Today is Indigenous People's Day in Oregon - this is a marker in the concrete in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, in downtown Portland.
Hi everyone,
With Indigenous People's Day today, I really wanted to focus on our current unit on Native American issues. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Behavior LT 3: I can communicate and work effectively within a team or group.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Soundtrack: "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child. Selected for today because of the names quiz with everyone in class! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 10/14/19:
News Brief - Dom
Names and States Quiz
Indigenous People's Day
Early Expansion
We also checked in about the weekend to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Ean was selected to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Names/States Quiz: After the news brief, we took the quiz on the first names of everyone in class, using the picture slideshow that I put together of everyone (this will not be available online due to student confidentiality). Then, the back side was a quiz on the 50 states in the United States and how to spell them accurately. We corrected this in class and then I collected them - this will go into the grade book as a behavior target.
Indigenous People's Day: Considering that today is Indigenous People's Day in Oregon, I wanted to make sure we spent some time recognizing the holiday and why it exists. To do that, I passed out a copy of the resolution that the City of Beaverton passed in 2016, honoring the day:
I asked students to read through it and research at least one point from the resolution that they were interested in learning more about. We then talked as a class about the resolution and the significance of the day, as students used Native-Land.ca to research the native nations locally and in the United States.
I also showed this link of an event in the Portland area for Indigenous People's Day, if you are interested: PDX.edu - Indigenous People's Day Celebration.
Finally, I showed this recent (like, a few days ago!) news story about a Native American baseball player saying that the Atlanta Braves "tomahawk" chant is disrespectful and a disappointment: STLToday.com - No foam tomahawks on seats at Braves ballpark after comments by Cards' Helsley; other changes expected.
I asked students to read through it and research at least one point from the resolution that they were interested in learning more about. We then talked as a class about the resolution and the significance of the day, as students used Native-Land.ca to research the native nations locally and in the United States.
I also showed this link of an event in the Portland area for Indigenous People's Day, if you are interested: PDX.edu - Indigenous People's Day Celebration.
Finally, I showed this recent (like, a few days ago!) news story about a Native American baseball player saying that the Atlanta Braves "tomahawk" chant is disrespectful and a disappointment: STLToday.com - No foam tomahawks on seats at Braves ballpark after comments by Cards' Helsley; other changes expected.
Early Expansion: At the end of class, we continued to go through a PowerPoint explaining some of the necessary background information for understanding how the United States expanded and took over Native American territory. Here's the presentation:
And here is the note taking guide that I gave to students in class:
This hopefully was review for many students who should have had this information in middle school, but I know that not everyone did. Please use the note guide and add to the notes with what was discussed in class (which was much more in depth than just the text on the slides).
That was it for the day! Thank you, everyone!
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