Hello,
I know it is getting to be a bit busy. It looks like you enjoyed the last book. I will be switching the order for next years. It really is a learning experience. I believe the last two books and handouts have a lot to offer educators interested in teaching real history. Thank you for your thoughts and comments.
This week we will read or last book for the club and read the last handouts that cover lesson ideas. Please read Rethinking Columbus.
Questions:
What "ah ha's" did you have after reading the book?
How could a new perspective on the holiday bring about a service learning project for your classroom or a classroom in general?
Any last thoughts.
Thanks again everyone for your hard work! We will meet in the library on Monday the 22nd after school. See you there!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Session #2 Thanksgiving Book Club
Hello Fellow Bloggers,
You did an outstanding job last week with the first book. The effort and thoughts that came through were very impressive. I want to thank you all again for joining, taking time out of your personal time, and being open to looking at other perspectives. I hope this journey continues to open your mind about historical perspective and its importance in our own lives and in our students' lives.
This week's blog post:
Please read 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving and the Oyate handout- Deconstructing the Myths of "The First Thanksgiving".
Questions:
1. How could you incorporate these items into your classroom?
2. How are this weeks selections similar to last week's and how are they different?
3. One Quote or idea that really caught your eye this week.
You did an outstanding job last week with the first book. The effort and thoughts that came through were very impressive. I want to thank you all again for joining, taking time out of your personal time, and being open to looking at other perspectives. I hope this journey continues to open your mind about historical perspective and its importance in our own lives and in our students' lives.
This week's blog post:
Please read 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving and the Oyate handout- Deconstructing the Myths of "The First Thanksgiving".
Questions:
1. How could you incorporate these items into your classroom?
2. How are this weeks selections similar to last week's and how are they different?
3. One Quote or idea that really caught your eye this week.
Monday, November 01, 2010
1st Book Reponses
I hope you are all enjoying the first book. it has so much to offer to educators. Here are this weeks posts:
1. Strive For Five- please list ah ha's, questions, comments, agreements, arguments, etc.
2. A favorite quote and how you could bring that quote alive in your classroom.
3. How could you use this book as a resource for lessons in your classroom?
What lessons could you develop from the information gained from this resource.
4. How has this book help you see thanksgiving from a different perspective?
Please post by Sunday.
Thanks,
Kim
1. Strive For Five- please list ah ha's, questions, comments, agreements, arguments, etc.
2. A favorite quote and how you could bring that quote alive in your classroom.
3. How could you use this book as a resource for lessons in your classroom?
What lessons could you develop from the information gained from this resource.
4. How has this book help you see thanksgiving from a different perspective?
Please post by Sunday.
Thanks,
Kim
Sunday, October 31, 2010
2010- 2011 Blogs: #1 Thanksgiving
Victor School IEFA 2010- 2011 Blog: #1 Thanksgiving and Columbus
Hello all. I want to welcome you to the first blog for the 2010-2011 school year. I really appreciate you choosing to take time from your busy schedules to learn more background knowledge for IEFA in your classroom. I hope that this blog leads to new lessons within your classroom.
This blog was designed to help build background knowledge, bring ideas together and to help bring IEFA alive for educators. Victor School is dedicated to bringing the truth to our students. Teachers who implememnt IEFA into the classroom, continue to build background knowledge, and who seek out connection with tribal people are so greatly appreciate at our school.
Educators will be asked to post over a one month period. Every week a new question or two will be presented. You will need to reponsed to each question and comment on others posts in order to recieve OPI credit (4 renewal credits).. The book club will meet at least two times during November to have a full discussion.
Can't wait to see you on the blog trail and read your ideas, thoughts, and conversations!
Kim
Hello all. I want to welcome you to the first blog for the 2010-2011 school year. I really appreciate you choosing to take time from your busy schedules to learn more background knowledge for IEFA in your classroom. I hope that this blog leads to new lessons within your classroom.
