Grade 8

Grade 8

Voices on the Land

Voices on the Land provides literacy-based, artist residencies in 4th and 5th grade classrooms, with Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages and cultural values forming the basis of instruction. The program integrates visual, performing, and digital arts with traditional knowledge. Through the experience, students use storytelling to create stop motion animation videos; learn the elements of Northwest Coast formline design, while keeping an artist’s journal and making a traditional drum; and use the skills of the actor’s toolbox and reader’s theater to explore and perform Raven Stories handed down through the ages. Voices on the Land also provides an in-person summer and winter arts intensive program for students in grades 4-8, as well as a virtual summer intensive program for students in grades 4-8 who live outside of Juneau.

Juried Youth Art Exhibit

SHI sponsors a biennial Juried Youth Art Exhibit, which is held in conjunction with Celebration, a major dance-and-culture festival organized by SHI. The program is part of an effort to increase the number of young artists making high-quality pieces and sharing their work with the public. Cash awards are made to schools of the winners for art supplies to be used by schools or organizations for future instruction in Northwest Coast art. All youth who chose to exhibit receive a specially-made Juried Art Show t-shirt, and winners also receive a certificate. The competition is open to all youth in grades 6-12. The exhibit is held in June every even year.

Math for Language Development: Book 3: Grade 8

Integrating culturally responsive place-based content with language skills development for curriculum enrichment. This unit is designed to develop the language of math with the students. The units include motivating activities to help the students retain the key vocabulary. The unit is based on the Developmental Language Process, a highly effective vehicle for teaching and learning. Watch an informative video about the process in the reference section down below.

Math for Language Development: Book 2: Grade 8

Integrating culturally responsive place-based content with language skills development for curriculum enrichment. This unit is designed to develop the language of math with the students. The units include motivating activities to help the students retain the key vocabulary. The unit is based on the Developmental Language Process, a highly effective vehicle for teaching and learning. Watch an informative video about the process in the reference section down below.

Math for Language Development: Book 1: Grade 8

Integrating culturally responsive place-based content with language skills development for curriculum enrichment. This unit is designed to develop the language of math with the students. The units include motivating activities to help the students retain the key vocabulary. The unit is based on the Developmental Language Process, a highly effective vehicle for teaching and learning. Watch an informative video about the process in the reference section down below.

Science for Language Development: Book 2: Grade 8

Integrating culturally responsive place-based content with language skills development for curriculum enrichment. This unit is designed to develop the language of science with the students. The units include motivating activities to help the students retain the key vocabulary. The unit is based on the Developmental Language Process, a highly effective vehicle for teaching and learning. Watch an informative video about the process in the reference section down below.

Science for Language Development: Book 1: Grade 8

Integrating culturally responsive place-based content with language skills development for curriculum enrichment. This unit is designed to develop the language of science with the students. The units include motivating activities to help the students retain the key vocabulary. The unit is based on the Developmental Language Process, a highly effective vehicle for teaching and learning. Watch an informative video about the process in the reference section down below.

The Road to ANCSA: History (b): Unit 2: Grade 8

Native leaders became effective lobbyists against some of the most powerful political and business leaders in the world. It all made for some interesting alliances. By the end of 1971 a compromise had been reached, and the land claims legislation had been passed by both bodies of Congress. In December, back in Anchorage, a special AFN convention was called to vote on the act as passed by Congress. On December 18th, the AFN delegates voted to accept the act, 511 to 56.

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