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EdAction
Maple River Education Coalition PAC
105 Peavey Rd, St 116
Chaska, MN
55318
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October, 2002
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The CFL Wishes You a Politically Correct Thanksgiving!
One needs only to view this sample curriculum from the CFL to dispel any doubt that revisionist history is taking place. This sample curriculum fulfills the Profile of Learning mandates (thus fulfilling the federal mandates of Goals 2000) and is all about attitudes, values, and beliefs.
The rationale of this curriculum, which fulfills
Profile of Learning requirements is stated as follows:
For generations, misinformation and stereotyping have been promoted in
curricula such as textbooks, periodicals and media; therefore, it is
important that students have access to up-to-date and accurate information
about American Indians. Examples include topics such as the Bering Strait
Theory, the Columbus Encounter and the First Thanksgiving. Learning
accurate information will assist students in becoming purposeful thinkers
and self-directed learners.
View this entire 36-page report as a .pdf from the
CFL's website
Part 1:
Profile and Curriculum Connection
Part
2: Course Overview
Part 3:
Correcting Misinformation - Primary Lesson
Primary students reveal through discussions and activities that they
understand that many cultures have thanksgiving celebrations. Students
also realize the reality of European contact with American Indians. They
are aware that contact was not always a positive experience as is
sometimes presented in stories of the first Thanksgiving in which American
Indians and Pilgrims are shown happily sharing a meal together.
Discuss the fact that millions of indigenous people were living in the Americas when Columbus arrived; therefore he did not discover the Americas. A better word to describe the event might be the arrival of Columbus.
Part
5: Correcting Misinformation - Middle School Lesson (Adapted from
plans by Darrell Erickson, Robbinsdale Area Schools)
Students brainstorm what they already know about Columbus...Students read
"War-crimes report on Saddam held up" from New York Times
Insight section. Compare Saddam to Columbus. In what ways are they
similar?...Students read "19 Nazis Guilty at Nuremburg" news
article. Discuss why a society would want to have a public trial for
individuals like Hussein or Nazi leaders...Tell class they are going to
conduct a mock trial in which Columbuswill face charges of crimes against
humanity.
Various American Indian tribes have explanations for how they came to inhabit the Americas. These explanations differ from the explanation often presented in social studies textbooks that the earliest Americans were hunters who crossed a land bridge between Asia and North America during the ice age. There are generally three types of creation stories told by American Indians.
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