Thanksgiving Lesson Plan!

More good news for educators! Another lesson plan based on An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (#iph4yp) is now available from Beacon Press:

Origin Narrative: Thanksgiving is a grade 6-8 social studies lesson, created by Dr. Natalie Martinez (Laguna Pueblo), who has also created the Indigenous People's Day lesson plan and a detailed Teachers Guide (more on that to follow). This lesson supports Chapter 3 ("Cult of the Covenant"), and focuses on origin narratives -- what they are, who tells them, what they are meant to accomplish, why they can be problematic. Students are asked to think critically about the Thanksgiving stories that are familiar to them, and to look at stories that may not be so familiar. As with the Indigenous Peoples' Day lesson, links are provided to good outside resources for teachers or students to use.

The central question is challenging enough for high school students and adults: How does the transmission of history become ingrained in collective memory?

Thanks, Dr. Natalie Martinez, for another helpful resource to go along with IPH4YP!