Cultural Systems and History

2007 MLR Content Standard E: History

Students draw on concepts and processes from history to develop historical perspective and understand issues of continuity and change in the community, Maine, the United States, and world.

Performance Indicator 2

Individual, Cultural, International, and Global Connections in History

LD 291 Concentrated Area of Study: Cultural Systems & History

Teacher resources are intended to provide information to deepen the teacher’s understanding of the outcome, topic or concept. Instructional resources are intended to facilitate instruction, student engagement and student learning at the stated grade span. 

PK - 2

Worldview

Teacher

  • The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritimes (AFSC 1989)
  • Wabanaki, A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Maliseet and Mi'kmaq: First Nations of the Maritimes (Leavitt 1995) (506) 454-1153
  • Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992) especially p. 14

Instruction

  • The Sharing Circle, Stories about First Nations Culture (Meuse-Dallien, T. 2003)
  • Thanks to the Animals (Sockabasin, A. 2005)
  • Wind Bird, Gift of the Mist (Bright, S. 2006)
  • Lessons from Turtle Island, Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (Jones, G. & Moomaw, S 2002)

 

Cultural Continuity & Change

Teacher

  • Iroquois Corn In a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teching about Cultures. (Cornelius 1999)
  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C 1988), NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11.
  • In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
  • The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
  • Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, M. 2003)
  • A Wabanaki Guide to Maine
  • Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) ( Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006) 
  • We Were Not the Savages (Paul, D., D. 2000)

Instruction

  • The Sharing Circle, Stories about First Nations Culture (Meuse-Dallien, T. 2003)

 

Sovereignty

Teacher

  • MITSC Website (general resource)
  • WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims 
  • Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009) 
  • Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980
  • Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007) 
  • Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008) 
  • The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation and Cultural Survival (Prins, H. 1996)
  • Tribulations of a Border Tribe (Prins, H. 1988) doctoral thesis
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C.F. 1988) NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11
  • In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)

 

Injustice

Teacher

  • Federal And State Services And The Maine Indian (US Commission on Civil Rights 1974
  • Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial) 
  • Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
  • Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008)
  • Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
  • Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992), especially pgs. 32-33, 35-41, 42-43, 47-55, 58-60, 61
  • The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
  • Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005)

Grades 3 - 5

Worldview

Teacher

  • The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritimes (AFSC 1989)
  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Maliseet and Mi'kmaq: First Nations of the Maratimes (Leavitt 1995) (506) 454-1153
  • Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992) especially p. 14

Instruction

  • The Sharing Circle, Stories about First Nations Culture (Meuse-Dallien, T. 2003)
  • Thanks to the Animals (Sockabasin, A. 2005)
  • Wind Bird, Gift of the Mist (Bright, S. 2006)
  • Abbe Museum Timeline
  • Native Americans Today, Resources and Activities for Educators Grades 4-8 (Hirschfelder, A. & Beamer, Y. 2000)
  • Lessons from Turtle Island, Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (Jones, G. & Moomaw, S 2002)  (Gr. 3)

Cultural Continuity & Change

Teacher

  • Iroquois Corn In a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Cultures. (Cornelius 1999)
  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C 1988), NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11.
  • In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
  • The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
  • Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, M. 2003)
  • A Wabanaki Guide to Maine
  • Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) ( Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006)
  • We Were Not the Savages (Paul, D., D. 2000)

Instruction

  • A Wabanaki Guide to Maine
  • Wabanaki People - A Story of Cultural Continuity 
  • The Penobscot (Jill Duvall Childrens Press 1993)
  • The Sharing Circle, Stories about First Nations Culture (Meuse-Dallien, T. 2003)
  • The Hatchling's Journey (Domm, K. 2003)

Sovereignty

Teacher

  • MITSC Website (general resource)
  • WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims
  • Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009) 
  • Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980 
  • Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007) 
  • Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008) 
  • The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation and Cultural Survival (Prins, H. 1996)
  • Tribulations of a Border Tribe (Prins, H. 1988) doctoral thesis at 
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C.F. 1988) NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11
  • In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)

 

Injustice

Teacher

  • Federal And State Services And The Maine Indian (US Commission on Civil Rights 1974 
  • Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial)
  • Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
  • Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008) 
  • Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
  • Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992), especially pgs. 32-33, 35-41, 42-43, 47-55, 58-60, 61
  • The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
  • Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005)

Grades 6 - 8

Worldview

Teacher

  • The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritimes (AFSC 1989)
  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Maliseet and Mi'kmaq: First Nations of the Maritimes (Leavitt 1995) (506) 454-1153
  • Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992) especially p. 14

