Carlisle School Podcast
Written on January 26, 2009 – 8:13 pm | by heffernan
Listen to our podcast about the boarding schools many Native American children were forced to attend. This podcast was written after we read The Ledgerbook of Thomas Blue Eagle and Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe. Check it out!
105 Responses to “Carlisle School Podcast”
Dear Room 306,
This is another amazing podcast! I am so proud of your hard work. It is important that you are teaching others about these boarding schools and from the expression in your voices, I can tell you are passionate about sharing the unfair things that happened there. Keep up the awesome work! – Mrs. Montgomery
Dear Room 306,
This is Mrs. Montgomery’s husband, Zak. I was just listening to your podcast and wanted to tell you that I had heard about Jim Thorpe as an athlete, but didn’t know that he was a Native American and attended one of these schools. Thanks for teaching us about his life and the challenges he overcame.
Sounds good guys. You told a good story. I’ll definitely read those books.
What a wonderful podcast! I’ve read these books, but your discussions, and especially your dramas, brought some new thoughts to my mind.
I’m wondering why Jim Thorpe did not want to go to the boarding school, but was willing to go to another school.
And I wonder if all the teachers were mean, or if they were forced to follow government rules, and felt badly about what they had to do to the children.
Thanks for an enlightening podcast.
DM/
What a cool podcast!
I think kids should be treated fairly too. Thanks for sharing these stories with me, I look forward to reading the books.
Great job 306! That was a great podcast. Thank you for helping me better understand these books. You did a very nice job describing some of the poor conditions that Jim Thorpe and others were faced with. Keep up the good work!
Hi Gang,
I was blown away by your podcast. I can’t believe how much better they are now compared to when you first started. You sound like pros!
What I liked very much were the dramatic scripts, the book talks, and descriptions of your ideas and experiences. I learned much more about Jim Thorpe and the boarding schools than I had known before.
You can be really proud of this one.
See you soon.
Your friend,
Mitzi
Hi guys!!
I loved this podcast because I think it is important for us to know about what people have had to face and deal with throughout history. It is hard for me to imagine what could be so painful emotionally and physically that would make me want to run away and risk the chance of getting caught and beaten. You did a great job retelling important parts of these stories and it has made me do a lot of thinking about the choices we are now given as people compared to long ago. In our classroom we often talk about the many choices we have today and see where more people are being treated fairly, but we still have a long way to go.
The littles enjoyed hearing you share about these stories with this podcast and they especially like hearing their reading buddy’s voice and name being announced. You mean a lot to them!! Thanks for being such good role models for them.
Mrs. Van der Schans
Hi Reading Buddies!
We loved hearing your voices tell the stories about these Native American Indians. We do not think children should be taken away from their parents when the parents are just teaching their kids about their tradtions and culture. Why should those kids be taken away to learn about someone else’s culture and live their way, when they were fine the way they were with their parents. We didn’t like the way they were made to do something they did not want to do.
We hope this does not ever happen again.
Great job!!
Love,
Your Reading Buddies
Dear Room 306,
What a great reading of those stories. You really helped me understand how many freedoms we have today in America. I hope we can all keep on learning to appreciate and understand each other.
Thank you so much!
Mrs. Reardon
I just love your podcasts 306ers! The stories you tell about are new to me and make me put them on my book list to check out. Do you like making podcasts? I can tell that you feel strongly about the stories. I think you are C.O.O.L. and you rock! Thanks!
Hey 306!
I think this is our best podcast yet! I really like all the expressions, and I agree that you guys sound like pros.
Hi 306,
I’m Ms. H.’s husband.
I learned a lot. And I thought the presentations were powerful.
Good job!
Hi Kids,
Thanks for the great podcast! I did not know about the books, and now I want to read them so I can learn even more. It must be fun to make a podcast. I have never done that. Good work! We look forward to hearing your next podcast!
Hi,
I am in third grade in San Francisco. I liked your podcast. I did not know about those books but I want to read them now. Do you call your teacher Ms. H or Ms. Heffernan? My teachers names are Ms. McClain and Ms. Kitsuda. I have never done a podcast.
You guys have so much information in this podcast that I listened to it twice! This is a part of history that not a lot of people know about. I’m glad you chose these books to read and study. I’ve been to several powwows in Oklahoma with my older brother. They were fun and the food was great.
Your podcast pals should be getting together this week and I’ll post their comments.
Judy Williams
Hi, 306! This podcast was your best yet, I thought! Each podcast sounds more professional than the last.
I thought the dramas time were especially compelling, and it sounds like you guys learned a lot of history from this trio of books.
I was also really happy to hear that you’re a big family at your school.
Keep up the good work!
KC West from Minnesota. I’m 30.
Wow. You should all be very proud of this podcast. I learned more about this important history through your retelling of the stories and through your dramatic scripts. Keep up this important work! I look forward to the next one.
Jessie Dockter (also from Minnesota)
Dear Room 306,
Congratulations on making such a powerful podcast! You worked very hard, and now you must be proud of your work! I especially enjoyed listening as I lived in the Tohatchi, New Mexico Boarding School with the Navajo children in 1982. Things are very different now, thank goodness! Unfortunately though, not many Navajo children are speaking the Navajo language there anymore. I would love to read the books that you shared. Will you be coming to Tri-North in 7th grade? We all will be proud to have such fine, hard working students!
