The Place of the Falling Waters

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Here's the place to get The Place of the Falling Waters, in case you are interested. KSKC-TV sells it for $40..

Health and PE ideas

Teacher.net good place for lesson ideas for health

Howcast.com is a great place to add technology in the class room

These ideas are pulled from a book I am reading for Mary Jo's class Literacy2.0

Family Colors: Interviewing Our Families | Teaching Tolerance

Family Colors: Interviewing Our Families | Teaching Tolerance

This may fit in my lesson - waiting to see what the Who am I lesson will bring from email due to being denied access.

Week 5 Blog Post

Week 5:
In week 4 I was reading the Challenge to Survive books and was wishing I could hear the words spoken correctly rather than trying to sound them out.  I see where using a blog like Pam Pritchard from Ohio using audio being a huge step for our Salish language.  This could be a great project to suggest to the IEC or NA Studies teacher.  If we started this type of blog for our students, parents and teachers, it would help bridge some of the gaps or translation.  Even Having Mary record her teaching the students how to pronounce some of the Christmas songs to use as teaching aids.  Wow the power this could hold.

In our own school Big Campus could be even a bigger part in our class learning.  I know that kids have Facebook pages, but with some concerns schools may have about not being able to invite kids into a group is huge.   I am excited to use Big Campus more and see how it can serve my classroom.

http://www.infotoday.com/mmschools/jan04/richardson.shtml is the link about blogs and other ideas on blogging RSS?  Will have to take their advice and practice RSS.

Had to try and up load a picture!!  Student working on archery skills.  How cool is this.

use this website to help in future!

Blogging directions 

More blogging ideas for classroom use

About Technology in my classroom advice

HEALTH LINKS STUMBLED UPON WHILE LOOKING AT BLOGS ASSIGNMENT!! 

  here are some I liked from this link:
     Readwritethink

      Mental Health through literature

Week 4 Challenge to Survive II

YES!!!   In book II it has some  traditions on death and is giving me some insight on how to proceed with my lesson.  I think I am leaning towards family life and importance of traditions, such as family life and roles of their family, marriage, divorce, death, much like they have outlined in book II.  Using the section of Daily rounds as a reading and then have students write what thier daily rounds might be in thier own homes.
I had blogged that I wondered prior to the intruction of horses, how poverty was viewed, in book II it was stated that comunal living was shared and wealth was not measured in "things" rather by characteristics as generosity.  It also stated that shame is based on lazy, coward or dishonesty.  I treasure those facts today in my own family life.

I also like the description on page 36 of the characteristics the young men look for in taking a wife;  skilled in womanhood and honorable.  The young men would seldom marry before age 20 and were told that they must be skilled hunters as their wife must eat and require clothing.  Those concepts are still around today too.  Today's skills of womanhood would be different to some degree with working moms outside of the home and need to balance home as well.  This could be a good discussion topic for my students.

Comments to discover further:  pg 37 after the "talk" they were considered married
pg 50 Mrs. Coombs puberty ceremony - and her comments of today's youth.

Week 4 Challenge to Survive I

Challenge to Survive I - In this book it pointed out the following ideas I might be able to tie into future lessons:
*From my Traditional Games teachings, I could tie in not only the Blackfeet use and history of the horse but now the Salish.

*In Archery Lesson - Ask the students what changed the impact of the use of bow and arrows for Salish hunters? Answer - use of horses to increase success of hunts and increase the amounts brought back to the camp and then with introduction of guns it increased the shooting range.  This was all well and good at first, but now more ground could be covered and hunting grounds were encroached upon past the Continental divide.  Now the use of guns was used as protection and fighting for more land and stealing of horses was considered an irritant.  It is also interesting to note that poverty widened and reared its ugly head even more so with the ownership of horses.  I am curious to know how poverty was measured before the introduction of horses. (other than the success of ones family as hunters I would assume)Another point on is that even in the peace talks on page 32 it is interesting to note that even then they had the statement of hunting on their own land but extend their hunting on Peigan land and that it would be a battle.  This battle of hunting grounds is still going on today... Tribal land, wolves, etc.

*In construction to the winter game Snow Snake, the introduction of better tools occurred during the nineteenth century.  Namely the files that could be used instead of sand stone and rocks. 

What I found very interesting was the trading for furs amount.  The largest amount was 18 skins per pair of shoes.  In today's standings that seems to still be in balance.  Basketball shoes are coveted and run upward of $200 dollars.  Strange how some things never change. 

The Shape of Home | Teaching Tolerance

The Shape of Home | Teaching Tolerance

Week 3 Heartline Information:

Treaty Sovereighty:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WQDZ9fTlc&feature=plcp

Allotment:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugss7qZN7yg&feature=channel&list=UL

Authentic Film or Reading lesson  by Tammy Elser (Structure of Interactive Lesson:
This was a great visual for me to remember how to use films in class.  many times I show them but do not know really how to tie them in or as she stated write out - check for understanding via the student and myself.   (hard copy in Heartline documents on home computer)



The Rez We Live on (SKCT)
http://therezweliveon.com/

Tipi Technology | Teaching Tolerance

Tipi Technology | Teaching Tolerance

I have heard this before via Shawn, but having it written down would help and blogged here will help me to remember it for future use.  Not sure if I would use it for PE and Health, but ideas for Cultural awareness days on campus.

Using Tootsie Roll Pops to Teach Tolerance | Teaching Tolerance

Using Tootsie Roll Pops to Teach Tolerance | Teaching Tolerance

I really like this idea  - keep it in mind for PEN

Week Two Videos

Allotment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugss7qZN7yg&feature=youtu.be

Connected to Everything
http://www.tolerance.org/salish

Connect to Everything: Lesson 3-6
  Sue - see home Heartlines Information

Videos for Native American Unit Ideas

Perma Red form Our Vision
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wlJwH8XBIc&feature=relmfu


 Remembering Our Songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4IrUxARRdw&feature=youtu.be

Homesteading
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77CvqWUjV0A&feature=relmfu

Bears Playing at Bison Range
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0niJF3HQJ-c&feature=relmfu

Important Links I might want to Remember for Unit Plan

This link was mentioned in Week 1 Discussion with another student, but when the coarse will end so will Moodle and I do not want to for get this:

If you want to see more videos that discuss diversity among tribes, check these out: http://www.montanatribes.org/digital_archives/matrix_eu1.php?page=eu/eu1 In particular, watch Shane Doyle "Tribal Diversity" for a discussion of women's roles in Crow culture. (From Anna B)

This is my corner of the world to share my thoughts and Ideas.

To begin with this will be part of my Heartlines class that I am taking.  After this class I am not sure where blogging will take me.  It will have to wait and see which way I turn in life.