First Lady Michelle Obama on Creating Opportunity for Native Youth
Prepared Remarks of First Lady Michelle Obama for White House Convening on Creating Opportunity for Native Youth:
Prepared Remarks of First Lady Michelle Obama for White House Convening on Creating Opportunity for Native Youth:
Nebo Title VII student performing group "Wasatch Eagles" were invited to sing for Senators on American Indian Caucus Day on 2/12/15. We took a bus of American Indian students to the capital to watch 2 bills go through legislation, met tribal leaders and took a tour. The song is called the "Deer Song" composed by Jennifer Kreisberg.
The following resource may be useful for teacher planning to teach about thanksgiving. It is an essay by Dennis Zotigh originally written for Thanksgiving 2011.
http://blog.nmai.si.edu/main/2013/11/do-indians-celebrate-thanksgiving.html
The museum provides a variety of materials for use in the classroom. All have been developed by the museum's education staff in collaboration with Native community members. These materials offer rich Native perspectives on the history and contemporary life of many different Native tribes. Although these resources are grouped by category, they often address multiple themes.
http://nmai.si.edu/explore/foreducatorsstudents/classroomlessons/
"Stories through Dance" was featured in the Daily Herald. Read the story here:
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_f61af770-ddfc-54ee-b9c7-cf184cfcf3d7.html
The Title 7 program was featured on KSL, Watch the video or read the story here:
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=28791198&nid=148&fm=latest_videos
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/623
We've added some additional resources on our "Teacher Resources" page. These resources were from an email specifically for Librarians, but also serve as a great resource for teachers. Hopefully you will find them useful to you:
http://title7.nebo.edu/content/librarians-and-teachers