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The New Face of America: Targeting Student Misconceptions to Change Attitudes

The New Face of America: Targeting Student Misconceptions to Change Attitudes. Activity 4: The Stories Behind the Faces. Project developed by Cheryl McDaniel & Tracy Trimpe Spring 2010. What do you know about Native Americans?. The Spirit Survives.

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The New Face of America: Targeting Student Misconceptions to Change Attitudes

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  1. The New Face of America: Targeting Student Misconceptions to Change Attitudes Activity 4:The Stories Behind the Faces Project developed by Cheryl McDaniel & Tracy Trimpe Spring 2010

  2. What do you know about Native Americans?

  3. The Spirit Survives • What do you already know about this group? • The soldiers that Dovie notices while there make her think of other soldiers. Knowing that the story is told from the perspective of an American Indian woman how does the imagery of soldiers and military affect you? What does it make you think about? Part 1 • Dovie’s daughter wonders why she doesn’t know the history of the Indian Boarding Schools and thinks she’ll learn about it in high school, but Dovie knows she won’t. Why isn’t this story being told in schools? • How does all this information make you feel? Source: http://www.racebridgesforschools.com/dovie_tracks/dovie.html

  4. The Spirit Survives • Why did Gertrude want to go away to school so badly? • What was the Carlisle school really like? • Why do you think the children were punished for speaking their Native languages? • What are your impressions of this excerpt? Part 2 • Why did so many students at the Carlisle School become ill and die? • What were the two thoughts about solving the “Indian problem”?

  5. The Spirit Survives • Why did so many students at the Carlisle School become ill and die? • What were the two thoughts about solving the “Indian problem”? • Captain Pratt came up with a plan to “educate” Indians. What do you think about his plan? What does it mean to assimilate another race? Part 3 • From what you have read and heard, do you feel that it is right to force one race to assimilate to the ruling race? What are the negative effects of this system, are there any positive effects?

  6. Think About It Respond to the prompt in your journal. What is the main thing or things that impacted you the most from the story, “The Spirit Survives”?

  7. Digging Deeper Each group will be assigned a person to research. You will need to listen to the audio tracks provided and complete the group worksheet. Your group will need to create a report for your classmates that summarizes what you learned about the person.

  8. Think About It Respond to the prompt in your journal. Out of all the stories you've heard during this activity, which one would you like to explore further? Why?

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