Instruction

  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Abbe Museum Timeline
  • Native Americans Today, Resources and Activities for Educators Grades 4-8 (Hirschfelder, A. & Beamer, Y. 2000)

Cultural Continuity & Change

Teacher

  • Iroquois Corn In a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Cultures. (Cornelius 1999)
  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C 1988), NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11.
  • In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
  • The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
  • Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, M. 2003)
  • A Wabanaki Guide to Maine
  • Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) (Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006) 
  • We Were Not the Savages (Paul, D., D. 2000)

Instruction

  • A Wabanaki Guide to Maine
  • Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) (Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006) 
  • Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, N. 2003)
  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Abbe Museum’s Wabanaki People - A Story of Cultural Continuity (page 32-33)
  • Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)

Sovereignty

Teacher

  • MITSC Website (general resource)
  • WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims
  • Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009) 
  • Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980 
  • Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007) 
  • Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008) 
  • The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation and Cultural Survival (Prins, H. 1996)
  • Tribulations of a Border Tribe (Prins, H. 1988) doctoral thesis
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C.F. 1988) NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11
  • In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)

Instruction

  • In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D., D. 2008) – teacher selected excerpts
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)

Injustice

Teacher

  • Federal And State Services And The Maine Indian (US Commission on Civil Rights 1974 
  • Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial) 
  • Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
  • Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008) 
  • Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
  • Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992), especially pgs. 32-33, 35-41, 42-43, 47-55, 58-60, 61
  • The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
  • Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005)

Instruction

  • Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer (Wise, B. 2007)
  • Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005) GRADE 8 - PREVIEW BEFORE STUDENT VIEWING

 

Grades 9 - Diploma

Worldview

Teacher

  • The Wabanakis of Maine & the Maritimes (AFSC 1989)
  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Maliseet and Mi'kmaq: First Nations of the Maritimes (Leavitt 1995) (506) 454-1153
  • Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992) especially p. 14

Instruction

  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Abbe Museum Timeline

Cultural Continuity & Change

Teacher

  • Iroquois Corn In a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teching about Cultures. (Cornelius 1999)
  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C 1988), NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11.
  • In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)
  • The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
  • Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, M. 2003)
  • A Wabanaki Guide to Maine
  • Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) ( Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006)
  • We Were Not the Savages (Paul, D., D. 2000)

Instruction

  • A Wabanaki Guide to Maine
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • Our Relatives' Place (N'tolonapemk), The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed (DVD Acadia Film) (Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation 2006)
  • Alnobak, A Story of Indigenous People in Androscoggin County (Lecompte, N. 2003)
  • Wabanaki: A New Dawn (DVD) (MITSC 1995)
  • Abbe Museum’s Wabanaki People - A Story of Cultural Continuity (page 32-33)
  • Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine (DVD Acadia Productions) (Gerber, R. et. Al 2006)

Sovereignty

Teacher

  • MITSC Website (general resource)
  • WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims
  • Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009)
  • Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980
  • Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007)
  • Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008)
  • The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation and Cultural Survival (Prins, H. 1996)
  • Tribulations of a Border Tribe (Prins, H. 1988) doctoral thesis
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • The Idea of Sovereignty: Native Peoples, their Lands, and Their Dreams (Wilkdonson, C.F. 1988) NARF Legal Review, vol 13, no 4 fall 1988: 1-11
  • In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D. 2008)

Instruction

  • WERU Archives “Indigenous Voices” on land claims
  • Sovereignty Redefined (DVD UMA) (Jill Tompkins 2009)
  • HOMELAND, Four Portraits of Native Action (DVD) (Grossman, R. 2005)
  • Aroostook not subject to Maine law (Indian Country Today Nov 9 2007)
  • Maine Tribal-State Commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today Sept 19 2008)
  • In the Shadow of the Eagle, A Tribal Representative in Maine (Loring, D., D. 2008) – teacher selected excerpts

Injustice

Teacher

  • Federal And State Services And The Maine Indian (US Commission on Civil Rights 1974
  • Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial)
  • Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
  • Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008)
  • Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
  • Rethinking Columbus (Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1992), especially pgs. 32-33, 35-41, 42-43, 47-55, 58-60, 61
  • The Dispossession of the Passamaquoddy (Caldbick, M. 1997) MA thesis, U of New Brunswick
  • Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005)

Instruction

  • Song of Rita Joe, Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (1996)
  • Indian Residential Schools (APCFNC 2008)
  • Out of the Depths, The Experience of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia (Knockwood 1992)
  • Invisible (DVD Northest Historic Films) (Hansen, G. et al 2005) GRADE 8 - PREVIEW BEFORE STUDENT VIEWING
  • Extend King’s legacy to Wabanaki people (VanWechel, P. Jan. 16 2009 editorial)