Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa
Publication Information
Author:  Begay, Shonto	Illustrator:  Begay, Shonto
Title:  Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa	Date:  1995
Publisher:  Scholastic Inc.	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-590-46153-2	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
Shonto Begay's artwork has been celebrated throughout the southwestern U.S. for decades. Twenty of his paintings are the illustrations for this book. Each painting is accompanied by a poem.
Teaching Ideas:
Illustrations are very interesting. Teachers will probably want to excerpt the poems for use within other units, unless students are interested in focusing on Native American culture. Many of the poems deal with nature; in addition teachers might want to consider these poems for use with other units; "Creation" with story-telling or creation stories; "Grandmother" and "Down Highway 163" with elderly, aging; "Reflections" with Drylongso or study of drought; "Death Hogan" with death. It might also be fun to use some passages from Tony Hillerman's books about Officer Jim Chee and his attempts to learn to sing the Blessing way of Navajo healing. Such excerpts would contribute detail that this text lacks.
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Social Studies > anthropology > cultures Ethnic Groups > Native American Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > death Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Southwestern United States Religion/Philosophy > creation myths Social Studies > sociology > social issues > aging Geography > environment > nature Literature and Language > poetry

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