What Can Tecumseh Teach Your Students?

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Since 1990, Congress has authorized an annual presidential proclamation that designates November as National American Indian Heritage Month. Several of BRI's resources celebrate the achievements and contributions of the indigenous peoples of the North American continent. In this edition, we are proud to share a few of our favorite resources on this subject.

What lessons and activities on American Indian culture and history are you using in your classroom? Please share and tag us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter to receive BRI swag for you and your students.

BRI Lessons & Resources

To Have a Voice: Tecumseh’s Purpose
Tecumseh was born in 1768 in the Ohio territory, near the present-day city of Dayton. He was a part of the Shawnee tribe, which lived from the Ohio River valley up to Lake Erie...Read More.

Jim Thorpe Chooses the Bright Path of Responsibility
A descendant of the famous warrior chief Black Hawk, Jim Thorpe (Native American name, Wa-tho-huck, or Bright Path) was born in rural Oklahoma on May 28, 1888. Thorpe was of Irish, Sac-Fox, Potawatomi, and Kickapoo descent...Read More.

In Her Weakness Made Strong: Esther Ross and Respect

Up to the time she entered high school, there was not much to mark Esther Johnson as a member of any Native American tribe. Her last name bespoke her Norwegian forebears, from whom her father came. It was from the stories of her mother, Evangelina, that young Esther learned to take deep pride in the stories of the Stillaguamish people and her great-grandfather, Chief Chaddus...Read More.

BRI News and Other Opportunities

All New Tenth Period Webinar on Marbury v. Madison
Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13 at 4 pm ET for an all-new Tenth Period webinar, Must He Deliver Them? Marbury and His Missing Appointment. Hosts Kirk Higgins and Rachel Davison Humphries will take your questions and discuss the landmark Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison and its impact on our nation's legal history while providing curriculum and guidance on how to teach this important topic.

PLATO 2020 Conference
Our partners at the Philosophy, Learning, and Teaching Organization (PLATO) have announced the theme of their conference next year (June 26-27, 2020, at UC San Diego): "Ethics in Schools, Communities, and the Public Sphere." Here is a link to the conference site with all relevant info for registration and submissions. Proposals are due December 1, 2019.

Think the Vote Debate: Who Pays for College?
Please encourage your students to comment on the latest debate prompt on Think the Vote: Should Public Universities Become Tuition-Free? The students who make the most persuasive arguments on both sides of the question will win swag and a chance at a $1,000 scholarship, and their referring teachers win swag for themselves and their entire class.

Educator Spotlight

Meet Brandon Barger!

Brandon decided he wanted to be a high school history teacher when he was a high school student. Today, he is an Economics and American History teacher in Rose Hill, Kansas. He has been teaching for 19 years, during which he has been a regular attendee at BRI one-day and multi-day PD programming. He has also recommended our Constitutional Academy (BRI's summer student program) to a number of his students...Read More.

BoE: Bottom of Email

Dear John,

This week our office is buzzing with activity in anticipation of NCSS in Austin next week. We are sending a record number of BRI staff members to the event. Gennie Westbrook will be presenting a session entitled "Speaking Truth to Power: Alice Paul and Suffrage", Chris Janson will be presenting a session entitled "Teaching Media Literacy in an Era of 'Fake News' ", and Rachel Davison Humphries will be presenting on a panel entitled "Get Ready for the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment!". We'll also have a number of in-booth sessions.

Speaking of our booth, we're planning to showcase our newest resource "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" - a comprehensive, totally digital, 16-chapter, AP US History textbook. We hope you'll stop by to see us and check it out if you're planning to attend the conference. If you're an old friend, we'd love to see you again; if we've never met you in person, this would be a great time!

We're thrilled that the social studies community is so vibrant and diverse and we're excited to be a part of it in a big way next week.

Finally, we're also hosting a Happy Hour on Friday evening. It has limited space, but if you'd like to attend you can register for it here.

All my best, and I hope to see many of you soon!

Laura Vlk
Senior Manager, Teacher Services

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