Indigenous Peoples -Native Americans: A news report about Standing Rock, the Dakota Pipeline and discussion questions.

Picture source: Inhabitat.com <http://inhabitat.com/dakota-access-pipeline-operators-to-forge-ahead-in-defiance-of-obama/>

The curriculum for Vg1 and Vg2 specifies that students need to:

1) discuss and elaborate on texts by and about indigenous peoples in English-speaking countries 

and

2) present and discuss current news items from English language sources

On NRK TV, there is an excellent news report about the Dakota Pipeline in the US. The documentary provides a short historical context and also an interview with Dallas Goldtooth from the Sioux tribe in South Dakota. There is also an interview with Sandra Márjá West, the parliamentary representative for the Sami, the indigenous Peoples of Norway. She was at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. 

Here is the link to the news report. 

The students can listen to the report fro the beginning to 14 minutes and answer questions about segment 3, which is the interview with Dallas Goldtooth.

Segment 3 is from 4.59 minutes until 9:27 minutes.

I have written down the questions that the interviwer asks Dallas Goldtooth. The students are supposed to write down answers to these questions and then they can be discussed in class.

Discussion Questions

1)  When the interviewer asks Dallas Goldtooth with the Sioux tribe in North Dakota, what they will do now as the work on the pipeline continues, what does Dallas Goldtooth answer?

2) The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has said that Trump’s decision to continue work on the pipeline is a violation of treaty rights. In what ways is his actions illegal? (include terms like consultation, planning process, disregarding the process, study on the environmental effects in your answer)

3) What positive impact will this pipeline have on America’s economy according to Trump?

4) What are the negative consequences of this pipeline according to Dallas Goldtooth? (include terms like a leaking pipeline, drinking water, routing of pipeline through sacred sites)

5) This protest is not just about Standing Rock. What else is it about? What does Dallas Goldtooth answer?

Assessment Form, Task and Assessment Criteria for a Short Story about Indigenous Peoples / Vurderingsskjema samt Oppgave og Kriterier til en Novelle om Urfolk

Elevene våre på Studisepesialiserende Vg1 har skrevet en novelle om urfolk.
Her finner dere oppgaven samt kriteriene og her finner dere vurderingskjema. Kriteriene for innholdet er laget i samarbeid med mine kollegaer Hanne Bjerke Vasshaug og Linn Therese Jostem. Her finner dere et annent skjema med vurderingskriterier som jeg utviklet tidligere om å skrive en novelle som ikke har med urfolk å gjøre.

Pupils taking general studies at my school have been writing a short story about the Indigenous Peoples. Here is a document where you will find the task along with the assessment criteria. Here is the assessment form we used to correct the short stories. The assessment criteria for the content of the task have been developed with critical input from my colleagues Hanne Bjerke Vasshaug og Linn Therese Jostem. Here you can see another form with assessment criteria which I had developed earlier and which can be used for writing any kind of short story. 

Undervisningsopplegg Urfolk (Native Americans) No. 2 / Teaching Assignment Indigenous Peoples (Indianere) No.2

Denne oppgaven handler om å kombinere følgende kompetansemål: 1) drøfte litteratur av og om urfolk i den engelskspråklige verden 2) drøfte sosiale og kulturelle forhold, samfunnsforhold og verdier i flere engelskspråklige land.Tanken bak oppgaven er at elevene ikke bare lager en faktabasert presentasjon om urfolkene, men at de samtidig klarer å drøfte og sammenligne livet til urfolkene før og etter den europeiske oppdagelsen og koloniseringen av deres land.

Her er oppgaven: Indigenous Peoples - Presentation and Discussion. Jeg har skrevet om dette her tidligere, men hadde behov for en ennå enklere versjon.

This post combines the followng competence aims: 1) discuss literature by and about indigenous peoples in the English-speaking world,  and 2) discuss social and cultural conditions and values from a number of English-speaking countries. The intention behid this assignment is to make sure that the pupils don't just present some facts about the indigenous peoples, but that they also are able to discuss and reflect on how the lives of these peoples have changed after the Europeans discovered and colonoised their continents/countries. 
Here is the task: Indigenous Peoples - Presentation and Discussion. I have written about this here before, but felt the need for an easier version.

Undervisningsopplegg Urfolk / Teaching Assignment Indigenous Peoples

Dette innlegget handler om å kombinere følgende kompetansemål: 1) drøfte litteratur av og om urfolk i den engelskspråklige verden 2) drøfte sosiale og kulturelle forhold, samfunnsforhold og verdier i flere engelskspråklige land.Tanken bak oppgaven er at elevene ikke bare lager en faktabasert presentasjon om urfolkene, men at de samtidig klarer å drøfte og sammenligne livet til urfolkene før og etter den europeiske oppdagelsen og koloniseringen av deres land. Jeg drar inn gjerne flere mål som 1) utnytte og vurdere ulike situasjoner, arbeidsmåter og strategier for å lære seg engelsk 2) bruke teknisk og matematisk informasjon i kommunikasjon osv. 
Her er undervisningsopplegget. Klikk her: Indigenous Peoples - Studiespesialiserende  Her er en enklere versjon til engelsk på yrkesfag. Klikk her: Indigenous Peoples - Yrkesfag. Kom gjerne med tips og innspill om hvordan å forbedre oppgaven. Jeg legger ut filene i pdf format, men hvis noen vil ha de i word, så er det bare å sende meg en epost på JaspreetGloppen@gmail.com. 
P.S. Her en oppdatert versjon av oppgaven.

This post combines the followng competence aims: 1) discuss literature by and about indigenous peoples in the English-speaking world,  and 2) discuss social and cultural conditions and values from a number of English-speaking countries. The intention behid this assignment is to make sure that the pupils don't just present some facts about the indigenous peoples, but that they also are able to discuss and reflect on how the lives of these peoples have changed after the Europeans discovered and colonoised their continents/countries. Pupils also work on the following aims: 1) exploit and assess various situations, working methods and strategies for learning Englis 2) use technical and mathematical information in communication etc.
Here is the assignment. Click here: Indigenous Peoples- General Studies.   Here is a simpler version for ESL learners who taking vocational studies. Click here: Indigenous Peoples - Yrkesfag I would really appreciate any suggestions and tips as to how I can improve this task. I upload these tasks as a pdf file, but fell free to send me an email at JaspreetGloppen@gmail.com  in case you want these as a word file. 
P.S. Here is an updated version of the task.