Dear Room 306…I LOVED the podcast. I am so amazed at all the work you have done on this podcast. I learned a lot by listening to all of you. This podcast has really made me curious about the book and the situations that Native Americans endured. I also enjoyed the music!
Thank you,
Mrs. Bodnar
Awesome podcast 306! You all have some great incites in to these books. You’ve all worked really hard on this, and have learned a lot! Thanks for teaching others what you have learned!
You kids did a great job. It made me really angry at the teachers who treated the native americans badly, and the people who forced them to go to those schools. Cool musical interludes.
What a great idea to make a podcast! Keep up the good work. It made me want to read these books.
Hey Room 306 Pod-casters,
This is my first time to listen to one of your pod-casts. Mrs Bodnar sent the link on to me so I could listen today. Great job. I learned much new information and got some great ideas from you to use with my fifth graders. Thanks for being so inspiring.
Keep up the good work.
Mrs. Stockwell
Dear Room 306,
I was very impressed with your podcast. I could tell how much you have learned about the students and schools that Jim Thorpe described. I could also tell you feel strongly that children should be treated fairly. We can all work together to be sure unfair situations like this are not repeated. I am very proud of your work.
I just listened to my first podcast–yours! I am truly impressed by how smooth and professional you sound. I am working on becoming more up to date on computer skills at my job at the Monroe County Public Library and listening to a podcast was one of my assignments. I think that our library could use the podcast to promote new books or review books and movies for our patrons.
Dear 306,
Great podcast! I really think that it was a great addition adding the music. All the kids did a great job putting their opinions on the books.
We learned that not all schools are the same and not all teachers care as much as others.
HI ROOM 306 THAT WAS THE GRATEST PODCAST T HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE ALL I KNOW IS THAT I LOVE THE PODCAST.
—Tionna
I love the podcast. It is the best.
—- Christiana
I’ll make our 30th comment!
I love listening to your podcasts, 306!
Thanks, to you and to Ms. Montgomery!
Love 2 U,
Ms. H.
ETHAN Hi room 306 i like the podcasts they are so cool let’s make more. rock on. 306. hefferna-2-3-09
Hi Room 306!
I just listened to your podcast and it was so amazing! I was very sad to hear about how the Natvie American families were treated, but it is an important part of our history and we need to learn about it. I’m going to let my class listen to your podcast tomorrow.
Great Job!
Mrs. Streib
ethan Hi
Hi Ethan
ethan HI room 306 the frist coment was not right this time the podcast iwas cool and everybody did good i hope we can mack one that is goober heffernan -2-4-09
We thought your podcast was awesome and loved listening to it. We can’t wait to listen to your next one.
Here are some thoughts and questions:
How long did it take you to research and put it together?
Which one was harder, this one or the Ballot Box Battle?
Were there any white people or African Americans that felt the Native Americans shouldn’t have to go to boarding schools?
Why did the government do such a thing?
Sincerely,
Catherine, Mackenzie, Betsy, Ben, A.J., and Davis
Hi Everybody!
Thanks for so many comments!
We liked your comments that you left us.
Professor Menosky, Some of us think the teachers did feel bad and that they were forced to teach that way. But some of us say that the teachers did not feel bad because they were mean.
Podcast Pals,
It took us between 3 and 4 weeks to read the books and do the writing.
This podcast was harder than Ballot Box Battle because we did more books this time.
There might have been people who did not like the boarding schools, but they were not mentioned in the 3 books we read.
We think the government did this because when you take culture away from kids, the culture disappears. The government wanted the land from the Native Americans, so they wanted their culture to disappear.
Thanks again everyone,
Ms. H. and 306
Christiana, Ethan, Ian, Cassidy, Alex, Tristin, Andrey, Jake, Brooklynn, Tammi, Bri, Allijah, Denell, Tionna, Briana, Kieshon and Dorian! Happy FRIDAY!
Our next podcast is about Listen to the Wind. It’s a great book!
Nice job 306!
You guys ROCK! Awesome expresions. You guys took a stand.
Hi room 306 i like the podcast it was grat and cool this podcast was herd but we did it. ROCK ON ROOM 306.
It was fun listening to each other I bet you the next podcast will be better.ps IT WILL!
good podcast you guys now go do your work
I loved the pod cast 306 it was fantastic.
ROCK ON!!!!
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306 ers wich I am one. alex
I LOVE THE NEW PODCAST IT IS THE BEST I DONE. BRAVO MY MOM LOVED IT SO SO MUCH SHE DID NOT NO IT.
AESOME!!!!YOU 306′ERS YOU ROCK MY WOLD WITH THIS PODCAST!!!!
dear306, Loved the muice. your friend,
cass
I really liked the podcast. Lastnight we LOL Ha Ha Ha. My dad said it was… hilerreyiss BYE BYE BRI HA
I loved the pod cast 306 it was the best one we ever done I hope we make a noth one like that it was so alsome 306ers ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!
I loved the podcast we really rock on 306ers:) :-
I l-o-v-e-d the podcast 306 it
was fantastis i hope we do a nother
one like this one!!!!!