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,
Welcome back to another week! With today being Indigenous People's Day, 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.
Soundtrack: "Eagle Spirit" by Charles Littleleaf. This is a flute recording by a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Listen to it here.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Soundtrack: "Eagle Spirit" by Charles Littleleaf. This is a flute recording by a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Listen to it here.
AGENDA 10/8/18:
News Brief - Brinley
Indigenous People's Day
Finish 30 Days
Early Expansion
We also checked in about the weekend to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Saki 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):
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.
I also showed this link of events going on around the Portland area for Indigenous People's Day, if you are interested: NAYAPDX.org - Indigenous People's Day 2018 Events.
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.
I also showed this link of events going on around the Portland area for Indigenous People's Day, if you are interested: NAYAPDX.org - Indigenous People's Day 2018 Events.
Finish 30 Days: Next, we finished watching the episode of the TV documentary series "30 Days" that was titled "30 Days on an Indian Reservation" and noted current issues that were brought up that Native Americans are facing in the episode, as well as evidence. This was done on the second page of this handout (which was passed out last class):
We talked as a class about the issues that came up in the documentary, then brainstormed how they might connect to history.
If you missed any of the documentary, it is available online here.
We talked as a class about the issues that came up in the documentary, then brainstormed how they might connect to history.
If you missed any of the documentary, it is available online here.
Early Expansion: At the end of class, we started going 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, and westward expansion was a common theme in the end of year survey that I gave to my Global Studies classes, in terms of wanting to know more. 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!
