Cultural Biographies
Unit Plan: Exploring World Cultures
Cognitive Partnership
Developed by: Liz
Coderre, Julia Kneeland & Matthew Puhlick
Contents:
Unifying Theme
Objectives of Unit
Materials
Grade Level and Timeline
Procedure
Evaluation
Lesson 1
Cultural Biographies Project
Sheet
Self-Evaluation
Form
Rubric for Evaluating Unit Projects
Websites for Cultural Biographies
The theme for this
unit is to engage students in using the Internet to do research about significant
individuals from around the world. The unit is designed to challenge students
to explore different cultures by reading biographies that are linked to
the Internet. The Internet creates an interactive, dynamic research tool
for students to use. This unit plan will integrate science, mathematics,
humanities and history.
At the end of this unit students will be able to:
1. Access the
Internet for information about a culture in specific subject areas.
2. Synthesize
information gathered from the Internet about a particular culture, then
as a group
design a creative presentation.
3. Explore
a particular culture in a specific subject area, then write an individual
report.
4. Demonstrate
what they have learned about a culture and teach the rest of the
class through
group presentation.
Computers with access
to the Internet; Internet site set up by teachers involved in integrated
unit (See Websites for Cultural
Biographies); overhead projector; screen; transparencies; and depending
on what each group chooses to do for demonstration, different materials
will be needed (See Cultural
Biographies Project Sheet)
Grade Level and Tentative Timeline
This unit is designed
for middle school grades, probably 7th or 8th grade
would
be best. This is
an integrated unit plan designed with the idea that subject area teachers,
including the arts teachers work together collaboratively. Hopefully the
teachers would allow the students time in class to do this project. It
would make sense for the language arts teacher to help students with the
written component of this unit. The history teacher would be a great resource
person for students to use in getting background and context information
about the culture they choose to explore. Math and science teachers would
also be helpful in gathering information. Music and art teachers could
help pull together the project by conferencing with groups on their plan
for a creative presentation.
This unit tentatively
would run about four to six weeks depending on the amount of time teachers
would agree to give students in class to do the work.
See Lesson
1
Students will be assessed on two components for this unit plan. The first one is on their individual reports about a specific subject area (science, math, humanities, and history) in the culture that the group has selected. The second one is on their group presentation. Students will also be required to do a self-evaluation (see self-evaluation form). Students will be given a rubrics in advance, so they are able to know what they need to do to complete the assignment successfully at a proficient level.
Objectives
Materials
Procedure
Evaluation
Students will be able to:
1. Explore
the Internet for information about cultures through biographies of
significant individuals in the subject areas of: science, math, humanities
and
history.
2. Identify,
in cooperative groups, which culture the student’s group will explore in
more depth.
3. Identify
which subject area in that particular culture each student in the group
will
do an
individual research report on.
Computers with access to the Internet, Internet site set up by teachers involved in integrated unit, project assignment sheet (See Cultural Biographies Project Sheet), overhead projector, screen, and transparencies
The teacher will
lead a discussion about cultures of the world, brainstorming with
students about what
they already know about some cultures. The teacher will list on overhead
projector, cultures students suggest as well as some of the characteristics
of each particular culture. Next, teacher will ask students to name any
significant people from any time from cultures listed. The goal is for
the students to become aware that people make significant contributions
to their own cultures.
Students will then be handed a Cultural Biographies project sheet and the project will be explained, allowing time for any questions. The students then will be able to start exploring on the Internet the web sites that are already designed specifically for this unit plan. This group who developed this unit plan designed specific web sites. To expand this unit, however, other cultures, subject areas or significant individuals could be added.
Next, students will follow the steps in Part I of the Cultural Biographies project sheet. They will select any culture that is in the designed web sites and pick any subject area and read the biographies that might interest them. To explore more cultures, the group could divide up the different cultures among themselves. After the students complete this activity they will then begin working on Part II. As a group they will need to decide which culture they would like to study. Then individually they will need to choose a subject area they would like to learn more about. They may choose from science, math, humanities or history. Each member of the group will need to choose a different subject area so that more information about the overall culture may be discovered. Realistically, this would probably be as much as the class would cover for the first lesson.
