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
Saturday, July 24, 2010
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?
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