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Learn ABOUT (deep listening, information)
1. What was school like in the 1920s?
2. What was the Palmer Method in handwriting?
3. Why were there only schools through 8th grade on the reservations?
4. Where is Flandreau Indian School?
5. What was transportation like in the 1920’s and 1930’s?
6. What were the 1930’s like? (The Dirty 30’s)
7. What is a drought? Why did it cause people to have to sell off their livestock?
8. What is the WPA? CCC? And how did President Roosevelt use them to help the nation in the 30’s and 40’s?
9. What are examples of these work program projects in SD?
Learn FROM (deep sharing, transformation)
1. What do I know about my grandparents’ time in school? How was it different and how was it the same as what I experience in school today?
2. How have things like communication, travel, and technology changed since my grandparents were little?
3. Have I ever experienced a time without current technology as part of my life? (ex: cell phones, computers, etc.)
4. What is an example of a hard time I or my family has been through? What did I or we do to make it through the difficulties?