In order to achieve many of the Social Studies Learning Results, students must develop an understanding of other nations and peoples. Students in Zanada Maleki s fifth-grade classroom at the Montello School achieve some of these learning goals by studying Native American life through the eyes of Native American visual artists. Using the Internet, students view the works of artists such as Jerome Bushyhead , Bev Doolittle , Urshel Taylor , and Dana Tiger .
Students learn what a range and variety of artwork can reveal about a culture.
According to Maleki, The students learn an entirely different perspective of Native Americans through the eyes of these artists. They see how another people sees themselves. Young People Maleki s students also research a number of science topics on the Internet. Many web sites give students the most recent research findings in terms they can understand. For example, Maleki s students used information and examples from web sites to make connections between what they learned about gas as a form of matter and what they learned about how their bodies work.