Contemporary American Indian History

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 16.01.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Objectives
  3. Rationale
  4. Forced Code-Switching as American Indian Policy
  5. Contemporary Code-Switching in Native America
  6. Essential Questions
  7. Objectives
  8. Strategies
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Bibliography
  11. Endnotes

Code-Switching: From Indian Boarding Schools to Urban Classrooms

Stephanie Zavacky

Published September 2016

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Classroom Activities

Students close-read the article, “Soul Wound: The Legacy of Native American Schools” and answer teacher-created document based questions (DBQs).

http://www.amnestyusa.org/node/87342

Students close-read the article, “France’s headscarf war: ‘It’s an attack on freedom’” and answer teacher-created document based questions (DBQs). Students can also write an argumentative response using evidence from the text.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/22/frances-headscarf-war-attack-on-freedom

Students examine the before and after photos of students at the Carlilse Indian School, complete a photograph analysis, and write a summary conclusion. This can also been done as a webquest.

http://www.radiolab.org/story/photos-before-and-after-carlisle/

Student read the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie using the One Book, One Philadelphia curriculum.

http://libwww.freelibrary.org/onebook/obop11/0_absolutely_true_diary_curriculum_full.pdf

Students watch a video on the Oneida Nation High School and student Jessica House, player on the Lady Thunderhawks basketball team.

http://theways.org/story/lady-thunderhawks

Students analyze the photography of Horace Poolaw in For a Love of His People.

Students analyze the painting, “Bicentennial Indian” by Fritz Scholder.

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