Brett+Livingston+Final+Project+Sources

Work in Progress: Source Listings:

AUDIO RECORDINGS & SHEET MUSIC SOURCES: [] - this link is a narrative story about Jim Thorpe by John Bergez. This would make a great introduction to the students about Jim Thorpe and why his name is what it is. He is of Native American descent, but was given a "white" name due to being forced to become more like the white man while living on indian reservations. The kids would learn why Native Americans stopped using their given names and why they had names like "Jim." (Thanks to kidslearnoutloud.com)

[|Recording 49, 2] [Length: 0:44 (309 kb)] Collector: Frank G. Speck Date: 1937(?) Location: Wisconsin Speaker: Jaspar Blowsnake Nation/language: Winnebago Text: Flute song-Paint song Description: "No words for song, but symbol is man puts on paint on face for good luck when he goes to make love to play contest games, to visit in hope of getting gift, to engage in war expedition."

This recording is great for the kids to think critically about Native Americans work ethic. They were very hard workers and the description of this describes how hard of workers that they actually were. The kids would be able link the music to the description. From here, they would be able to link Jiim Thorpe as an athlete, but it shows how hard he would have had to work to accomplish what he did in life. In other words, he was no slouch!

[] - This in an example of Native American sheet music to "Amazing Grace" with the use of the Native American flute. This would be great for students to try to decipher what the music actually is and the notes. This would be a good introduction to the type of transitions that instructors had to make for the indians at the Carlisle Indian school. It was probably more complicated than most people thought it would be when they tried to turn the Native Americans into white men. The kids could compare this to today's world, where they could write about how it would be the equivalent to teaching students who know a different language.

[] - This is a webpage set-up of audio recordings of phrases of the language of Sac & Fox indians. This was Jim Thorpe's native language. The students would be able learn phrases and create their own language. This would enable them to think critically by making their own language to communicate. Students will see how tough languages are to learn. This would be a fun activity too to expand their knowledge.

[] - The next two links go together. There is an .mp3 that is a recording of the read along below. Students would be able to follow along as well as read the information on Jim Thorpe.

[] - Here is the booklet that the students can read along with.

[] - Here are also exercises that would go along with the .mp3 on Jim Thorpe. All of these were courtesy of Verizon.

BROCHURES A brochure about Jim Thorpe made by W. Colston Leigh, Inc. []

CARTOONS:

A political cartoon about Thorpe, and the athlete he was: []

SENATE BILLS/LAWS:

Senator Santorum nominated Jim Thorpe as "Athlete of the Decade": []

ALMANACS, ETC: Baseball Almanac has good information and stats on Jim Thorpe: []

Pro football Hall of Fame information on Jim Thorpe: []

PHOTOGRAPHS/POSTERS:

Collect at least **five** primary sources for your project. You can provide either links to the sources or upload the sources directly to the wiki. Try to collect a combination of local and national online sources. For each source, provide a description of the source and any ideas on how it might connect to the final project.

[]- Here is a photograph of Jim Thorpe. He is pictured in a tie, as if the picture was staged for a "Senior picture". This would be applied to the project to show that Thorpe wasn't only an athlete, but a scholar as well. This is just one of the links to prove that. CMG worldwide is an organization that is paid to handle families and properties of deceased people. Famous people like Thorpe and Monroe are names that they handle.

[] - Here is a link to Carbon County, PA. This was a picture taken of the sign entering Carbon County, which has a town called Jim Thorpe in it. Thorpe was such an inspiration to people, that they named a town after him. He was never to have known to visit or live there though. I could link this to the project for students to show what an inspiration he was to others.

[] - Here is a poster influencing "Excellence" (Courtesy of Values.Com) Below it is an article that talks about Jim Thorpe's struggles with life, not sports. I could link this to many parts of my project. I would have the kids use a SEA method form with a link to the page to do some research on not only the poster, but Values.com. Values.com is a website set up to teach values through words and pictures.

[] - Here is a medal from the Stockholm Olympics. The students would be able to look up the Olympics in Stockholm and see how the athletes performed, specifically Jim Thorpe. The source itself is a webpage full of artifacts from when the Olympics first began. It talks about each of the artifacts and gives a brief description.

[] -This is a stamp courtesy of Californiaindianeducation.org. It is a postage stamp of Thorpe. I could use this stamp as in introduction to the unit for the students. They would have to do a NARA chart and figure out why the stamp was made of him. This website is set up for the purpose of educating everyone about Native Americans and to advance them in society.

[] - This is a picture of Jim Thorpe at Biddle Field (Carlisle, PA) and Coach Warner after the Stockholm Olympics of 1912. This picture is courtesy of ExplorePAHistory.com (a website made by the PA dept. of historical and museum commission). The picture is courtesty of the Cumberland County Historical Society. This is a great picture which would give me the opportunity to teach the kids about Oxymoron's. The picture was described as a celebration of Indian Athletes, but the whole idea behind the Carlisle Industrial School was to refine Indian's to make them more like the white man. Students would be able to express an oxymoron in their lives, which is a good teachable moment.

[] - A photo Coutesy of the Cumberland County Historical Society (listed above) and ExplorePAHistory.com (listed above). The photo would be relevant to the project because Thorpe's minor league career was the reason why he was stripped of his Olympic medals. While other players went under different names to get paid, Thorpe was paid under he own name. The students would be able to do some research based on this picture to find the relevants of sports and cheating.

VIDEO/MAP SOURCES:

[] This is a quick documentary courtesy of 5min.com. The video would make for a quick introduction to the students about Jim Thorpe and what parts of their project would be about. It is quick and to the point, which makes it nice for part of an introduction.

[] This is an excerpt from "Bright Circle", in which professional historians from Carlisle, PA as well as Shippensburg University, talk about Jim Thorpe and others from the Carlisle Indian School. They talk about their character and their accomplishments. This is great for students to see a real historian from the area being interviewed, talk about Jim Thorpe and what is was like going to the school, while competing in sports against Ivy League schools. Other quick excerpts about Jim include an interview of his daughter Grace Thorpe.

[]#- This is a link to the video of a local television station (WHTM ABC 27) that did an excerpt on the revitalization of football in the midstate. Students would be able to link Jim Thorpe to the game of football as it is today. He and the other indians at the Carlisle school were linked to the first game played under the new rules. He is part of the new "innovation" of football as it is played today.

[] This is a map of the remaining structures from the Carlisle Industrial Indian School. Students could use this to look at the buildings as well as to compare/contrast these with current buildings. This map is courtesy of Dr. Jacqueline Fear-Segal. I had her son in my class last year.

[] This webpage is designed to produce Native American DVD's, Video's, and sell authentic memorbilia to benefit Native Americans. This site also has a heart-warming video on the current crisis of healthcare for Native Americans. Currently the US government spends more money on criminals in prisons, then they do for Native Americans (as mentioned in the video). This site & video could be used to show how people are still being treated unfarily in society, even though they have closed the Indian schools. Students would be able to compare their benefits that they have to those of indiginous backgrounds.