Graduate Project Title
A Guide for Educators in Teaching Four Central American Indigenous Tales
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Spring 1997
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Minerva L. Caples
Second Committee Member
Andrea Bowman
Third Committee Member
Natalie J. Lefkowitz
Abstract
An informal study was conducted to develop a guide for grades 4-6 educators to use in teaching Central American folklore in the context of an interdisciplinary curriculum. Four story books were selected which reflect the cultures of Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama and serve to illustrate the oral tradition of peoples from these countries. The instructional method used was the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) by Chamot and O'Malley. Based on the language acquisition and bilingualism research and theoretical work of Jim Cummins, CALLA follows a comprehensive lesson plan model that integrates language development, academic content mastery, and learning strategies. The guide presented in this project employs the CALLA instructional framework, and integrates social studies content and language arts skills. The guide contains student lessons and teaching strategies appropriate for the study of the culture and folk literature of the countries already identified here.
Recommended Citation
Ginther, Judith C., "A Guide for Educators in Teaching Four Central American Indigenous Tales" (1997). All Graduate Projects. 519.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/519
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Indigenous Studies Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons