In Advance

Materials Needed

Please gather or purchase the following materials in advance of the workshop.

A few large pieces of paper (legal size or larger)
Pencils and/or colored pencils
Weaving supplies
- - 8–10 inch long wooden dowel (Sample)
  - Scissors
  - 2–4 colors of yarn of your choice (Sample)

Cut 12-20 12-inch long strands of your yarn in advance.

Asynchronous Assignments

Please complete the following readings and assignments before we meet online on MONDAY morning.

Read

Introduction to chapter 4 | An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (For Young People) | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (books mailed to participants)
Maps as Stories About the World | Avner Segall
Manifesting Destiny | Sarah Shear
Chapter 5: The Empty Continent | Why You Can't Teach United States History without American Indians | Adam Jortner

Explore

Map of the Day: Native Land

Add your thoughts to this three-page Jamboard
- July 12-16 Jamboard PDF
- July 26-30 Jamboard
Questions to consider while looking at this map:
- - What is this map showing? Where does the information come from?
  - How does it show its information (colors, symbols, labels, etc.)
  - Where do you live? Whose land do you live on?

Watch

Locations of the Day:

Great Swamp, West Kingston, Rhode Island

Introduction and Indigenous Worldview | endawnis Spears (Diné/Ojibwe/Chickasaw/Choctaw)
The Great Swamp | endawnis Spears and Cassius Spears, Jr. (Narragansett)

Create & Share

Make a map to introduce yourself. We will be using this to get to know one another so be sure to participate!

Go to your week’s link and fill in the survey questions:

View the Storymap of your cohort's responses: Cohort One | Cohort Two

Optional

Monday Agenda