publication: 2023
Abstract
In this curriculum, I would like students to go into further depth about the logic of the shape, space, measurement and design of the Hogan. There are two big ideas that I want to address in my unit:
1. I feel students would be able to understand that math is used in everyday situations and that most of our cultural arts, tools and day to day living deals with math. I would like my students to get to that higher order mathematical thinking and reasoning. They should be able to see math in everything they do and be able to solve simple problems with the skills they’ve learned.
2. There are not many traditional Hogans today. Students see a home as a western colonized home that has bedrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living room. There are cultural teachings about the Hogan that tie to everyday living. Instead of students wanting a westernized home, I would like them to think about how to modernize a Hogan with features they want using those mathematical skills.