Where were you born?

Do feel that is part of our identity?

My example

Video “ I am…”

Open for discussion

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Who were the first people?

This place was part of their identity

How did colonization affect them

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Bounty

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What can we infer about the way this people feel about their own identity?

What can we do about that?

Recognized people identities and how they want to share it, that our country should be more welcoming

To all people/ solution awareness and acceptance.

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Final project make a PowerPoint of you are.

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* I was born in the Dominican Republic and

Moved to the Massachusetts at the age of 13

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*Even though I have lived here for most life I will always identify as Dominican.

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• Where were you born/where is your family from?

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• Do feel that your identity is tied to the land? Why?

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This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

Class discussion.

Now let’s talk about our state:

Who were the first people here?

What do you know about them?

How did colonization affect them?

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• The Massachusett Tribe: 

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• The Massachusett were a Native American tribe from the region in and around present-day Greater Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (us).
• The name comes from the Massachusett language term for "At the Great Hill," referring to the Blue Hills overlooking Boston Harbor from the south.

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

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• The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, also known as the People of the First Light, has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for more than 12,000 years. After an arduous process lasting more than three decades, the Mashpee Wampanoag were re-acknowledged as a federally recognized tribe in 2007. In 2015, the federal government declared 150 acres of land in Mashpee and 170 acres of land in Taunton as the Tribe’s initial reservation, on which the Tribe can exercise its full tribal sovereignty rights. The Mashpee tribe currently has approximately 3,200 enrolled citizens.

What do you notice between the two maps?

What can you infer about the original people’s feelings about being forced out of their land?

Were the colonizers successful at erasing the indigenous people of the area?

Bounty Movie

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What effect did the movie have on your understanding

of indigenous culture?

What can we infer about the way these people feel about their own identity?

What can we do about that?

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Instructions:

write a short reflection about where you are from, including feelings, connections, and any cultural significance attached to this place.

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How would you feel if you were removed?

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Would you still be you?

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How do you infer indigenous people feel now about who they are?

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Were the Europeans successful in truly erasing them from history? �