Teaching Themes
Native American Heritage: Everything You Need
Students can use these resources to research and understand Native American cultures.
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Sacajawea Lesson PlanGrades: 6–8 Taken captive from her Shoshone people, married to a foreigner, and a mother by age 16, Sacajawea is chosen to join the Lewis and Clark expedition... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources Stone Fox Lesson PlanGrades: 3–5 Point out Jackson, Wyoming, and the Teton Mountains on a topographical map. Invite students to indicate on the map the mountain range of which the... |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Teaching With Pourquoi TalesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Pourquoi tales are used thematically to make many subject connections through different activities. Provides a bibliography of sources and a... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 "A rhythmic and evocative retelling of an Indian legend that explains the origin of the Indian paintbrush flower. An engaging tale of strength,... |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Walk Two Moons Lesson PlanGrades: 6–8 In the book, Teaching With Favorite Newbery Books, author (and teacher) Lori Licciardo-Musso has developed a variety of creative curriculum ideas... |
Lesson Plans, Writing Activities Why People MoveGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Students focus on the theme of migration. They learn the variety of reasons why groups of people, and the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest... |
Activity Plan 5-6: Native American PuddingGrades: PreK–K Children will make a traditional Native American pudding, and the process will encourage the development of sensory awareness, science, math, and... |
Lesson Plans, Book Lists, Writing Activities, Books Buffalo Woman, Death of the Iron Horse, Her Seven Brothers, and Star Boy Lesson PlanGrades: 3–5 I use Buffalo Woman, Death of the Iron Horse, Her Seven Brothers, and Star Boy, as part of a social studies unit on the Plains Native Americans of... |
An Interview with Ann Rinaldi about My Heart Is on the GroundGrades: 6–8 Ann Rinaldi was interviewed about My Heart is on the Ground (Hardcover): The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School,... |
An Interview with Ann Turner about The Girl Who Chased Away SorrowGrades: 6–8 Ann Turner was interviewed about The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 in the Dear America... |
An Interview with Joseph Bruchac about The Journal of Jesse SmokeGrades: 6–8 Joseph Bruchac was interviewed about The Journal of Jesse Smoke, A Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838, in the My Name is America historical... |
Vocabulary Builders, Book Resources Guests Vocabulary BuilderGrades: 3–5 Vocabulary builder for Guests by Michael Dorris. |
Teaching Respect for Native PeoplesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Features guidelines for teaching respect for native peoples supplied by Oyate, an organization whose mission is to promote honest and accurate... |
Articles, Author's Notes The Journal of Jesse Smoke Author's NoteGrades: 3–5, 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... |
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Book Excerpts The Journal of Jesse Smoke Text ExcerptGrades: 6–8, 9–12 The terrors of the Trail of Tears are revealed through the fictionalized journals of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee boy whose intelligence and diligence... |
Articles, Online Learning Activities Explore the Heritage of Indigenous PeoplesGrades: 3–5 This content resource helps teachers and students locate information on the heritage of indigenous peoples through various sites. Related links... |
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Articles, Online Learning Activities Internet Field Trip: Before the PilgrimsGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Provides Web sites with information on the peoples before the pilgrims. The Vikings, the Pueblo Indians, and the Wampanoag are featured. |
Articles, Writing Prompts Stone Fox Writing PromptGrades: 3–5 Ask students what they think happens next to little Willy, Grandfather, and Stone Fox. |
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Lesson Plans, Vocabulary Builders, Book Resources Stone Fox Vocabulary BuilderGrades: 3–5 Learn new words from the book Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner. |
Dream CatcherGrades: Early Childhood, PreK–K This easy Native American craft is a piece of history your child can use today. |
