In Session 4 of this four-part workshop series, teachers explored the intersection of Indigenous activism and poetry and prose. Special guest Laura Da’ (Eastern Shawnee) guided teachers through a set of creative writing and thinking exercises. Her classroom-ready strategies for teachers encourage students to develop their ideas and honor multiple world views and landscapes.
Teachers learned how to connect inquiry techniques to their classroom practice and to NMAI’s Native Knowledge 360˚ classroom materials. Session 4 was hosted by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian on March 31, 2022. This workshop series used the museum’s Essential Understandings framework and poetry by contemporary Indigenous artists to help teachers deepen their knowledge of Indigenous people’s roles and contributions. Additionally, the Library of Congress’s Living Nations, Living Words website provides support to teachers who want to bring Indigenous topics to life in their classrooms through poetry. The project received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative.
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