Empowering Students Through Art: Beading Through History
My students need 30 Seed Bead Looms and Bead Thread to help them learn about and practice their culture.
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My Students
My Students are members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. My students often do not understand the links between things such as writing and reading, or writing and math. It is difficult to have students who are wanting to learn, and yet some of the resources are not there. Music is in the blood of my students. We use music to find ourselves back to reality and pursue our educational dreams.
I have the usual eclectic bunch of students; however, the problem is that many of them do not think they will ever leave the reservation.
One of the side perks of this job is that I get to teach them to dream. Their writing shows that they have dreams and can make connections to other subject areas. Some of them will be able to reach these dreams with a good education and a little bit of hard work.
My Project
Students always seem to love to learn about their culture. That's probably one of the reasons that we always teach about the Lakota culture through all grades. With the looms and beads that I requested, my students will learn some of their cultural crafts and the significance of beading and the tales that each completed beading project has. A lot of our history is written in the bead work that is completed. This project will help me empower my students through art.
My students need 30 Seed Bead Looms and Bead Thread to help them learn about and practice their culture.
Donations to this project will enable my students to see that others respect the work that goes on in our classroom. I will be able to continue empowering them through Art.
The students will have a chance to experience using actual art materials, some possibly for the first time.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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