Tuesday
Colonial/Native Contact | Material Culture and Landscape as Means of Understanding
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Synchronous Activities
We will meet online from 10:30am—1:30pm EDT / 7:30—10:30am PDT
[Zoom PW = NEH]
TUESDAY JULY 13 CHAT TRANSCRIPT | TUESDAY JULY 27 CHAT TRANSCRIPT
10:00–10:30 AM
OPTIONAL Coffee (Half) Hour
Meet and greet with your fellow teachers; review our cohort introductory Storymap and find someone you have something in common with.
10:30–10:35 AM
Welcome & Overview
Introductions; Map of the Day
10:35–11:35 AM
Through a Glass Darkly: Understanding 17th-Century World View
Hilary Goodnow, Associate Director of Education & Outreach, & Timothy Turner, Associate Director of Indigenous Education, Plimoth Patuxet Museums
11:35–11:45 AM
BREAK
11:45 AM–12:50 PM
Telling Stories with Objects
Hilary Goodnow, Associate Director of Education & Outreach, & Timothy Turner, Associate Director of Indigenous Education, Plimoth Patuxet Museums
You will use these resources for this activity. You can view in advance but please stop where indicated as we will complete the activity together in small groups.
12:50–1:20 PM
Grade Level Group & Concept Mapping Conversations
1:20–1:30 PM
Wrap Up & Reflection
In addition to work on your Concept Map, please complete this Evaluation Form for Tuesday's session.
Asynchronous Assignments
Please complete the following readings and assignments before we meet online on WEDNESDAY morning.
Read
The "Indianized" Landscape of Massachusetts | Places Journal | Mark Jarzombek
Optional | Chapter 7: Native Mapping in Southern New England Indian Deeds | Cartographic Encounters: Perspectives on Native American Mapmaking and Map Use | Margaret Wickens Pearce
Explore
Map of the Day: This is How We Name Our Lands
Click on each map to view larger and zoom in and out.
Tomorrow's activity is document intensive. We will be modeling the activity digitally but you can print hard copies if you prefer.
Watch
Indigenous and Colonial Mapping in New England Land Records | Margaret Wickens Pearce (Citizen Band Potawatomi)
Location of the Day:
Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts
Indigenous Presence on Boston Common | Elizabeth Solomon (Massachusett) & Joe Bagley
In the Place We Now Call Boston | Ross Miller, TEDx Beacon Street
Please note: this talk is problematic; however it does give you a better visual understanding of the fish weirs that Elizabeth and Joe discuss in the first video.
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