The American Indian Movement (AIM) is a Native American organization in the United States. It was founded in 1968‚ with the purpose to eliminate discriminating against the Native Americans and to establish recognition of their treaty rights. The founders of this organization are Dennis Banks‚ Herb Powless‚ Clyde Belle court‚ Eddie Benton Banai‚ Russell Means‚ and many others. Russel Means is one of the earliest leaders of AIM. He is one of contemporary America’s best-known and prolific activists
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In the essay “Cultural Literacy‚” E.D. Hirsh argues that raising our literacy levels cannot solely depend on researching new and varies “teaching techniques”‚ but by implementing “cultural literacy” into our school curricula. In fact‚ he suggests that educational institutions steer away from teaching “cultural literacy” in fear of “imposing cultures and ideologies” which is a factor in the decline of literacy. He references a couple of experiments which helped him realized that students weren’t literate
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The moment that I realized how important literacy was when I was able to understand how to relate literature to my own life and make real-life connections in my literature classes. Literacy is far more than just reading and writing‚ it involves you to use critical thinking and it test the understanding you have of making connections. Literacy involves using important fundamental principles to comprehend things. Reading and writing plays an important role in our lives because we are constantly using
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New Literacies in Middle School (6-8 grade) The articles that I came across in my research are in regards to new literacies in middle school. The readings all share a common thread which is incorporating new literacies into the curriculum help shape students in becoming active global citizens. The authors explained how teachers can leave their comfort zone and implement new literacies as well as student’s perspective about working with new literacies. I wanted to delve a little deeper into this
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Standard 3: Literacy 1. Describe your evidences: What are they? In what context were they created and/or used? The first artifact I have attached is a small group lesson plan and a performance observation conducted by my university supervisor. The small group lesson that I have attached was taught during Literacy Block in the fall of 2014. I taught this reading lesson to first graders at Woodstock Elementary to high-level readers. During this lesson‚ the students were to respond and discuss comprehension
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My plans for the balanced literacy program include six indispensable components to develop student’s reading success. My reading program is called “Reading Adventure Prodigies” RAP for short‚ and the grade level is for Kindergarten. The components are 1) phonemic awareness‚ 2) phonics‚ 3) reading aloud‚ 4) fluency‚ 5) vocabulary and 6) comprehension. The National Reading Panel has acknowledged that the components mentioned above will give the students an opportunity to acquire and develop
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Being able to provide young children with rich writing experiences can lay a foundation for literacy learning. Preschool teachers receive limited educational instruction on how to teach children writing skills and individualize it to each child based on their needs. It is important to foster early writing skills and actively support young children during their handwriting development. Cabell‚ Gerde‚ and Tortorelli state that‚ “Children notice print in their environment and use their experiences to
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Literacy was not something that I grew up seeing at home. Both of my parents‚ neither read nor wrote‚ but‚ one thing that I can recall was that my mother would sing nursery rhymes in Spanish and would even teach me the hand gestures that went along with the song. For example las vocales ( the vowels)‚ la Escuelita (the school) and so on. Even though both of my parents were not active readers‚ they always told me the importance of higher education. I have both bad and good experiences in primary
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Essay Writing Document-based question (DBQ) “Levels of Literacy” (60 minutes‚ 1‚000 words minimum) Task: Describe the variations in the levels of literacy in Old Regime France and trace these variations over time. Analyze the factors that promoted or discouraged the spread of literacy. Analysis of fourteen documents for the DBQ “Literacy in France” essay question: Document # 1: Document # 1 was a comparison of the degree of literacy in France between the seventeenth and late eighteenth century
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whether it is by vocal speech or various written forms depends heavily on how they developed their literacy which is unique per person. The article Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics by James Paul Gee goes through different theories he has on the correct and incorrect ways that language is used when communicating during different scenarios and why. The main cause of unique levels regarding literacy are the different Discourses a person may have. First and foremost are the primary Discourses which
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