As the unit goes on, students will complete a research report. Then they will work together again in their groups to determine what they would like to do to demonstrate what they have learned about the culture they studied. (Part III on the Cultural Biographies project sheet.) The suggestions for group presentations are related to Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences. The first suggestion is to use the computer to design a Power Point presentation about the culture. This would relate to Spatial Intelligence. There is a choice for artists to do a visual representation of their culture. This demonstration would also relate to Spatial Intelligence. There is a music selection for the students with Musical Intelligence. They may wish to compose a piece of music that reflects the culture studied. For those students with Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence, they may decide to write a skit and dramatize what they have learned about their culture. Designing a time line incorporating culture studied with other important world events would demonstrate Math-Logic Intelligence. For the Verbal-Linguistic intelligent students, there is the choice to write and video tape a short documentary about their culture. Because students will be working on this project in cooperative groups, they will also be demonstrating their Interpersonal Intelligence.
The assessment for
lesson one will be based on completion of the tasks assigned. Participation
and cooperation in the group will be assessed. Also completing the task
of choosing a culture and an individual subject area will be part of the
assessment.
Cultural Biographies Project Sheet
Cultural Biographies
This is a project to explore world cultures through biographies of significant individuals in different subject areas.
Part
I
Part
II
Part
III
Part
IV
You and members of your group are requested to explore, on the internet site that is set up for you, the various represented cultures by:
1. Selecting
any culture
2. Choosing
a subject area of interest (science, math, humanities, history) and
reading some
biographies from that culture
3. Repeat
steps #1 and #2 until specified time is over
*Suggestion: to make best use of time, each member could choose a different culture to explore.
Next, your group will need to choose one culture that is of most interest to your group to explore. Once you decide as a group which culture, then you will need to decide who will explore each one of the subject areas.
*Each individual in the group will be responsible for one subject area in the chosen culture. Each individual will be required to write a report on the subject area in that particular culture. (Length: 2 to 3 typed pages)
For example, suppose your group chooses Native American culture to explore. Each member of your group is responsible to choose one subject area (science, math, humanities, history) under the Native American culture, and do a research report on whatever area they choose. Please be sure everyone selects a different subject area to explore. The research is to be done using the internet site that has been set up for you to use.
You may ask, "How many biographies do I need to read to do this report?" (There are 3 or more biographies from each subject area to make a selection from.) The answer will depend on the biography selected, some contain connecting links that give more detail and information, and others contain less. Remember that from the biographical material you should try to answer some of the following questions about the culture and specific subject area.
*(Insert some general
questions about culture and some specific questions about
subject areas.)
As a group you will then share your research about your culture, and decide how to do a group presentation to share with the class. Below are listed some suggestions. Please feel free to come up with your own ideas for a presentation. Be Creative!!
1. Using the computer, design a Power Point presentation about your culture.
2. If art is
your area of specialization, do an authentic visual using what you have
learned about your culture that is representative of it.
3. If music
is your passion, compose a piece of music that is representative of
your culture.
Consider building instruments from that culture to do a
demonstration.
4. Have you
always wanted to be on stage? Well, give it a try! Write a
skit and
perform it or do role playing from one the biographies studied.
5. Design a
time line that incorporates your culture. Make sure to include
important world events, famous inventors, artists, composers, philosophers,
and government leaders.
6. Videotape
a short documentary about your culture. Include artifacts, interviews,
and background information from your culture.
A self-assessment
will be required from each member of the group.
Self-Evaluation Form for Exploring World Cultures
Name:
Date:
Members of Group:
Culture Studied:
Subject Area You Reported On:
What process did
your group go through that determined how they would demonstrate what they
learned about culture studied? Why did you choose to do this type
of demonstration?
What did you learn
from doing this project about World Cultures?
What did you learn
from other group's demonstrations about other World Cultures?
Would you do anything
differently another time? Why or why not?
How would you evaluate yourself using the rubric designed for this project?
1. Written
report: Where do you fall in the assessment? Why?
2. Group demonstration:
Where does your group fall in the assessment? Why?
Any other comments…
The following 8 point
Rubric will be used to determine grades for projects related to the Cultural
Biographies unit plan:
7 or 8 An ADVANCED Response
|
5 or 6 A PROFICIENT Response
|
4 or 5 A BASIC Response
|
3 or 4 An INITIAL Response
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Websites
for Cultural Biographies
Cultural
Biographies
The objective of this Unit Plan is for you to explore World cultures through biographies of significant individuals from a particular heritage.
You will be able to explore the
cultures listed below through science, mathematics, humanities, or history
- you make the choice!
Choose one of the following World Cultures to explore!
Ancient Cultures
African (including African-American)
Asian (including Asian-American)
European (including Euro-American)
Hispanic (including Hispanic-American)
Native American
Grading for this project
will be determined by a 8 point Rubric.
