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Artfully Speaking
Second graders speak in front of small groups using their My Favorite Artwork form.
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A-maizing Facts
Learners research the lives of Native Americans living in the Northeast Woodlands region, focusing on how the climate, location, and physical surroundings affected their way of life.
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The Matrix
Second graders compare and contrast groups of Native Americans and culture groups from different regions and times.
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Our Way of Life
Students interview Native American Elders about animal migration, traditional food gathering, and subsistence. They research endangered animals, draw a game cycle, and create maps of local migration of animals.
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Early Native Americans
Fourth graders locate on a globe where the land bridge was. They describe the progression of nomadic people into North America.
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Lesson 6: Native Americans in the West
Students recall their knowledge of Native American people who lived in the West and reflect on how their perspectives differed from pioneers and argonauts of the 19th century.
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Wappo Indians of Napa County
Third graders describe the American Indian nation in their local region long ago and in the recent past in terms of national identities, religious beliefs, customs, and various folklore traditions. They synthesize their findings into a...
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Utah Indian - Future Changes
Fourth graders discuss and share ideas on how they think the Utah Indian tribes change in the future.
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Heritage: Legends, Fairy Tales and the Native Americans
Fourth graders read a Native American legend local to the Utah region and compare it to a traditional European fairy tale. They use a Venn diagram as a graphic organizer for the comparison.
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Ethnic Groups of Utah
Students investigate how ethnic minorities have impacted the State of Utah.
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California Trail and Native Americans
Fifth graders identify the American Indian tribes who lived on the lands in which the California Trail went through. They investigate and describe the impact of western expansion on the American Indians.
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Imagen e ldentidad/Image and Identity: Multiple Voices, Violations and Victories
Learners spend a year involved in a project researching the diversity of Native Americans.
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Symbols of Power in Native American Clothing
Students create power shirts that were highly important in the culture of many Native Americans.
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At Home on the Prairie
Students discover the importance of the bison within the prairie ecosystem and Native American culture, and explain the importance of habitat and place to living organisms.
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Native Americans
Pupils read informational texts to become experts on Native American culture groups from different regions and times. Students work in small groups and at activitiy center in this unit in which they practice speaking skills.
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Sioux Treaty of 1868
Pupils explore and research the history of Native Americans in North America.