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- 4th
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Students explore diverse cultural activities that educate themselves and gain better understanding of Native American people. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the role of Native Americans through literature. They read a speech from Chief Seattle and how they view the land they had been given. They give examples of common good and stewardship. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students participate in diverse cultural activities that lead them to a better understanding of Native American people. They use pictographs to write a story, imagining themselves as tribal members. Students transfer their story to a clay pot using black marker. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students focus on Native Americans through hands-on crafts. They also study various Native American tales and legends, geography, and fine arts of the different regions. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students are introduced to call-and-response form of Native American song and dance. They identify and describe a call-and-response form as used in "0 Hal'Lwe." Male students will perform "0 Hal'Lwe" in call-and-response style with drum accompaniment (one note per beat). Female students will perform the dance, changing dance movements as cued aurally (in call-and-response sections). Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students read traditional Native American literature and poetry of contemporary Native American women. They analyze the literature, focusing on theme in relation to the environment and how writers use figurative language to establish theme. Students work in cooperative groups to study the poets and the literature, make a presentation to the class, and then write an original folktale or an original poem, using their own experiences to develop a theme. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine how aspects of Native American and American folk music are alike and different. They contrast both forms of music and engage in many activities to identify or explain how music fulfills a variety of purposes. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students identify seven different constellations and explain a myth that accompanies it. As a class, they listen to myths associated with the Greek and Native American cultures. To end the lesson, they write their own myth related to their culture. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore Thomas Jefferson and his attitude toward Native Americans. They study maps from European colonization and the westward movement that pushed the Native Americans further west. Students analyze primary source writings of Thomas Jefferson. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students compare ways in which people from different Native American cultures deal with their physical environment and social conditions. They make a diorama or poster about Native American culture Full Review »
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