Through an NEF grant, all 3rd grade students are hearing from Annawon Weeden, a cultural educator and performing artist with the Mashpee Wampanoag, Pequot, and Narragansett tribes, on contemporary and traditional Wampanoag life. Students will get to see and touch different artifacts, learn Wampanoag words, and create corn husk dolls.
These experiential presentations are specifically designed to reinforce the Social Studies curriculum on Indigenous perspectives and the Science curriculum on environmental stewardship.
Workshops are being held in each 3rd grade classroom at all Needham elementary schools in December and January.
Annawon Weeden is bringing his stories to life.
One student commented, “It was really fun! We got to touch turtle shells and real wampum beads, and got to see a game with deer feet.”
Read more about the workshops with Annawon in this article by Needham Local.
