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PTI: I’ll put more links online. Visual & music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJ6XGtLWbw&feature=related Picture & facts (Pine Ridge): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqhMAoOcYi8&feature=related (5:18 Rap, “Why?”, Reservation life style
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PTI: I’ll put more links online. • Visual & music: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJ6XGtLWbw&feature=related • Picture & facts (Pine Ridge): • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqhMAoOcYi8&feature=related (5:18 • Rap, “Why?”, Reservation life style • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0VJdGOTyYo&feature=BFa&list=PLED0CD45C2C14FAC5 (4:45) • ******* • Documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YR2FgxalCU
About the book and author • Author: Sherman Alexie – Poet, novelist (adult/young adult) script writer, short story writer. Well-liked author, quite popular. • Book: Partially biographical (Sherman Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation) • The book itself has won many awards. Read all over the US, in many schools. • Themes: Contains many themes that are relevant to this class: Heroes, education, dealing with multiple cultures, Humor, Also, Native Americans, sports/basketball, growing up
About the context • TASK: What do you know/want to know/have learned about Native Americans? SW: Walpi Great plains SW: Blanket Weaver – Navaho http://edwardcurtis.com/tribal-regions
Tribes of Oregon: Past Source: http://www.native-languages.org/oregon.htm
Tribes of Oregon: Today Source: PSU website
Tribes of Washington: Today Source: http://www.npaihb.org/member_tribes/washington_member_tribes/
What is life on a reservation like? • A short poetic piece about growing up on a reservation and the choices a boy must face, as he becomes a man. Starring Martin Edwards, Nick Clark, and David Aleck. (2:00) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFhuLEpjy0g • 16 Nov 07 Native Americans in the US state of Dakota are being driven to alcohol abuse and suicide. In the second installment on a series of special reports highlighting poverty issues in the United States, Al Jazeera's John Cookson meets a community of native Americans and reports on their daily struggle to survive. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq0Joi1ELps&feature=youtu.be (3:00) TASK: Listen for: What reservation life issues do these videos reveal? What do they say about reservation life?
PTI, cont. • Before: • TASK: Look over the book—what can you tell about the book? The comics? • After: • If time: • TASK: Start reading: How does the character introduce himself? • Groups assignment handout. • (I’ll assign the groups and provide a reading schedule. I’ll also do the first segment.) • Please look over this green sheet.