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________________________________ From: Geoffrey Cyr Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:24 PM Subject: [ACTEMlist] Maine Native American studies K-5

Hey all. I was wondering how teachers in other districts might be using technology to explore Maine Native American studies, particularly at the elementary level. I'm really scratching my head trying to find resources. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.

Geoff Cyr K-5 Technology Integrator Searsport Elementary, Stockton Springs Elementary, Frankfort Elementary, East Belfast Elementary gcyr@rsu20.org

There is a really good documentary on "Ka-tah-din" made by a local documentary film maker, who is also a professor at SMCC. He does kids workshops in film making every summer, and is GREAT with elementary ages.

His email: Films By Huey 

The website on this movie: http://www.filmsbyhuey.com/films/wilderness-and-spirit/

Maybe you could get him to come to your class, and help them to research some stuff to make a movie! PBL (Project Based Learning) has had some excellent write ups lately. http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices-new-tech-research?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=enews%20011613%20remainder&utm_content=&spMailingID=5451138&spUserID=MjcyNTA4Mzg0NTQS1&spJobID=63364272&spReportId=NjMzNjQyNzIS1#collaborative

Good luck!

Rachel Guthrie, M.Ed. Assistant Professor, Southern Maine Community College 2 Fort Road, South Portland ME 04106 207.741.5706 rguthrie@smccme.edu

From: Jim Burke Check out list here: http://learninginamerica.wikispaces.com/Maine+Native+American+Studies

From: Chuck Liebow might try the Abbe Museum in Acadia!

Hey Geoff,

I'm glad Jaime mentioned the Maine Memory Network. I know some elementary teachers in RSU 10 found some great items on there and said their students loved seeing "real stuff."

Here's a search that yields 208 items about native Americans in Maine.

http://www.mainememory.net/search/?loc_headings=Indians+of+North+America--Maine%0D

(They have tags in their system you can use to find objects, but they also use Library of Congress headings which I find their cataloger is particularly good at and usually yields the most successful searches.)

You can see it's a wide array of items. Since you're a social studies kinda person, I know you'll be able to help the teachers successfully utilize primary sources in their classroom. :-) BUT, the MMN also has taken the textbook "Finding Katahdin" and matched the MMN artifacts with that book's chapters and created some great resources. Check out chapter 1: http://www.mainememory.net/schools/schools_FK_DocPacks.shtml

There are also some lesson plans and additional reading suggestions (again, check out chapter 1): http://www.mainememory.net/bin/LessonPlans/1/

These are geared for middle and high school curriculum but most elementary school teachers I know are used to modifying good curriculum to fit their needs and their students' levels.


 * >Theresa

Hi Geoff You can have the teachers connect with one of the "experts" on Native American Studies and have a Skype conversation with him in the classroom. The teacher will prep the class beforehand and have questions for the experts. Its quick and easy and will take tops 15-20 minutes of classtome! You can also easily set up a wikispace, for each classroom that are working on the Native American Studies, they can do a Native American ABC, (you set up a separate page for each letter) if groups of kids are working different tribes set up a wikispace page for that each tribe will have its own page and they can type in all their information there. Good Luck!! Anna

Technology Integration Specialist Skype: aleijonguth Twitter: guthmark
 * Anna Leijon-Guth M.Ed.*

One of the best resources for Maine Native American studies was produced by Ben Levine and Julia Shulz as part of a multi-year project called Language Keepers, funded by the National Science Foundation.

The filmmakers worked with Passamquoddy and Maliseet people over several years documenting their native language in natural settings as it was being remembered and reclaimed by the community.

The Passamaquoddy and Maliseet Language Portal can be found here: http://pmportal.org/ It contains a huge amount of video as well as a digital version of the Passamaquoddy Dictionary. The Language Keepers website contains more information about the project, including links and methodology: http://www.languagekeepers.org/

Ben Levine has also produced a documentary and website called Language of America that complements and provides context for the Language Keepers project. http://www.languageofamerica.com/home.php

And, if you contact the filmmakers, who are located near mid-coast, they will be able to offer more insight and recommendations for how to use the materials to support your curriculum. There may be teacher guides available too, but I don't think they were posted on the websites.

Gemma Scott Collections Manager Northeast Historic Film (207) 469-0924 x106 gemma@oldfilm.org