Monday is Indigenous Peoples’ Day right here in Maine. In different states it’s nonetheless known as Columbus Day. The Each day Bellringer affords a great video that explains the historical past of Columbus Day and why some cities and states at the moment are celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an alternative. Watch the video on YouTube and open the outline to discover a set of dialogue inquiries to ask your college students.
CBC Children Information affords a great video that’s merely titled The Phrase Indigenous. The video supplies an animated rationalization of what the phrase indigenous means when referring to individuals. The video additionally does a fantastic job of explaining why the phrase indigenous is preferrable to different phrases. The video was created for a Canadian viewers so there are some references that college students in United States won’t perceive, however these variations do current one other educating alternative for these of us in the USA.
Yow will discover many extra assets for educating about Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day in this large record curated by Larry Ferlazzo.