Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Criteria
Scor
e
Influence on
-Curiosity
-Initiative
-Desire
Resource has no
beneficial influence
on any of the three
measures of
experience
Resource has
beneficial influence
on at least one of
the measures of
experience
Resource has a
beneficial influence on
all three of the
measures of
experience
Cognitive
Development
-Cognition
-New
Knowledge
Resource weakly
improves cognition
and/or introduces no
new knowledge
Resource improves
learner cognition on
subject without
introducing new
knowledge
Resource improves
learner cognition on
the subject and
introduces new
knowledge
Level of
Material
-Grade
Appropriate for
Target
Resource is not
grade appropriate for
the target audience,
and could not be
used for IEFA lesson
using standards for
the grade level
Resource has no
specific indicators of
a target audience,
and could work for a
general audience
given the right
circumstances
Resource is well
suited for its target
audience and their
level of experience
and could easily be
incorporated for an
IEFA lesson for the
standards given the
target audience
Progressive
Education Tool
-Student
Freedom
-Tailored to
Individual
-Variety of
Teaching
Methods
Resource offers
limited student
freedom to explore,
the material is nonadaptive to student
needs and input, and
uses only one
teaching technique
Students have
freedom to explore
content at their own
pace; however, the
content is nonadaptive and uses
only one teaching
technique
Students have
freedom to explore at
their own pace, using
technology that
adapts to their needs
and input, and the
technology may utilize
multiple teaching
techniques
Multicultural:
Realistic
Representation
Resource fails to
provide any realistic
or non-stereotypical
representation of
American Indian
Resource attempts
to present a genuine
representation of an
American Indian
topic; however the
Resource covers a
realistic
representation of an
American Indian topic
in depth, providing an
topics
depiction is
incomplete or
oversimplified
accurate depiction of
another culture and
their perspectives
Multicultural:
Relevance
Resource fails to
provide any relevant
examples to a
culture or the subject
area
Resource provides
relevant examples
for either the culture
or the subject area,
but not both
Resource provides
relevant examples for
both the culture and
the subject area
Resource
Viability
Resource cannot
support a complete
lesson plan on its
own, and would
require additional
objectives and
activities
Resource can
support an entire
lesson plan by itself
without any
additional activities
Resource could
support multiple
lesson plans or a unit
plan
Technology
Resource is one
page of written
words with no
interaction
Resource provides
interactive technology,
allowing for active
student participation
Additional Comments: This site offers a vast amount of information about dozens of Native
American tribes. While the information is offered only in the written form, and there is little
interaction between the user and the site, the amount of information presented is worth a visit.
The site is best for older students and could be a great resources for those writing a paper.