Native American Experience

Some Native Americans do not like the term Native American. Explain why they reject this name.

Maybe because they don’t like being associated with a name.

One person in the BBC Video said that living in poverty does not mean they are poor. What do you think he meant by that?

He meant that the reservation is not very wealthy.

Some Native Americans approve of the team name Redskins. What is their reason for approving this name while others do not?

They might like to have a football team with a name that is associated with them.

In the CNN segment, there was a story told about a woman who used to approve of the name Redskins, and now does not. What changed? Why does she no longer approve of the name?

She moved out of the reservation.

How can non-Native people help others learn about Native Americans current issues? What can we do to help?

We can protest and post on social media.

Experiential Exodus Reflection

I think Experiential Exodus was great! It looked really fun for the kids, but one thing that I changed during the event was the way that I presented it. it went from “throw these balls at this piece of cardboard” to “Pharoah may not know our god but we do and we know that he would never let pharaoh go without learning his lesson. Hi my plague is hail and these balls represent hail and you have to throw these at this cardboard representation of Pharaoh.” The planning was fun, the making of it was fun, everything was just really fun!

Monday Tefilah reflections

Which tefilah elective have you been in?

Mindfulness

Describe what you have been doing in your elective.

we are meditating and drawing

What has been the best or most meaningful part of this elective?

drawing

What is one thing you have learned in your tefilah elective?

meditating is relaxing and fun

What is one thing you would change or improve about your elective?

nothing

What (related to your tefilah elective) do you still wonder about?

nothing

If there is anything else you want to share about your elective, please add it.

no

God shopping

how did god shopping make you think differently about God?

it didn’t.

what surprised you about the statements around the room. what surprised you bout the statements you picked out for yourself

I wan’t surprised at all.

how did you Feel about the statements you made?

I put too many.

Pick two of your statements and explain why you chose that one.

 one statement is god is there but god is silent. I chose this one because you cant see god.

 another one is god does not deal with me personally. he doesn’t because  there are a lot of bad things that has happened to me.