Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Native Americans, Day 6 - Class Recap


A rock formation in Arches National Park in Utah, which is part of Ancestral Puebloan territory. Photo taken in 2007.

Dear class,

It is always great to see you all in the morning! We finished Broken Treaties and did some work on historical events involving Native Americans and the United States. 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: "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley. Selected for today because of the relationship to the "trail of tears" that we discussed today in class. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 10/16/18:
News Brief - Norrie
Finish Broken Treaties
Discussion
NA Events

Homework: Read the blog. Turn in all missing work ASAP (grades have been updated on StudentVUE). The next news brief is assigned to: Shivan.

News Brief: Today's news brief was brought in by Norrie, who selected an article about this story: CNN.com - Pompeo meets Saudi King as Khashoggi family calls for inquiry into 'death'. We discussed this story for a bit and then moved on.

We also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class this weekend.

Shivan 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):


Finish Broken Treaties: Next, we finished this fantastic OPB documentary called Broken Treaties, which came out last year. This documentary does a really good job at providing historical context for the displacement of native Oregonians, as well as some current issues of the day. Here is the link to watch the documentary, if you missed class or wanted to see it again:


Here is the link to the worksheet of questions that students were responding to in class (which is mostly in chronological order):


Discussion: After the documentary (there were only about 10-15 minutes left to watch today in class), we had a discussion on the questions, which I collected to assess as a behavior target. Thanks for your participation, everyone.

NA Events: To end the day, I wanted students to know (or in some cases, review) some major events in terms of Native American and United States government interactions throughout the year. Here's the worksheet we went through together:


I assigned students to groups to learn about one of the events together, then we had a conversation together about what we found. If there was any time after this, it was dedicated to make up time in class for missing work (which it appears many students have to do).
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Friday, October 12, 2018

Native Americans, Day 5 - Class Recap


This photo is from Brenda Renning, who is our Westview tech support person. She wrote to me saying: "I have deep Clatsop Indian roots.  The girl standing is my great grandmother and her grandmother is seated on the bottom right.  We figure my great grandmother's great grandmother was 2 when Lewis and Clark were there."

Hello everyone,

Welcome to your weekend! We continued our investigation of Native American issues and history as we focused more on native Oregonians. 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: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day. Selected for today because of the connection to the documentary "Broken Treaties" that we watched today.

AGENDA 10/12/18:
News Brief - Valeria
Guest Speaker
Broken Treaties
Discussion

Homework: Read the blog. Turn in all missing work ASAP (grades have been updated on StudentVUE). The next news brief is assigned to: Norrie.

News Brief: Today's news brief was brought in by Valeria, who selected an article about this story: OregonLive.com - Body found on Mount Hood identified as missing Arizona hiker. We discussed this story for a bit and then moved on.

We also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class this weekend.

Norrie 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):


Guest Speaker: After the news, we welcomed a guest speaker to class: Mrs. Renning! She reached out to me when she saw that I was doing a Native American history unit and wrote that she has deep roots in the area, as she had Clatsop ancestry. Mrs. Renning came in to talk with the class for a few minutes about the process of discovering and investigating this history. Here is a link to the presentation she went through in class:


We encourage you all to do the same! It was really cool to see some of the historical documents she brought in from this area!

Broken Treaties: Next, we watched most of a fantastic OPB documentary called Broken Treaties, which came out last year. This documentary does a really good job at providing historical context for the displacement of native Oregonians, as well as some current issues of the day. Here is the link to watch the documentary, if you missed class or wanted to see it again:


Here is the link to the worksheet of questions that students were responding to in class (which is mostly in chronological order):


We did not finish this in class today, so we will pick back up and discuss this next class, as we continue our Native American unit. Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Native Americans, Day 4 - Class Recap


We talked a bit last class about the role that native Hawaiians had in shaping the settlements of the Pacific Northwest. This is a photo I took on Kauai, Hawaii in 2014.

Dear class,

It was a short Community Wednesday today, so we focused on just a few items. 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: "Youth of the Nation" by P.O.D. Selected for today because of the importance of passing culture down to the youth in each nation and because of our continued look at the "young" nation of the United States. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 10/10/18:
News Brief - Saki
Finish Early Expansion
Map Activity
Native Lands

Homework: Read the blog. Complete your map activity by next class. The next news brief is assigned to: Valeria.

News Brief: Today's news brief was brought in by Saki, who selected an article about this story: Weather.com - Hurricane Michael Just Hours Away From a Catastrophic, Unprecedented Florida Panhandle, Big Bend Category 4 Landfall. We discussed this story for a bit and then moved on.

We also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.

Valeria 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):


Early Expansion: Last class, we went 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).

Map Activity: As the last slide of the presentation above indicates, the next step in class was to complete this graded map activity, which seeks to provide some more historical context for what happened to create the United States and to forcibly displace native inhabitants of the land. Here is the activity (this should be completed and turned in on Google Classroom - I also have a few paper copies in class):


To earn a good score on this assignment, I want to see students thinking critically about each of the maps and connecting them to the notes that we took on the slideshow above. If you did not complete this in class today, please finish it and turn it in as homework.

Native Lands: Finally, I wanted to show students this website, which aims to show native peoples from all over the world, as well as languages and treaties. If you are not from the Portland/Beaverton area, this is definitely worth checking out to see who was the original occupant of the land you are from!


Next class, we will continue our unit and have a guest speaker come in for a bit, which I think you will find interesting! See you on Friday!
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