Teacher Guide

The Rez Sisters Lesson Plan

Bringing in Technology

-For the Day 1 Homework Activity, students will write a paper in response to one of the filmed interviews with Tomson Highway that are available on YouTube.

-For the Day 1 Classroom Activity, “The Tradition of Naming in Chippewa/Ojibway Communities,” students will use the Internet to access an article from the 1945 edition of American Anthropologist as well as to watch an informational video about naming in the Ojibway nation. Then, they will listen to a recording of shamanic drumming from YouTube.

-For the Day 1 Classroom Activity, “Storytelling and Professional Bios,” students will use the Internet to locate three professional bios in addition to Highway's.

-For the Day 2 Classroom...

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