As communities analyze how their stories are told, they begin to question who is telling their stories and how. This is happening with Route 66. It has been seen as the open, fun, highway that offered adventure and excitement as people traveled west. But as you learned, that is not the whole story. The American Indian Alaskan Native Tourist Association decided to take power back and control the narrative of how their stories are told. In this lesson you will examine more deeply how this Association changed the narrative of their communities.
Go back to the AIANTA document and answer/discuss the following questions.
What kinds of words do they use to describe Route 66?
Why did they decide to create this report?
2. Choose a state and compare and contrast the AIANTA version of Route 66 and the state website on Route 66.
Use a venn diagram or T square to compare and contrast the two perspectives.
3. Communicate your results. You can do this in multiple ways
essay
video
art
two voice poem
4. Discuss why it is good to let communities tell their own stories. How do we all benefit from this?
Ideas for sharing learning from unit:
flipgrid.com
Two voice poem resources
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson391/two-voice.pdf
Students performing two voice poem on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owb-B0h7iXw
Youtube videos:
Ted talk: Teacher lesson, Tips for great Ted Talks