Enduring+Understandings+and+Essential+Questions

=Possibilities for Enduring Understandings=
 * (**Understandings related to **the impact of perspective on the "recording" of history**)
 * **Historical facts may reveal multiple truths depending on the point of view from which they are considered.**
 * **History requires critical analysis in order to understand the multiple truths of different perspectives.**

(Understandings related to **Storytelling**:)
 * **Stories, myths, and legends reveal sociological and psychological themes important to cultural understanding .**
 * **Storytelling plays a crucial role in preserving culture.**
 * **In order to understand a culture, one must know not only the historical facts but the cultural traditions.**


 * (**Understandings related to **Native life before and after European Interactions/ Influences of Abenaki on contemporary New Hampshire (place names....) )**
 * **Cultures that interface with one another influence one anothe**r.

(Understandings related to **Issues of stereotyping**)
 * **Stereotyping promotes the oppression and marginalization of groups of people.**

=Possibilities for Essential Questions=
 * How does point of view influence the telling of history?
 * How does one culture influence another?
 * What can stories tell us about a culture?
 * What is the impact of stereotyping on cultural understanding? Political action? Personal experience?
 * How did daily life of the Abenaki people compare to that of the European settlers during colonial times?
 * How did daily life of the Abenaki people evolve over time from colonial times to present day?

=Possibilities for Key Knowledge and Skills=

Students will know:

 * Chronology of major events in Abenaki history.
 * Major events in the relationship between Abenkai people and Colonial-present day government
 * Evolution of daily life of Abenaki people from pre-colonial times to present day
 * Daily life of European settlers during colonial times.
 * Impact of Abenaki and European settlers on one another from colonial times to present day.
 * Structure, theme, and cultural content of traditional Abenkai stories.
 * Examples and impact of historical and contemporary stereotyping on Abenaki people
 * Differences between cultural stereotypes and cultural literacy.

Students will be able to:

 * Create and interpret time lines by accurately identifying and sequencing significant events.
 * Compare and evaluate differing accounts of historical events.
 * Recognize the role of perspective in the recording of historical events.
 * Synthesize an understanding of an event from reading a variety of texts.
 * Read texts critically for role of writer's bias, perspective, and agenda.
 * Select a voice and organization appropriate to the audience and purpose of a piece of writing.
 * Differentiate among and appropriately use direct quotations, paraphrasing, and synthesis writing.
 * Correctly format and site sources of information and direct quotations