USING THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA��IN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS

OCTE Fall Conference

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Linda Tamura

Oct. 6, 2021

OREGON “IQ” QUIZ

1. What is “stoop labor? Whom did it primarily employ?

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2. Which Oregon poet laureate was incarcerated during childhood?

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3. The 14^th Amendment (passed by Congress in 1866) guaranteed citizenship to all born or naturalized in the U.S. When did Oregon voters repeal Black Exclusion laws?

WHAT IS ”STOOP LABOR” & WHOM DID IT PRIMARILY EMPLOY?

• Hard labor in the fields

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• Considered “Mexican labor,” even during Depression

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• 1930s: 500,000 from Mexico deported

Half were American citizens

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OE: Latinos in Oregon

WHICH OREGON POET LAUREATE WAS INCARCERATED DURING CHILDHOOD?

• Lawson Fusao Inada

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• Incarcerated during World War II with parents & grandparents:

Fresno Temporary Detention Center; Jerome, AK; Amache, CO

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• Oregon Poet Laureate, 2006-2010

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OE: Lawson Fusao Inada

THE 14^TH AMENDMENT (1866) GUARANTEED CITIZENSHIP TO ALL BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THE U.S. �WHEN DID OREGON VOTERS REPEAL BLACK EXCLUSION LAWS?

• Only free state with exclusion law (1857)

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• Repealed in 1926 by Oregon voters

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• Racist language removed from Oregon State

Constitution in 2002

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OE: Black Exclusion Laws in Oregon

GOAL: TO ENGAGE YOUR STUDENTS IN INCLUSIVE�� LEARNING ABOUT OREGON –��THROUGH THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA

1. WHAT IS THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA?�����1. HOW COULD THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA�� HELP STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT OREGON?��� (W/EMPHASIS ON EQUITY, JUSTICE, ANTI-RACISM)��

1. WHAT IS THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA?

oregonencyclopedia.org

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2. HOW COULD THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA� �HELP STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT OREGON?

OREGON STANDARDS FOR LITERACY�IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES

• Reading: Determine central ideas of a primary/secondary source plus accurate, evidence- based summary

6-8.RH.2; 9-10.RH.2; 11-12.RH.2

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• Writing: Provide concluding statement that supports

information provided

6-8.WHST.wf; 9-10.WHST.2f; 11-12.WHST.2e

SMALL GROUPS

• Select group theme

• Review/choose related entries

• Consider:

- Question your students could address?

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- Student outcome?

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- How you’ll engage your students?

TOPIC: CITIZEN RIGHTS

OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES: Winona LaDuke

Gladys McCoy

Minoru Yasui

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QUESTION FOR STUDENTS? How have Oregonians taken actions for their rights?

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STUDENT OUTCOME? SW create a mural, image or audio that conveys an action they might

take for citizen rights & how they were inspired by an Oregonian.

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HOW YOU’LL ENGAGE STUDENTS? Examine OE entries, images, sources for Oregon activists

Identify qualities, conditions that motivated them

THEMES

• Blacks

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• Native Americans

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• Japanese Americans

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• Latinx

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• Women

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SMALL GROUPS

• Select group theme

• Review/choose related entries

• Consider:

- Question your students could address?

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- Student outcome?

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- How you’ll engage your students?

TOPIC:

OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES:

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QUESTION FOR STUDENTS?

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STUDENT OUTCOME?

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HOW YOU’LL ENGAGE STUDENTS?

USING THE OREGON ENCYCLOPEDIA��IN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS

OCTE Fall Conference

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Linda Tamura

Oct. 6, 2021

OREGON “IQ” QUIZ

1. What is “stoop labor? Whom did it primarily employ?

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2. Which Oregon poet laureate was incarcerated during childhood?

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3. What was Oregon’s 2^nd largest city in 1944?

WHAT WAS OREGON’S 2^ND LARGEST CITY IN 1944?

• Vanport, nation’s largest housing development on Columbia River floodplain – 42,000

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• Racially segregated

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• Flood on May 30, 1948 displaced residents

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OE: Vanport

PRIMARY SOURCE PACKETS FOR STUDENTS

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Civil War in OR KKK & Compulsory Educ Act of 1922

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Japanese American Wartime Incarceration

Women, Labor & WWII