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A great picture book

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

We will be looking at this road sign after our week at Camp Kieve. It is a powerful reminder that bias and stereotyping are alive and well in Maine. It’s not funny.
But there are puns and irony in the sign as well – it is a Literacy lesson. Tradin’ is one. Trade was the [...]

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Tags: Big Ideas · How-to · Pedagogy

Don’t miss this: Boarding Schools

May 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

NPR has produced two excellent audio articles about Native American Boarding Schools. These have just aired in Maine again – the good news is that both can be downloaded and/or printed (in transcript):

Part 1 – American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many Americans
Part 2 – Indian School a far Cry From the Past

The site contains [...]

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Tags: How-to · LD291 · Pedagogy