| Experiential Education |
Native American young people will learn about and feel connected to their heritage/Native American culture in Baltimore.
Young people will realize their roots in tribal territory other than Baltimore, such as Lumbee Tribal Territory in North Carolina.
Young people will realize that they are a vital and powerful part of the Native American community in Baltimore.
Young people will take ownership of their community centers/buildings.
Young people will develop art skills that can be used to communicate their ideas.
Native American young people will develop relationships with elders of the Native American community.
Young people will develop relationships with each other and realize the connections that they share.
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Young people will interview each other to come up with one or more description(s) of the community: who makes up the community, how does it function, where did it come from?
Young people will research the history of the Native American community in Baltimore and in North Carolina by interviewing members of the Native American Senior Citizen group of the Baltimore American Indian Center.
Young people will practice social etiquette and conversational (interviewing) skills.
Young people will tour the physical Native American community of Baltimore and spend time in the community centers/buildings.
Young people will participate in community center clean-up days, meetings, and fundraising activities held at the Baltimore American Indian Center and elsewhere.
Young people will research their own family histories (as far as possible) so that they can see the direct connection between themselves and the greater Native community.
Young people will engage in various art skill-building activities. |
Young people will have greater knowledge of the Native American community of Baltimore and its resources.
Young people will be able to speak about aspects of the community and the history of their people.
Young people will become known to various community members. In turn, they will also come to know these community members.
Young people will know that they are directly connected to a greater history, and will know that they are part of the Native American community.
Young people will bond with each other, as fellow Native American youth, and form a support system.
Young people will feel proud of their cultural identity. This pride will manifest itself in their self-esteem and general outlook on life.
Young people will feel more comfortable with some art media. |
| Art Education |
Native American young people will create projects that communicate the history or aspects of Native American culture in Baltimore to the greater public.
Young people will create projects that identify themselves before the general public as members of the Native American community of Baltimore.
Young people will create projects that convey their thoughts, feelings, hopes, and desires for/about their community to the adult population of the community.
Young people will create projects that contain accurate information about Native Americans.
Young people will learn new ways and the basics of new media to use to express themselves. |
Young people will create buttons to wear that identify themselves as Native American.
Young people will design and paint murals on community property.
Young people will “recreate” the Baltimore American Indian Center the way that they would like it to be.
Young people will learn and practice the basics of audio voice recording and editing to create a collaborative audio piece.
Young people will create posters that “correct” common cultural stereotypes about Native Americans.
Young people will create beautiful handmade books that show exploration of their identities as Native American youth. |
Young people learn graphic design skills.
Young people gain experience with technology (computers, digital recorders, etc.)
Young people solidify the information they’ve learned about their culture and their community in physical pieces of art.
Young people gain a sense of ownership of their community’s resources (ex: painting a mural on the new multi-purpose building will cause them to feel, as they should, that it is their own building.)
Young people will gain a better sense of the worth of their perspective in and on the community. |
| Civic Engagement |
Native American young people will use their projects to raise public awareness about the Native American community in Baltimore.
Young people will use their projects to demand recognition for Native American students enrolled in the Baltimore City Public School System and Native Americans living in the community at large.
Native American young people will use their projects to distinguish themselves from other ethnic groups within their schools.
Young people will use their projects to persuade adult members of the community to realize that young people should have a say in community decisions.
Young people will use their projects to dispel common stereotypes about Native Americans. |
Young people will wear the unique buttons that they have designed to identify themselves as Native Americans in school and outside of school.
Young people participate in the unveiling of their mural(s) and are given the opportunity to speak about them.
Young people will use their “recreation” of the Baltimore American Indian Center as a physical proposal to the adult members of the community for what the Center should be like when it is refinished.
Young people will hang their posters that “correct” common cultural stereotypes about Native Americans on community properties and in school for the general public to see. |
Young people learn communication and public speaking skills.
Young people gain a sense that their cultural identity is unique and that their perspective is valuable, as Native Americans, as Native American young people, and as individuals.
Young people are positive role-models for their peers.
Young people command respect from the adult members of their community for their efforts, talents, skills, dedication, and ideas.
The general public will become more educated about Native Americans.
Certain stereotypes are graphically dispelled by real Native Americans, the Young People. |
