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The key takeaways are that the Kalinago people placed emphasis on physical strength and training boys from a young age to be warriors. Their main crop was cassava and they lived in extended family households.

Kalinago boys were taken from their mothers at age four to live separately and be trained to become warriors until reaching adulthood.

The Kalinago's religion was a nature-focused belief system that involved worshipping ancestors and spirits like Maybouya, who was thought to protect them from harm.

Lesson Plan Christiana High

Subject: History
Topic: The indigenous people of Americas
Sub-topic: The Kalinago
Grade: 9 r
Date: November 13, 2014
Duration: 1 hour
Value statement:
You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the sojourners who reside among you
and have had children among you. They shall be to you as native-born children of Israel. With
you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. Ezekiel 47:22

General objectives
The aim of this lesson is to:
1. Allow students to know about the Indigenous people of the Americas.
2. Enable students to become knowledgeable about the social, religious, political and
economic organization of the Kalinago.
Specific Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
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Outline the major aspects of the Kalinago/ Caribs society (their social life)
Describe the religion of the Kalinago/ Caribs.
Identify the economic organization of the Kalinago.
Identify the main crop of the Kalinago society.

Instructional Materials:

Textbooks (The people who came book 1)


White Board
White Board Marker
Handouts
Map

Content outline:
1. The Kalinagoes were tall in height and they were strong, due to the emphasis placed on
training for fighting.
2. The Kalinago/ Caribs were better with fishing than farming.
3. The Caribs boys were takien from their mothers at age four to live in Kabay to be trained
to become a warrior.
4. The language spoken by the Caribs was a branch of Awrakan language.
5. Their religion was a simple adaptation of the ancestor and nature worship of the Taino.
They believed in an evil spirit called maybouya, who held them avoid harm.
6. The chief of the Kalinago was called an ouboutou. This position was attained by the head
of the largest family. Physical strength was important.
7. They lived in households containing extended families.
8. Conuco cultivation was used, cassava was the main crop.
9. The Kalinago mostly hunted and fished. they traded on a small scale.
Procedure:
Introduction:
The lesson will be introduced by reading a poem to the students about the Kalinagos, and then
the teacher will show them a picture of a Kalinago society or village.
Step 1:
After which the students will be asked to describe what they saw in the picture. The students will
use the think pair share strategy. Response will be written down on the board.
Step 2:
A class discussion will take place on the social, religious, political, and economic organization of
the Kalinago/ Caribs.

Step 3:
The teacher will then continue the notes from last class, the students will write the notes off the
board and then they will read it to get a better understanding.

Summary
Students will answer the following questions on a paper

What kind of household do the Kalinagos lived in?


What was the main crop of the Kalinagos?
What was the language spoken by the Kalinagos?
At what age was the Caribs/ Kalinagos boys taken from their home to be trained as a warrior?
Describe the physical appearance of the Kalinago.
.Cumulating Activity
Students will be asked to draw a Kalinago village that has the following:
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The chief of the village.


The house that the Kalinago lived in.
The Kalinago fishing in their canoe.
Families that live in the village

This will be done for eight minutes


Assignment
The students will be asked to read up on the Mayan for next class.

Evaluation

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