Teaching Themes
Native American Heritage: Everything You Need
Students can use these resources to research and understand Native American cultures.
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Articles Native American Perspective: Fast Turtle, Wampanoag Tribe MemberGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Fast Turtle lives in Massipee, just west of Plimoth. He has a wife and two children. When he was a boy, he was trained to be a pniese, a special... |
 Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Listen and Read Activities Native Americans Did It First: A Listen and Read Book, Level AGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Early readers learn about Native American inventions, from the hammock to kayaks, in this brief story that includes text, audio, and photos. |
Sounds of the TainoGrades: 3–5, 6–8 This informational article shares a brief history of the Taino and lets you listen to some ceremonial music. What do these songs convey? |
 Lesson Plans, Book Resources Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Using nonfiction the nonfiction book, Giving Thanks, students will learn about feasting days shared by English settlers and Wampanoag Indians in... |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 A discussion guide to Weetamoo, Heart of the Pocassets: Massachusetts — Rhode Island, 1653 by Patricia Clark Smith in the Royal Diaries historical... |
An Interview with Patricia Clark Smith about Weetamoo: Heart of the PocassetsGrades: 6–8 Patricia Clark Smith was interviewed about Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets: Massachusetts âeuro” Rhode Island, 1653 in the Royal Diaries... |
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Discussion Guides, Writing Activities, Authors and Illustrators, Book Resources My Heart Is on the Ground Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 A discussion guide to My Heart is on the Ground (Hardcover): The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania,... |
Extension Activities, Book Resources Indian Chiefs Extension ActivitiesGrades: 6–8 Use these activities to extend the learning about Native American historical leaders. |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources Guests Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 A story about Thanksgiving from the point of view of the hosts: the Native Americans who were kind enough to share what they had with the Pilgrims... |
Activities and Games, Extension Activities, Book Resources Guests Extension ActivitiesGrades: 3–5 Extension activity for Guests by Michael Dorris. |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources Code Talker Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the... |
Extension Activities, Book Resources Code Talker Extension ActivityGrades: 6–8 After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the... |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources The Journal of Jesse Smoke Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 The terrors of the Trail of Tears are revealed through the fictionalized journals of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee boy whose intelligence and diligence... |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources Stone Fox Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Strategies for introducing the class to the book Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources Stone Fox Extension ActivitiesGrades: 3–5 Have your class invent their own hand signals to communicate without words. |
Book Resources The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 A discussion guide to The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 by Ann Turner in the Dear America... |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 "A [Native American] girl feels such kinship with the wild horses that she eventually becomes one of them. Both storytelling and art express the... |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources The Mud Pony Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Discussion guide for The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Extension ActivitiesGrades: 3–5 Extension Activity for The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble. |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans, Book Resources Long Night Moon Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Cynthia Rylant, author of the popular Henry and Mudge series, teams up with illustrator Mark Siegel to create Long Night Moon, an... |
