Reservations Lesson Plans

Fifth graders estimate the area of an Indian Reservation. In this area lesson students find the approximate area in square miles of Flathead Reservation. The students work with irregular shapes of areas.

Fourth graders compare and contrast life of the Montana Indians before and after contact with Europeans. In this Indian tribes  lesson students create a timeline that shows life before, during, and after contact with Europeans. Students reflect on the affect that history has on the future for Montana Indians.

Students explore the Native American tribes of Montana and how geography, economy and other factors effected their lives. For this Features of Montana reservations, students create a map and poster of an Indian reservation.  Map an poster show features that effected the Indian people.

Learners, after exploring several secondary historical sources, compare/contrast their local history of the Brush Lake area, by viewing their own individual local histories. They assess contemporary cultures of the white homesteaders and businessmen now living on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. In addition, the create drawings, pictures with text to produce a poster portraying their findings.

Fifth graders create a map of the Montana Indian Reservations. In this Indian reservation lesson students individually reproduce maps of the physical and political features of at least 2 Montana reservations. The students work in groups to explain features of all 7 Montana reservations. The students also identify a tribe's ancestral lands, migrations routes, and historic ranges

Students view a painting as a document to find out about the Indian Treaty Councils.  In this artist's perspective lesson, students study the conflicts as shown in various pictures.  Students answer questions about what they learn from maps and pictures of the time.

Students investigate the benefits of estuarine research reserves. In this National Estuarine Research Reserve lesson plan, students learn how to obtain information on the 26 reserve sites, they discuss the importance of the reserve system and they give an overview of a 10,000 year old culture associated with one of the reserves. Students answer 14 questions about their research related to the National Estuarine Research Reserves.

Students recognize the provisions of federal Indian policy.  In this Federal Indian Policy lesson, students research legal documents (treaties).  Students research the Montana tribes. Students answer critical thinking questions based on the research information.

Third graders identify and locate seven Native American reservations in Montana. For this Native American culture lesson, 3rd graders learn the vocabulary necessary for the lesson which includes reservation, culture, and government. They locate Native Indian reservations in Montana using a map and research the languages and cultures of the people who live on the reservations.

Fourth graders use maps to locate the 12 tribes of Montana Indians. In this maps lesson, 4th graders create their own maps and label them. Students make matching games with the Montana reservations and Montana tribes.