Welcome to the Ancient Cultures page!!
You may select one of the following categories from which to research your biography:
Science
Mathematics
Humanities
History
Cultures History page!Please select one of the links below to research a person from an Ancient Culture who has made a significant contribution in the study of History.
For a complete Biography of Cleopatra VII, this site provides you with all the details you ever wanted to know, and more.
Interested in knowing about Ancient Greek culture? Read about Plato for the Young Inquirer in order to find out more about the culture which provided the foundation of Democracy.
Do you know why we call them "Ancient Cultures"? Find out how archaeologists find out about cultures at the Exhibits Collection
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Cultures Humanities page!Please select one of the links below to research a person from an Ancient Culture who has made a significant contribution in the field of Humanities.
From Ancient Athens Plato was known not only as a great philosopher, but a great writer as well. Plato's writings have influenced many different cultures throughout history.
In ancient Nubia, Ramesses II, had a temple built to demonstrate his supreme god-like rule. He had four massive statutes of himself built to surround the temple. The temple is located at Abu Simbel.
A famous Greek poet, Homer, was admired by Plato and other famous people from the Classical Age. The Iliad and the the Odyssey written by Homer influenced not only the ancient Greeks, but still has a message for us today as truly great literature.
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Cultures Mathematics page!Please select one of the links below to research a person from an Ancient Culture who has made a significant contribution in the study of Mathematics.
Hypatia of Alexandria - the first woman to make a substatial contribution to the development of mathematics
Euclid of Aleaxandria - the most prominent mathematician of antiquity; best known for his treatise on mathematics, The Elements
Claudius Ptolemy - one of the most influential Greek astronomers and geographers of his time who propounded the geometric theory in a form that prevailed for 1400 years.
Pythagoras of Samos - an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics; often desribed as the first pure mathematician;
To research some other person from an ancient culture who has made a significant contribution in the study of Mathematics, visit the site Mathematicians born before 500 AD.
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Cultures Science page!Please select one of the links below to research a person from an Ancient Culture who has made a significant contribution in the field of Science.
Archimedes of Syracuse - a scientist as well as a mathematician whose most famous thorem, Archimedes' Principal was named after him
Aristotle - a famous ancient philosopher; also known for his work in metaphysics, biology, zoology, and physics as well as other fields of knowledge
Hippocrates - a physician, known as "the father of medicine", and associated with the medical profession's Hippocratic oath. For more information also visit this site, http://infoplease.lycos.com/ce5/CE023976.html, on Hippocrates.
To research ancient women scientists visit the antiquity section of this site, 4000 Years of Women in Science. Choose from the many choices that are available.
To research ancient Muslim scientists visit the site, Muslim Scientists and Thinkers.
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Welcome to the African Cultures
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Science
MathematicsHumanitiesHistory
Cultures History page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of African descent who has made a significant contribution in the study of History.
Read about a person of African American decent who rallied against slavery in America. Find out why Sojourner Truth became one of America's best known abolitionists.
Read about the life of Rosa Parks , a living legend, a woman who changed a nation by sitting on a bus.
Explore an entire website dedicated to the study of GREAT AFRICAN KINGS from Affonso to King Tutankamun.
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Cultures Humanities page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of African descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Humanities.
This person was the first African American woman to become an editor of a newspaper in North America. Mary Ann Shadd believed that people of color needed educational opportunities, and worked on behalf of others to make that a reality.
Her parents were born into slavery, but through hard work were able to become a prominent family in Memphis, Tennessee. Mary Chruch Terrell was one of the first African American women to graduate from college. She was a writer, lecturer and educator. She fought against the evils of racial injustice.
"The King of Ragtime Writers" was a well-known African American composer, Scott Joplin who was successful because of his syncopated piano pieces. His father had been a slave and his mother was a free-born black woman. He was able to get a music education because of his mother's efforts in labor in a white-owned home where she worked.
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Cultures Mathematics page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of African descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Mathematics.
Explore the mathematics section of this web site profiling African American Men & Women who have contributed to the advancement of mathematics. Choose one of the nine possible choices given or choose someone from one of the following sites: Algeria, Libya, or Syria.
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Cultures Science page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of African descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Science.
Explore an entire web site profiling African American Men & Women who have contributed to the advancement of science. You choose the field of science that best interests you whether it be Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or perhaps Computer Science, just to name a few, then choose a specific scientist to research.
