Re: Skype Collaboration

Fifth grade teacher in NY

Posted on 9/08/11

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I am a fifth grade teacher and also cover Native Americans in
certain regions of the US. I would like to know more of what
you were planning through Skype. My students are familiar
with the Iroquois.

On 9/07/11, SStec wrote:
> Hi,
> I was wondering if there are any classrooms that are open
> to collaborating about their local Native American cultures
> with my 5th grade class. Part of my social studies
> standards is to teach my students about the Native
> Americans in the different regions of the US (Pacific NW,
> SW, Great Plains, Eastern Woodlands). I thought it would be
> beneficial for my students to directly talk (through Skype)
> with classrooms in these regions to make personal
> connections to the material I am teaching them. I teach at
> a Native American charter school in the Uppper Peninsula of
> Michigan. Our students are knowledgeable in the Ojibwe
> culture. Is anyone interested?

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