I'm not sure what grade you teach, but there is a powerful quote in the little fiction book The Education of Little Tree regarding the trail of tears that really allows you to see and feel what must have been experienced. The book is more for you as teachers or probably 8th grade on up. I used it in a 9th grade class. However, I think you could use the 2 or 3 pages describing the trail of tears with younger students. My book is at home, or I would give you more info. It's a great quick read, - humorous at times but powerful. Check it out for your Christmas break reading.
Ann On Nov 30, 2006, at 5:42 AM, Joy wrote: > I understand what you mean. I think children need to know about > this event in history. It's not pretty, and they need to know that > our history includes shameful events such as this. > > ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Recently I was able to tour > the Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's home outside of > Nashville, Tennessee. I had read Irving Stone's The President's > Lady years > ago and thoroughly delighted in the opportunity to walk into > history a bit. > However, I was so disappointed by the museum. A great deal of > display space > was devoted to slave life on the Hermitage, but try as I might, I > could fins > so very little related to the Trail of Tears. When I asked a > docent, they > pointed out one very small (think 5x7) plaque with a brief blurb that > basically glossed it over BIG TIME. As a teacher of Native American > children, I found this insulting and was quite disappointed. > > Lori > > > On 11/29/06 4:32 PM, "Joy" wrote: > >> We're revisiting Determining Importance this week by doing a >> Textmapping >> project using a short book about the Trail of Tears. The groups >> were actively >> engaged in determining importance like I've never seen them >> before. Today we >> highlighted text features like italics and bold print. Tomorrow we >> will >> highlight names of people, places, and geographic features >> (rivers, lakes, >> mountains, etc.). Friday we are going to highlight the problems >> encountered by >> the Cherokee, and the solutions, if any. Then we are going to >> create story >> bags using icons the students will create to signify their own >> imaginary >> journey along the Trail of Tears. >> >> >> >> Joy/NC/4 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and >> content >> go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> > > -- > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach & Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 57555 > > http:www.tcsdk12.org > ph. 605.856.2211 > > > Literacies for All Summer Institute > "Literate Lives: A Human Right" > July 12-15, 2007 > Louisville, Kentucky > > http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http:// > literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process > and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful > email and get things done faster. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http:// > literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > Ann Jernigan Webb City R-7 Schools [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
