Thanksgiving books and teacher materials and thoughts

Thanksgiving can be a perplexing time of year for educators.

Do we endorse the Thanksgiving Myth of a happy carefree dinner celebration (was there ever such a thing?)  and Plymouth Rock?

Deconstructing the Myths: The First Thanksgiving

http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/43-resources/thanksgiving

Are we cognizant of Native Americans, their culture and history?

American Indians in Children’s Literature

http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/

Images of Indians in Children’s Books

http://imagesofindiansinchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/

Oyate criteria for Evaluating Books

http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/41-resources/how-to-tell-the-difference

http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/42-resources/oyate-s-additional-criteria

Here are a few book suggestions some of which  are on display now in the Juvenile Collection on the 3^rd floor of the Guarini Library-

Grimes, Nikki                     Thanks a Million                                                  juv.811.54.G862t

Jules, Jacqueline              Duck for Turkey Day                                              juv.J942d

Landau, Elaine                   What is Thanksgiving?                                          juv.394.26.L253et

London, Jonathan            Giving thanks                                                           juv. L848g

Livingston, Myra Cohn   Thanksgiving Poems                                                juv.808.81T367

                                          (multicultural, multi-perspectivist  collection)

Mora, Pat                          Gracias, Thanks                                                       juv.M83g

      1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving                        juv. 394.268.G729s

Parr, Todd                           Thankful book                                                         juv.P258t

Pinkwater, D. M.               Hoboken Chicken Emergency                                  juv. P 655h

Sorrell, Traci                      We Are Grateful/Otsaliheliga                                   juv. S7134w

        (Thankfulness during all the seasons with Cherokee          celebrations.Teacher’s guide activities [Juv. 57134w  study guide])

Swamp, Chief Jake            Giving Thanks: A Native Good                           juv.299.79.S791g             

       Morning Message

Sweet, Melissa                 Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story            juv.927.91.S245s

                                          of the Puppeteer of the Macy’s Parade

Wilson, Karma                   Bear says Thanks                                                   juv.W7492b       

Here are some that can be used to discuss dated perspectives and stereotypes:

Cohen, Barbara                 Molly’s Pilgrim                                                 juv. C6722m                      

Dalgleish, Alice                  The Thanksgiving Story                                  juv.D142T 1985

Devlin, Wende                      Cranberry Thanksgiving                                juv.D489c

and Harry

Fritz, Jean                            Who's that Stepping on Plymouth Rock?         juv.974.4.F919w

Parish, Herman                   Amelia Bedelia talks  turkey                             juv. P233at

Koller, Jackie French          Nickommoh! A Thanksgiving Celebration       juv. 394.268. K814n

Smith, E.B.                          Coming of the Pilgrims*                                   juv. 973.2.S4646c

                                             (contains dated perspectives. Thanksgiving myth)

Weisgard, Leonard             The Plymouth Thanksgiving                                juv.973.2W427p

 

Here are some Teacher Materials from the Curriculum Collection:

E98.C5.D434 2003             Children of Native America Today: An Activity and Resource Guide

                                           (companion to Children of Native America today, Juv. 306.08997073 .D411c)

CMC F77.T46 2008            Contemporary Voices along the Lewis and Clark Trail: Teacher Guide for                                               High School

CMC GT4975.T45 2011    Thanksgiving : A Native Perspective

November is Native American Heritage Month

Books to Celebrate Native American Heritage Month!

Ancona, George                      Powwow                                             

Juv.394.2.A542p

Boyden, Linda                        Powwow’s Coming                             

Juv. 394.3.B789p

Bruchac, James and                Girl Who helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales

Juv.398.2.B877g

Bruchac, Joseph                      Eagle Song 

Juv.B887e

Bruchac, Joseph                      Pushing Up the Sky                           

Juv.812.54.B887p

Bruchac, Joseph                      Earth Under the Sky: Native  American Poems of the Land             

Juv. 398.2.B887e

Bruchac, Joseph                      Seven Native American  Plays for Children                     

Juv. 812.54 .B887p

                                               

Dennis, Yvonne Wakim          Children of Native America Today    

Juv.306.08997073.D411c

Landon, Rocky                       A Native American throught of it     

Juv. 970.1.L259n

Morris, Ann                             Grandma Maxine remembers:A Native American family story

Juv.978.004.M875g                                                

Salonen, Roxanne B.              First Salmon 

Juv.S1753f

                                                              

Slier, Debby                            Cradle me                                            

Juv.305.23.S633c

                                               

Taylor, C. J.                           All the Stars in the Sky: Native Stories from the Heavens

 Juv.398.2.T239a

Van Camp, Richard                Little You                                              

Juv.V2225L

Since Thanksgiving also occurs in November. Here is a list of books recommended by OYATE (Oyate is a Native organization working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed with honesty and integrity, and that all people know that our stories belong to us.)

OYATE RECOMMENDED BOOKS

FOR THANKSGIVING

http://www.oyate.org/resources/booklist.html

(unfortunately quite a few of these are out of print) 

Bruchac, Margaret M. (Abenaki), and Catherine Grace O’Neill, 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2001, grades 4-up

 (Juv. 394.268 .G729S)

Hunter, Sally M. (Ojibwe), Four Seasons of Corn: A Winnebago Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1997, grades 4-6. (Juv.394.1 .H947f)

Peters, Russell M. (Wampanoag), Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992, grades 4-6. (Juv. 974.48 .P481c)


Regguinti, Gordon (Ojibwe), The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992, grades 4-6. (Juv. 977.6 .R334s)

Seale, Doris (Santee/Cree), Beverly Slapin, and Carolyn Silverman (Cherokee), eds., Thanksgiving: A Native Perspective. Berkeley: Oyate, 1998, teacher resource.

Swamp, Jake (Mohawk), Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. New York: Lee & Low, 1995, all grades.(Juv. 299.79 .S791g)

Wittstock, Laura Waterman (Seneca), Ininatig’s Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1993, grades 4-6

OYATE Also provides the following materials

Deconstructing the Myths of "The First Thanksgiving"

by Judy Dow (Abenaki) and Beverly Slapin
Revised 06/12/06

http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/43-resources/thanksgiving

How to Tell the Difference: A Guide for Evaluating Children’s Books for Anti-Indian Bias 

by Doris Seale, Beverly Slapin and Rosemary Gonzales                             http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/41-resources/how-to-tell-the-difference

Teachers' Alert-A conversation on Multicultural education and curriculum

Like It Is with Gil Noble and Adelaide Sanford- May 15, 2011

This episode of Like It is of interest to all educators especially those in urban and multicultural education. It provides a history of parallel cultures in the United States, a viewpoint on the difficulties of curriculum reform and strategies to be used to overcome disparities in education.

If you missed it, please use this link http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=resources/lifestyle_community/community&id=6650885