Educated in anthropology, Teresa Jordan, M.A., has taught in a variety of informal and formal educational settings; including medical clinics, museums, colleges and secondary schools.  She holds a B.A. in sociology and anthropology from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and a M.A. in anthropology from Arizona State University in Tempe.  Teresa completed the teachers’ training program at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, and she has taken numerous courses in education through Western New Mexico University in Silver City, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado.  

As a student of culture, she has enjoyed living for most of her adult life in the Four Corners Area of the Southwest where she has learned about Native American history and culture from Zuni, Navajo, and Ute people.  Currently, Teresa lives in Durango, Colorado and teaches in the Social Studies Department at Montezuma-Cortez High School in Cortez, Colorado. 

Native Cultures Report	This lesson is designed to introduce students to the culture areas of Native North America. In the process, students will access and read information on the Internet on the culture areas of North America, analyze the reading passage, and record information from the reading onto the handout provided.
Southwest Culture Map Power Point	This lesson is designed to have students identify and locate examples of historically agrarian and nomadic tribes in the Southwest culture area.  Students will view a PowerPoint presentation of the Southwest culture area, make notes of that presentation, and work in pairs or small groups to draw a map showing the locations of tribes in the Southwest.
Navajo Collage Power Point	After viewing the slide program introducing them to Navajo culture, students will work with a partner or small group to create a collage of images related to Navajo history and culture by conducting an Internet search to locate appropriate images, copying and pasting images into a Word document, then printing the document.
Ute Bear Dance Power Point	After viewing the slide show “Utes: People of the Shinning Mountains,” students will work with a partner or in a small group to visit several URLs and read information about the Ute Bear Dance.  They will make notes of this information, then write a 500 word, 3-paragraph summary of the Ute Bear Dance.
PP on Tribes	Small groups of students will demonstrate the results of research on Native American tribal groups by producing a slide show presentation.  Resources for research will be found in the library, on-line, and through personal communication.