Storytime Musical Chairs

Title: Storytime Musical Chairs

Topic: Students practice creative writing and word processing skills.

Grade: 5th-6th grade

Materials: This activity requires a computer for each student.

Description: Students begin typing a story telling how they each spent their summer vacation. The teacher sets a timer and after three minutes, students rotate to the next computer and continue telling the story. After another three minutes, they rotate again. Students will make three rotations and after returning to their first computer, volunteers can read aloud the wackiest stories.

Source: EducationWorld.com

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Logan S. #1C Today In History

Title: Today In History

Topic: History

Grade: K-12

URL: www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do

Idea: In this lesson plan students will be able to learn about past historical events that have happened on any day of the week

Laura B. #4c

Education about Native Americans is very important to our history. I learned that there are certain tribes that don't even have a reservation. Courtney also informed us about dance and powwows. If a dancer is not on the beat of the drum they can be disqualified. When a dancer steps up on stage they don't know what song will be played, but they have practiced for many of the songs. The flashier the dress, the better. Some activities to incorporate Native American studies into an art class would be to study some of the pattern and have students draw the patterns from different tribes. For a geography class it would be interesting to study the region the reservation is located and learn about what kind of traditions are practiced. Maybe even have a powwow in class. Just for fun.

Kjel O. 4C

Last class when we discussed Native American Education for All and I learned several things about Native Americans. One thing that really stood out to me was the amount of Indian reservations there is in the state of Montana. I have lived in Montana for my entire life and was well aware that there was several reservations but I had no idea the number was as high as 8! Another important thing I learned was that in most Indian culture's , making eye contact with someone of a higher stature is considered disrespectful. This information could make teaching situations much easier when working with Native Americans easier.

There are several ways I believe I can incorporate Indian Education for all in my classroom. One way I believe that would be great for all students in my class would be to incorporate Indian Dance into my dance unit. This would be a great way for American Indians in my class to express themselves as well as share part of their heritage with the class. This would also be a wonderful activity for other students to learn the importance of dance in Indian culture's. Another activity I could use would be to incorporate Indian games into my unit. Evens activities as simple as traditional archery target shooting would be great!

Kelsey H #4C

Two things I learned about Indian Education for All are there are different ways of teaching Native American students. The Learning Center I did on different strategies was very helpful. Knowing different ways to arrange the classroom to who I can call upon for help in my classroom is helpful. The second thing I learned is how there is starting to be books written from the Native American perspective on our Nation's history. These books would be very helpful in the classroom to help keep the bias to a minimum.
Two ideas I can incorporate into the classroom could be with literature and history. With literature I can give my students a book which has Native Americans in the story. I would divide the students into groups and give each group an area to research. Areas for them to research would be what tribe is in the book, where is the tribe located, any information they could find on the tribe, what is their native language. The groups would write down their thoughts and ideas first and then research to find out how close they were to their thoughts. Secondly, in a history lesson I could present a certain time frame and ask the students to research the time period from the "Euro-American" side and from the Native American side. What was going on at the time for both sides, how were wars, massacres, trading, etc seen from both sides. Then as a class we could look at the differences from each side.

jon lane... indian assignment 4c

The assignment for Indian Education for All was filled with very powerful subject matter. I feel as though it was a great assignment because it helped we students who are not familiar with Native American culture to get a better understanding. This assignment helped open up our eyes to a new culture that first started our world.This is also useful because it helps eliminate the stereotypes that are often placed upon the Native American culture.
The few things that i found interesting were the never ending list of food and games that the Native American culture created. These games and food are stilling played and eaten today in 2008. the other item i found interesting was the school that was created to "help" the native children adapt to the Euro-Americans ways of life. I found it interesting because in reality the school that was created was pretty much to brain wash and force change upon a culture because the Euro-American wanted things to be "normal" in how they saw the world.
If i had to teach my students about the Native American culture, i would use hands on activities, such as: field trips through Montana, bring in food that we eat today that was created by the Native American culture, and games that we play today that the Native culture created. i would also bring guest speakers to speak about the Native culture so that my students would would get to see a true Native American with their eyes and not believe the stereotypical native that is portrayed in movies a long time ago.

J.R. Pierce, Indian Education For All, Assingment 4c

Education For All, Assignment 4C

Learning about different cultures and ethnicity's is one of the greatest things that can be achieved in the United States. The education about American Indians is a great idea that recent teachers came up with. One thing I found very interesting is that the Indian Education system is very family orientated. This provides a very close unit in these schools that can help excel the education systems within the reservations. Also, what was really interesting is that there are Indian ethnicity's that are still looking for recognition from the U.S. Government and public. It is really good thing that minority groups are being recognized in such away that only the United States can achieve.