This blog was designed to help build background knowledge, bring ideas together and to help bring IEFA alive for educators. Victor School is dedicated to bringing the truth to our students. Teachers who implememnt IEFA into the classroom, continue to build background knowledge, and who seek out connection with tribal people are so greatly appreciate at our school.
Educators will be asked to post over a one month period. Every week a new question or two will be presented. You will need to reponsed to each question and comment on others posts in order to recieve OPI credit (4 renewal credits).. The book club will meet at least two times during November to have a full discussion.
Can't wait to see you on the blog trail and read your ideas, thoughts, and conversations!
Kim
Monday, August 23, 2010
Last Thoughts
Thank you so much to all who participated. I really appreciate your hard work and interesting thoughts over the summer. We will meet at 3:45 in my room on the 30th, please try to be on time so we do not waste any one's time. We will go over our final thoughts, turn in worksheet pages, 1 page responses to each book, and evaluations of the club.
In order to get the full stipend you will need to have answered all assignments in a timely manner or made other arrangements with coordinator, turn in completed worksheets, turn in complete one page responses for each book, and completed the evaluation. The stipends for this club and the fieldtrip will be given to you after the board meeting in September.
Thank you,
Kim
In order to get the full stipend you will need to have answered all assignments in a timely manner or made other arrangements with coordinator, turn in completed worksheets, turn in complete one page responses for each book, and completed the evaluation. The stipends for this club and the fieldtrip will be given to you after the board meeting in September.
Thank you,
Kim
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Assignment # 6
Welcome to your last week of reading and blogging for this book club! We will meet during PIR days to discuss in person and hand in your handouts. I really appreciate you all taking time out of your summer to learn more background knowledge! Thank you.
This weeks assignment:
-Please finish the book.
Questions to answer:
-How would you use this story in the classroom?
-Please analyze the differences in this book and Counting Coup. Both were written by non-natives. There are many things that can be pointed out. Please refer to Oyate's site and use the questions that it poses for Native American literature to answer this question. Here is the link : http://www.oyate.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135&Itemid=107
-How did this book club impact your background knowledge? Would you recomend others to do this book club?
This weeks assignment:
-Please finish the book.
Questions to answer:
-How would you use this story in the classroom?
-Please analyze the differences in this book and Counting Coup. Both were written by non-natives. There are many things that can be pointed out. Please refer to Oyate's site and use the questions that it poses for Native American literature to answer this question. Here is the link : http://www.oyate.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135&Itemid=107
-How did this book club impact your background knowledge? Would you recomend others to do this book club?
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Assignment #5
Welcome to the end of this book club. We have two more weeks left of blogging for this session. We will meet at the end of the month. Don't forget to respond to others' posts for the club.
This weeks assignment: Reading to the "Winter of 1903" on pg. 182 for this week.
-Please list ah ha's.
-Please find a quote that would some up the first half of the book and explain why.
Have a great week!
This weeks assignment: Reading to the "Winter of 1903" on pg. 182 for this week.
-Please list ah ha's.
-Please find a quote that would some up the first half of the book and explain why.
Have a great week!
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Assignment #4
Hello book-clubbers,
I hope you all had a wonderful week. I hope you all enjoyed the first half of the book. This week we will be finishing the book. This week's post will be based on how you will or would use this book in your classroom ( like a lesson plan). Please post any resources you would use. Please make this post meaningful.
As well as how do you think you could use this quote in your classroom:
" The battle is not always to the strong, but to the active, the vigilant and the brave." by Pop
Please be sure to posted in enough time for others to comment on your posts. Most are posting very early and others are posting very late. The later posts might be missed by other group members and it would be a shame if they missed your great thoughts and ideas.
Kim
PS: I am working on the field trip as we speak and it is looking like a wonderful trip for us all. We will be staying in Hardin.
I hope you all had a wonderful week. I hope you all enjoyed the first half of the book. This week we will be finishing the book. This week's post will be based on how you will or would use this book in your classroom ( like a lesson plan). Please post any resources you would use. Please make this post meaningful.
