Monday, February 2, 2015

Goals for the Day

  • Process our learning 
  • Generate project ideas
  • Explore primary sources that may be useful for our project


As promised:  Coyote Steals the Blanket



A Well-Traveled Coyote

BY NORA NARANJO-MORSE
John F. Kennedy
        New York City
            I saw him across the lobby
                 flight 161
                     St. Louis
                         Albuquerque.
Coyote looked in control
        cool
             fitting right into the city
                 smiling when a pretty woman passed him
                     figuring out his flight
                          making calculations from behind
                              the New York Times.
Slick
         right down to his Tony Lamas
             Coyote
                 I’d recognize him anywhere
                     Copenhagen
                          New York
                              Gallup.
People say
you can dress ’em up
        but once a coyote
             always a coyote.


Seminar:  

1.  Take-aways from Friday 

2.  Thoughts on Project Essential Questions
  • 1. How do the historical experiences and ideologies of America’s indigenous tribes impact their contemporary identity?
  • 2. How can an examination of multiple sources and perspectives lead to a more enlightened understanding of history AND contemporary social, cultural and political realities?
  • 3. Where do history and creative expression intersect to reveal the human experience?
3. What project ideas do we have so far?  Brainstorm together.  Where can we take this?




Questions?


Research/Exploration Time
Spend some time exploring the resources that are out there.  Document the bold face blue and submit to me when you are finished.
1.  WHAT DO WE HAVE LOCALLY?  Explore Center for Southwest Studies website.  Find out what is there.  Browse the collections under "Finding Aids."  Browse the "Digital Images."   Make a bulleted list of project ideas that could possibly be born of the Delaney Library's archives.  How could the archives be useful for your project?
2.  LOOK AT IMAGES.  Explore the Edward Curtis collection of images documenting the indigenous peoples of North America.   Read about the work and explore the collections.  Browse the Denver Public Library Collection.  Click around.  What do you notice about these images?  How do they spark your ideas?
3.  EXPLORE OTHER PRIMARY SOURCES ON THE WEB.  Try keyword searches associated with your topic.  (It is helpful to add "primary sources" to your Google search.)  Can you find other sites that may be useful for our studies here?  Record what resources you found.  Send me links with a brief description.


Exit Ticket:  Fill out this Google Form.  
If need be, answer in writing:
1.  What project ideas are you having at this point?
2.  What questions or concerns do you have about this project at this point?


HOMEWORK:  
  • Think about what you may want to research/analyze for your project!
  • Think about questions you  may have for our guest speaker tomorrow.
  • HONORS:  Refinement time!  (Meeting this week to prepare, troubleshoot)