For more information on the same or other African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of mathematics, visit any one of the following web sites: Profiles of Significant African-Americans in Science, Medicine, and Technology, Historic Contributions of Black Scientists and Engineers, orBlacks in Technology: Past & Present.
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Welcome to the Asian Cultures page!!
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Science
MathematicsHumanitiesHistory
Cultures History page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Asian descent who has made a significant contribution in the study of History.
Chinese History - The Last Emperor of China, Henry Pu Yi (Hsuan Tung) provides information and a number of links about China and it's people and history.
Marco Polo isn't just a game you play in the pool in the summertime. He was a great explorer who discovered much of China for the Western world.
Read about Sun Yat-sen who influenced the Chinese Revolution of 1911.
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Cultures Humanities page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Asian descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Humanities.
Jin Hi Kim is a bi-cultural composer blending traditional Korean music with contemporary American music. She plays a komungo, an ancient Korean fretted instrument, and also uses electric/computer music in her ensembles.
World famous Boston Symphony Orchestra condutor, Seiji Ozawa, was born in China to Japanese parents. He has toured throughout the world with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as well as being guest conductor for other world famous symphony orchestras.
Japanese violinist Kyoko Takezawa is becoming know as an international star. She began studying violin at age three and by age seven had toured several countries with the Suzuki Method Association.
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Cultures Mathematics page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Asian descent who has made a significant contribution in the study of Mathematics.
Takakazu Seki Kowa - an infant prodigy in mathematics; self-educated
Sun-Yung Alice Chang - awarded the 1995 Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics, a prize awarded every two years to a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to mathematics research in the previous five years
To research some other person of Asian descent who has made a significant contribution in the study of Mathematics, choose one person from any one of the following countries: China, Estonia, India,Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Russia, or Turkey.
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Cultures Science page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Asian descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Science.
Ulugh Beg - primarily an astronomer who built an observatory where he produced data to compute the length of the year and compile a star catalogue. His work contained calculations and results in trigonometry.
Homi Jehangir Bhabha served as the president of the United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
Satyendranath Bose did important work in quantum theory, in particular on Plank's black body radiation law.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar developed the theory of white dwarf stars.
Andrei Sakharov - often called the "father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb". For more information on Sakharov, visit this site that has his autobiography.
Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanaseva - Her and her husband's work on the foundations of statistical mechanics was important to the development of those fields.
Chien-Shiung Wu, a nuclear physicist, was the first woman to be elected President of the American Physical Society in 1975. For possibly more information also visit Wu.
Xide Xie (Hsi-teh Hsieh) played a key role in the development of solid state physics in China.
Pelageya Yakovlevna Polubarinova-Kochina was a pioneer of the history of Russian mathematics.
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Welcome to the European Cultures page!!
You may select one of the following categories from which to research your biography:
Science
MathematicsHumanitiesHistory
Cultures History page!person a
person b
person c
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Cultures Humanities page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of European descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Humanities.
George Gershwin's is a famous American composer whose parents immigrated from Russia to New York. His music reflects characteristics from Europe and African-American styles, as well as the influence of jazz.
Mark Twain or Samuel Langhorne Clemens was a famous writer who lived in Hartford, Connecticut. He got his start in journalism and had some experiences in his younger years out west which influenced his writing.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show was a dramatization of the western style of life. William Frederick Cody demonstrated his theatrical abilities as the organizer of this famous show starring many celebrities of the day. Some of these included Annie Oakley and Chief Sitting Bull, and many others. The MTV of the Wild West!
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Cultures Mathematics page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of European descent who has made a significant contribution in the study of Mathematics.
Maria Agnesi- the first woman to occupy a chair of mathematics
Gertrude Mary Cox - the first woman to be elected into the International Statistical Institute
René Descartes - a philosopher whose work, La géométrie, includes his application which we now have Cartesian geometry
David Hilbert - contributed to many branches of mathematics including invariants, algebraic number fields, functional analysis, integral equations, mathematical physics, and the calculus of variations
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz - a genius philosopher, scientist, and mathematician who entered a university at age 14
Sir Isaac Newton - laid the foundation for differntial and integral calculus
Biographies of some other men and women of European descent who have made a significant contribution to the study of Mathematics can be found by clicking on one of the following countries: Austria, Belguim, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, or Wales. Choose from the many possibities.
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Cultures Science page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of European descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Science.
Note: If you find some other scientist of European descent whom you would like to research at one of these listed sights, you may do so as long as you consult with the teacher first.
