Native American Interdisciplinary Unit

In this unit, students take an interdisciplinary view towards Native Americans. The goal is to dispel the false notions of Native Americans perpetuated by Hollywood and other sources. To this end, students learn about a tribe, look up vocabulary words, write and illustrate...more

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Native American Tribes and Folklore

This video describes the culture of an ancient Native American culture as well as its place in history's timeline. Interviews and narrations describe different aspects of their culture and mythology.

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Early Native American Life

In this lesson, students learn about early Native American life and their nomadic lifestyle, and the subsequent settling and formation of tribes. Students then complete a worksheet to check for comprehension.

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Native American Homes

This lesson plan provides teachers with a lesson on Native American homes. Students learn to recognize six of the major styles of homes and the functionality of each.

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6 Major Native American Tribes

This website provides an interesting exhibit of Native American culture in relation to the United States. The interactive map contains six different Native American tribes, located in its corresponding area on the map. Students can click on each symbol to read more about e...more

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Many Tribes: Native American Diversity

This lesson will teach students about the diversity among all the Native American tribes of North America, and help them understand the connections between environment and culture.

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Native American Tribes Map

This clickable map has information on the major regions of North America that Native Americans inhabited, with information on the tribes of each region.

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The Reading Circle

This teacher workshop is designed to help teachers with Native American and non-Native American students build literacy skills both in the classroom and at home. The workshop also provides ideas to help teachers and students think critically about the stories they read, an...more

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The Bison

This lesson plan teaches students about the role of bison in Native American culture. Your students will investigate how Native Americans used bison and the importance of this animal to this cultures livelihood. They will input their information into a database and create ...more

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Rain Dance

This activity allows children to learn about the Native American culture through listening to a Native American song, and then making their own ran dance. Students will learn about the Native American culture and history, then use their hands to make the soun...more

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