As well as how do you think you could use this quote in your classroom:
" The battle is not always to the strong, but to the active, the vigilant and the brave." by Pop
Please be sure to posted in enough time for others to comment on your posts. Most are posting very early and others are posting very late. The later posts might be missed by other group members and it would be a shame if they missed your great thoughts and ideas.
Kim
PS: I am working on the field trip as we speak and it is looking like a wonderful trip for us all. We will be staying in Hardin.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Assignment #3
Summer is rapidly going by. I really hope all of you are enjoying the summer and getting out. We begin book number two, Jim Thorpe. This book is written by a native author. I hope you all find this book informative and enjoyable. The focus of this book will be on how you as an educator could use this resource within your classroom. We will read Chapters 1-20 this week.
Your assignment will be to post your ah ha's for the first half of the book, think about the impact this man had on his tribe as well as other tribes. Questions to answers:
1. Do you believe it was easy to live within two cultures for Jim.
2. What do you think Jim's father meant by this quote: "Son you are an Indian. I want you to show other races what an Indian can do."
Also please check out this link: http://www.slideshare.net/imroselle/jim-thorpe-viewer-guide-3-10
We will be using some of the questions and information from this website next week.
Have a great week everyone!
Kim
Your assignment will be to post your ah ha's for the first half of the book, think about the impact this man had on his tribe as well as other tribes. Questions to answers:
1. Do you believe it was easy to live within two cultures for Jim.
2. What do you think Jim's father meant by this quote: "Son you are an Indian. I want you to show other races what an Indian can do."
Also please check out this link: http://www.slideshare.net/imroselle/jim-thorpe-viewer-guide-3-10
We will be using some of the questions and information from this website next week.
Have a great week everyone!
Kim
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Assignment #2
Hello all,
Hope you all had a good first week. This book is a very difficult read in the fact that it has many red flag warnings concerning the way Native Americans are depicted. I choose this book as example of a book that could be used in classroom but would need a lot of background knowledge for students, one would need to talk about perspective and how it effects a person's writing and thoughts, one would need to talk about stereotyping, and much more. One can see that this book has many flaws.
Assignment two will be two weeks long (Posts due on July 25). You will finish the book, answer the questions listed below and comment on others posts. Please be thoughtful in your answers. Again thank you for your support of the summer book club. Have a great couple of weeks. We will begin Jim Thorpe on July 26th.
Questions:
1. Should a white male outsider write a book about teenage Crow girls?
2. Did the author's depiction of life in a small town in Montana seem true (use personal knowledge)? Did the author's depiction of life on the reservation seem true or did it follow the usual stereo-type (in what ways)?
3. If you were a teacher or principal at a school in Big Horn County, what steps would you take to unite the two cultures in your school?
4. The author concludes the story by saying that "out here on the Little Big Horn there is no surrender." What does he mean? Do you agree?
5. What forms of racism did you encounter in this book and in life living in Montana?
6. Many Crow are upset with this book. Why do feel they would be? Please use your background knowledge and the Essential understandings as evidence?
7. Did the author betray the trust given to him by the people (Crow and non-native) of Big Horn County?
Hope you all had a good first week. This book is a very difficult read in the fact that it has many red flag warnings concerning the way Native Americans are depicted. I choose this book as example of a book that could be used in classroom but would need a lot of background knowledge for students, one would need to talk about perspective and how it effects a person's writing and thoughts, one would need to talk about stereotyping, and much more. One can see that this book has many flaws.
Assignment two will be two weeks long (Posts due on July 25). You will finish the book, answer the questions listed below and comment on others posts. Please be thoughtful in your answers. Again thank you for your support of the summer book club. Have a great couple of weeks. We will begin Jim Thorpe on July 26th.
Questions:
1. Should a white male outsider write a book about teenage Crow girls?
2. Did the author's depiction of life in a small town in Montana seem true (use personal knowledge)? Did the author's depiction of life on the reservation seem true or did it follow the usual stereo-type (in what ways)?
