These are 4 texts to read/watch for this session. All contain seminal informati

These are 4 texts to read/watch for this session. All contain seminal information about the case of the residential schools for Native American children in relation to the dominant society’s idea of funds of knowledge and cultural capital. These are the texts:
– NY Times article on residential schools for indigenous children. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/30/us/native-american-boarding-schools.html
– The 60 Minutes video on “The Canadian travesty: Canada’s Unmarked Graves: The Dark Legacy of Canada’s Residential Schools, Where Thousands of Children Died:” (13:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1CfRdEd_PI
– The video, “My Powerful Hair,” about the children’s picture book (Reading Buckets, 9:55): https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=0xVkgYfQ46Q
– Angela Marcias: “Funds of Knowledge,” (9:32) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOJRsFJ30bI&t=4s
Read/view the 10-minute video about the picture book, the NYTimes article, and the 60 Minutes video about the rampant governmental (Canadian and American) role in the extraction (theft?) of indigenous children from their homes, forcing them to attend residential schools (jails?).
Relate this material to what Macias says in the video about children’s funds of knowledge and cultural capital that they bring with them to school by answering the following questions in four short paragraphs:
Paragraph 1: According to Macias and her view of funds of knowledge and cultural capital (and the other three texts):
What did indigenous children bring with them to these residential schools and what did they lose?
What did the schools hope to eradicate?
Why was the culture of native tribes so threatening to the government?
Paragraph 2: Remember back to when you first started school:
What did you bring with you when you started school?
Was what you brought with you to school ignored, tolerated or celebrated, how so?
Were children’s cultures shared in the schools you attended?
Did you feel recognized for your full self in school? Provide an example.
Paragraph 3: Consider your fieldwork child:
What do you know about your fieldwork child’s funds of knowledge and cultural capital?
If you don’t know, what questions could you ask (and hopefully will)?
Paragraph 4: Consider your current view of education, school, and children:
Did you already know about or were you surprised to learn about the existence of these residential boarding schools for indigenous children, and what is your reaction to learning about these schools and the experiences of native children within them?
Have these texts impacted your view of education and its possible political intent/function?
Have these texts impacted your view of children? (i.e., do you see children as half full or half empty or all full or all empty – and why?!) Provide an example.
LINKS TO SOURCES ARE HERE IN THE INSTRUCTIONS.
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