U & D

Opportunity knocks! If you do not know about the inexpensive, articulate, wonderfully planned, fully researched, hands-on programs offered by Old Fort Western (museum, Historic Landmark, education center in Augusta), you need to rush to their website and download the Programs brochure (or just click my link – it is a .pdf file). There [...]

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Immediately following Pres. Obama’s speech I had these thoughts:

I need a copy (quickly found on NPR) – isn’t the Internet great?
What will be the ramifications of the allusion to Washington crossing the Delaware?

You should know that I, in another job and almost 25 years ago, brought a group of Long Island middle schoolers to the [...]

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If you are like me, you might feel a little bit weird about GoogleEarth. This powerful application on the MLTI laptops (and freely available for download) allows you – anyone – to zoom in to look closely at just about anywhere on Earth. If you haven’t already, zoom in to find your own school or [...]

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It’s a long drive from Stowe, VT, to Georgetown, ME. We break it up by taking the scenic route, across VT and NH on Rt. 2, then down 26 to Poland Springs. This time we wandered down to Montpelier and took in lower Rt. 2. The sky was grey, a mist obscured the scenery, [...]

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There have been at least three specific recent events that illustrate the complex issue of Native sovereignty in Maine: the ongoing debate over the proposed LNG facililty at Sipayik / Split Rock on the Pleasant Point reservation; the meeting between Penobscot (and other) tribal leaders with Tribal officials from Venezuela; and the participation of the [...]

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Tracing history through its tellings can be more compelling, and more instructive, than reading it in a text or on Wikipedia.

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This post owes a debt to Donna Loring, who said to me once, “It’s all about economics.” Economy is an important word on the Word Wall. Take a minute, if you have time, to read Loring’s blog posts on Tribal Economics and Part II. This is the ongoing story of the deliberate scattering – destruction [...]

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The MicMac, Maliseet, Penobscot and Passamaquoddy are not just a Social Studies lesson
I went to an all-day English teachers’ workshop last Friday – on 6 + 1 Traits Writing. It was billed as a rewarding six hours with a master teacher Sheryl Lain – that is exactly what it turned out to be. I [...]

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“Unity and diversity have long been valued in the United States as foundations of the unique character of our society. People throughout our nation’s history have come from distinct and varied cultural, political, and religious backgrounds and perspectives… We build common bonds of unity based on the democratic values, processes, and institutions that support [...]

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