3. If you were a teacher or principal at a school in Big Horn County, what steps would you take to unite the two cultures in your school?
4. The author concludes the story by saying that "out here on the Little Big Horn there is no surrender." What does he mean? Do you agree?
5. What forms of racism did you encounter in this book and in life living in Montana?
6. Many Crow are upset with this book. Why do feel they would be? Please use your background knowledge and the Essential understandings as evidence?
7. Did the author betray the trust given to him by the people (Crow and non-native) of Big Horn County?
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Assignment #1
Hello all,
Hope you are all enjoying your summer break! Summer is flying by. Please read April's post. This will give you a better understanding of what is expected from this summer book club. I really appreciate seeing you all take time from your summer to participate. Thank you so much.
This week's assignment will be to read Part One "Preseason". Please list ah ha's from this section of the book, what essential understanding does this section of the book cover, one to two questions you have or you can pose to the group relating to part 1 only.
Please post by Sunday the 11th. All posts will be due on a Sunday. This weeks is extended due to the holiday weekend. Thank you.
Have a great 4th!
Kim
Hope you are all enjoying your summer break! Summer is flying by. Please read April's post. This will give you a better understanding of what is expected from this summer book club. I really appreciate seeing you all take time from your summer to participate. Thank you so much.
This week's assignment will be to read Part One "Preseason". Please list ah ha's from this section of the book, what essential understanding does this section of the book cover, one to two questions you have or you can pose to the group relating to part 1 only.
Please post by Sunday the 11th. All posts will be due on a Sunday. This weeks is extended due to the holiday weekend. Thank you.
Have a great 4th!
Kim
Friday, April 16, 2010
Summer IEFA Book Club
Welcome to Victor School's IEFA Book Club #3 for
the 2009-2010 School Year
Sports
This blog was designed to help build background knowledge, bring ideas together and to help bring IEFA alive for educators. Victor School is dedicated to bringing the truth to our students. Teachers who implememnt IEFA into the classroom, continue to build background knowledge, and who seek out connection with tribal people are so greatly appreciate at our school.
In this blog session educators will be reading three different books (Full Court Quest: The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School Basketball, Jim Thorpe, Original All-American by Joseph Bruchac, and Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn by Larry Colton). Bloggers will look at perspectives presented in the books, accuracy of information presented, and how the books relate to the essential understandings of IEFA.
Educators will be asked to post over a two month period. Every week a new question or two will be presented. You will need to reponsed to each question and comment on others posts in order to recieve OPI credit (9 renewal credits) and your stipend. The book club will meet when school begins to have a full discussion and turn in books, packet, and one page reponse paper for each book.
Can't wait to see you on the blog trail and read your ideas, thoughts, and conversations!
Kim
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Voices of the Bitterroot Book Club
Hello,
Welcome to Victor School's second book club for the school year 2009-2010. This blog was designed to help build background, bring ideas together and to help bring IEFA alive for educators.
4/16- Friday we will meet at Vicki's about 11:30 for potluck lunch and book club meeting. We will be there for about 2hours.
In between now and then we need to blog three times. Please post on the first one about what you hope to get out of this club, what your curious about, and why you joined this one. The second and third , please share ah's, and new information you find interesting or hard. Also please speak comment on others comments too! This book club is being monitored by OPI.
I really appreciate all you joining!
Kim
Welcome to Victor School's second book club for the school year 2009-2010. This blog was designed to help build background, bring ideas together and to help bring IEFA alive for educators.
4/16- Friday we will meet at Vicki's about 11:30 for potluck lunch and book club meeting. We will be there for about 2hours.
In between now and then we need to blog three times. Please post on the first one about what you hope to get out of this club, what your curious about, and why you joined this one. The second and third , please share ah's, and new information you find interesting or hard. Also please speak comment on others comments too! This book club is being monitored by OPI.
I really appreciate all you joining!
Kim
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