Nicolaus Copernicus - a proponent of the view of an Earth in daily motion about its axis and in yearly motion around a stationary sun. For more information on Nicolaus Copernicus, also visit the following sites: http://history.math.csusb.edu/Mathematicians/Copernicus.htmlhttp://www.connect.net/ron/copernicus.html
Albert Einstein - received the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics
Galileo Galilei - chiefly remembered for his work on free fall, his use of the telescope, and his employment of experimentation
Johannes
Kepler - chiefly remembered for discovering his three laws of planetary
motion. For more information on Kepler, also viist the following
sites: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kepler.html
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/Files/kepler.html
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/6580/
Agnes Pockels - pioneered study of the physics of surface films
Additional biographies of women of European descent who have made a significant contribution to the study of Science can be found at Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics.
Biographies of some other men and women of European descent who have made a significant contribution to the study of Science can be found at the website titled, SUPER SCIENTISTS, A Gallery of Energy Pioneers.
Biographies of some American men and women scientists of European descent who have made a significant contribution to the study of Science can be found at the web site, http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/halls/sci.
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Welcome to the Hispanic Cultures page!!
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Cultures History page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Hispanic descent who has made a significant contribution in the study of History.
person a
person b
person c
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Cultures Humanities page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Hispanic descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Humanities.
Frida Baranek is a contemporary artist from Brazil. She has had her art exhibited in Sao Paulo, New York and Paris. She is best known for her large-scale sculptures using recycled industrial materials.
From a young age Julia Alvarez knew she wanted to be a writer. She moved from the Dominican Republic to the United States at age 10. When she moved to the United States she felt encouraged to discover what talents she possessed and that contributed to her choosing writing as a career.
Raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Denise Chavez grew up in an environment influenced by Mexican and American cultures. As a child she grew up with the tradition of storytelling which later influenced her to become a writer.
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Cultures Mathematics page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Hispanic descent who has made a significant contribution in the study of Mathematics.
Javier Rojo - statistician
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Cultures Science page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Chicano,Hispanic, or Mexican American descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Science.
John F. Alderete - Microbiologist
Vernon Avila - Biologist
Carlos Finlay - Physician and Scientist - famous for his work in identifying the mosquito as a carrier of the deadly yellow fever germ.
Leo Gómez - Radiation Biologist
Carlos Gutierrez - Physicist
Leticia Marquez Magãna - Molecular Biologist
Theresa Maldonado - Electrical Engineer
Lee Anne Martinez - Ecologist
Elvia Niebla - Soil Scientist
Ellen Ochoa - Astronaut
Sonia Ortega - Marine Biologist
Eppie David Rael - Molecular Biologist
Frank Talamantes - Endocrinologist
Lydia Villa-Komaroff - Biologist
Luis P. Villarreal - Virologist
Maria Elena Zavala - Plant Biologist
Martha Zuniga - Biologist
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Welcome to the Native American Cultures page!!
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Cultures History page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Native American descent who has made a significant contribution in the study of History.
Everybody's heard of Pocahontas, but do you know the whole story? Click on Colonial Research - Kiara: Pocahontas to find out. You may find out the story is a little different than the version you have on videotape.
Read about People in THE WEST - Sitting Bull , and how this Chief contributed to the landscape of the West.
This link will provide you with information about Tribes of the West .
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Welcome to the Native American
Cultures Humanities page!
Please select one of the links below to research a person of Native American descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Humanities.
Native American actor, Eric Schweig became famous for his role as Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans. He was not brought up in Native culture but had a very rough childhood with adopted parents. He was on his own at age 16 but finally got a lucky break when someone approached to audition for a movie. He has been acting ever since.
Bridging both Inuk chants and contemporary pop music Susan Aglukark has become a successful performer and composer. She sings her songs in English and her native tongue Inuktitut.
A talented and creative Native American artist, David A. Montour demonstrates his talent by combining tradional and contemporary ideas in his sculptures. He also is a flute craver, painter and musician.
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Cultures Mathematics page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Native American descent who has made a significant contribution in the study of Mathematics.
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Cultures Science page!Please select one of the links below to research a person of Native American descent who has made a significant contribution in the field of Science.
Wilfred Foster Denetclaw, Jr. - Zoologist
Marigold Linton - Cognitive Psychologist
Clifton Poodry - Biologist
Eugene Vigil - Plant Biologist
Jerry Yakel - Neuroscientist
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