Draw Write Now Book 3 - Native Americans, North America, the Pilgrims
Book 3 focuses on Native Americans, North America and the Pilgrims. The books are simple enough for a young child to do independently, but a teacher or parent may present the lessons. Each drawing lesson includes a colorful picture and step-by-step instructions, while the writing lesson includes four simple handwritten sentences. The teacher or parent may introduce letter formation or have the children copy the sentences for handwriting practice, or use the lessons as a springboard for creative writing or report writing. Developed by an elementary school teacher and co-authored by her daughter.
Perhaps the greatest mistake one could make when considering Native American culture would be to assume that there existed only one such homogeneous culture among the indigenous peoples of North America. Rather, there is an assortment of distinct and diverse cultural aspects that, when bound together, make a whole. This book will show that there isn’t just a group of American “Indians,” but rather individual societies with marked differences—and similarities—that form what is called Native American culture.
Alanis Obomsawin - The Vision of a Native Filmmaker
In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television. In this book, the first devoted to any Native filmmaker, Obomsawin receives her due as the central figure in the development of indigenous media in North America. Incorporating history, politics, and film theory into a compelling narrative, Randolph Lewis explores the life and work of a multifaceted woman whose career was flourishing long before Native films such as Smoke Signals reached the screen.
THIS VOLUME was originally intended to be a collection of selected papers, written in the decade after 1972. The original plan was to rework and to rewrite them individuatly, to create a book of essays. In the process those earlier papers were absorbed into a more general framework, though traces of them can still be found. They became a single book. Its themes are how the young child acquires the wes of his native language and how by using language first for limited ends the child comes finally to recognize its more powerful, productive uses.
