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Show asesment/products Goshute Worksheet variations /extensions Teach this lesson plan using the Goshute Interactive Map that corresponds with this material and is available on www.UtahIndians.org. Have students look up articles about the fish, water, and nuclear waste issues facing the Goshutes over the last three decades and give a presentation on how these issue tie to the story of Goshute ingenuity, adaptability, and love for their land. Extend the lesson to two class periods and show the entire Goshute documentary, asking students to concentrate on Goshute values. THE GOSHUTES W E S H A L L R E M A I N : U TA H I N D I A N C U R R I C U L U M G U I D E 114 Procedure (cont .) Brainstorm on the following questions. What would people need to survive, and what would they value if they lived in such a place? What would they eat and drink-and where would they get it from? Where would they want to live? Do seasons make a difference? What about mobility? Would they need to move around for food and water? If so, how would they move their homes? What skills and personal characteristics would they need to live in such a place, and how would they learn these skills? Maude Moon, a Goshute elder, and Dr. Ralph V. Chamberlin, a renowned ethnobotanist, answer some of these questions for us. Distribute the excerpt of Moon's oral history to half the class and Chamber-lain's The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah to the other half of the class. Have these two groups prepare a mini-report on their source based on the question: what do Moon and Chamberlain tell us about how the Goshute survived? We Shall Remain: The Goshute provides even more answers to the question of what traits character-ized the Goshutes. Show clips from chapter 2, 0:23-4:25; chapter 3, 4:25-6:15; and chapter 4, 14:42- 17:00. Ask students what traits characterize the Goshutes. (Teachers: a good summary of these traits is found at the end of the film, chapter 5, 22:00-24:00.) Then ask them what they think would happen if the delicate balance of Goshute life was disrupted. Could ingenuity and adaptability carry the day even in such a challenging environment? The answer is YES and NO. Either use the Goshute Interactive Map or lecture from the At a Glance to tell the story of the arrival of whites in the Goshute homeland and how the Goshutes attempted to adapt. Ultimately, they did survive, but their cherished way of life, with its seasonal movement and use of all parts of the land, did not. Have students complete the Goshute worksheet. |