Not Your Typical Thanksgiving Lesson ProjectBased Learning The

Not Your Typical Thanksgiving Lesson Project-Based Learning The National Indian Education Association

Introduction John Around Him • Oglala Lakota • Dartmouth Grad • Teaching Experience: 6 • Curriculum Development • NIEA ED Specialist Casie Wise • University of Memphis grad • Blending Culture and CCSS • Education Consultation • Prior ELA teacher • School Support Director 2

Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Setting the Tone Project-based learning overview The role of Common Core Exemplar Thanksgiving PBL Reflections 3

0 Setting the Tone 4

Our Work is Grounded in Culturally. Based Education “‘Culturally-Based Education’ (CBE) is an education model that is both academically effective and locally meaningful in light of a community’s aspirations for their children” -NIEA’s Native Education 101 5

WHAT IS PROJECT-BASED LEARNING? 6

History of Project-Based Learning (PBL) • • Traditional Projects A New Education Fad But A Promising Instructional Method Aligns with Indigenous Education Strategies – Processes, Procedures, Strategies, Community Education/Involvement 7

What is PBL? PBL is… • A primary instructional method that can be used in all subject areas • A group or individual activity • An extended learning experience with 7 key standards 8

7 Key PBL Standards • • Challenging Problem or Question Sustained Inquiry Authenticity Student Voice & Choice Reflection Critique & Revision Public Product 9

Traditional Projects vs. Project-Based Learning Traditional Projects • Teacher-Centered • Teacher… a. b. c. d. e. Crafts questions Designs products Investigates Organizes Assess Project-Based Learning • Student-Centered • With teacher guidance, students… a. b. c. d. e. Craft questions Design products Investigate Organize Assess 10

What role does the Common Core State Standards play? 11

Why CCSS? • Standards, in general, ensure consistent expectations • Provides educators with guidance on what content/skills to teach • The standards were created with collegeand career readiness in mind 12

School Curricula w/ CCSS Implementation • Schools tend to deviate from language and culture revitalization / preservation efforts in order to avoid inadequate preparation for CCSS Assessments. • Our PBL framework is an attempt to begin correcting this problem. 13

PBL for Native American Heritage Month 14

PBL: Challenging Problem or Question • After viewing several images and reading a typical children’s article on Thanksgiving, students will share their personal understanding of Thanksgiving and any questions they have about the history of the holiday. • Posed question: What does Thanksgiving mean to Native Americans and how does this differ than the popularly accepted story? 15

Student Inquiry 16

Authenticity & Student Voice/Choice • • • Students should first craft their own narrative of Thanksgiving Students reflect (journal) on each reading and the significance to themselves, classmates, and society Students choose the format through which they share their new or revised understanding of Thanksgiving history 17

Reflection acc • Students reflect and journal about their own changes in perception of Thanksgiving history • Students reflect and share their thoughts about how Thanksgiving is represented in mainstream media and how it marginalized Native American history • Metacognition: Students think about their own thinking through this PBL process 18

Critique & Revision • Share and revise each other's work according to a rubric • A good point to practice analysis • Formative / Summative Assessment 19

Product PSA (25 -29 second film) 20

Thanksgiving PBL Framework K e y C o g n L a n g u a S t a t 21

Work Cited • “Why Project Based Learning (PBL)? ” Project Based Learning | BIE, www. bie. org/. • “Standards. ” Standards - K-12 Standards Section - Arizona Department of Education, www. azed. gov/standardspractices/. 22

Reflection • What are your takeaways from this session? Feel free to add your reflections in the chatbox!! 23

Curriculum Repository 24

Stay connected • John Around Him –jaroundhim@niea. org • Casie Wise –teachercasie@gmail. com 25

Pilamaya yelo/ye Thank You 26