Students read and research American Indian creation stories as a way to understand the origins of American Literature. They conduct Internet research utilizing Internet search engines. They create an online report page as well as write...

What do you know about American Indians? Upper graders compose an informational essay based on the research they conduct. They choose a Native American group to study and, using the provided list of web links, gather information and...

Fourth graders research the Native Americans of Texas using the Internet. They create a Power Point presentation over the four Indian tribes of Texas - Caddo, Jumano, Karankawa, Apache.

Fifth graders read Sing Down The Moon independently and keep a journal where they write their reactions to the book. Students access websites imbedded in this plan and research a variety of other Indian tribes.

In this Arizona vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 listed Arizona-related terms and names to the appropriate sentences that describe each of them.

In this Arizona instructional activity, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions about Arizona. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Arizona. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

In this vocabulary usage online/interactive worksheet, students use the words in the word bank to complete conversational sentences about Santa Fe, New Mexico. Students fill in 10 blanks and click the Check button to check their...

Students study the Earliest Americans. In this interactive lesson on the Native Americans, students study different tribes over the course of seven lessons. Students culminate their studies with a presentation and assessment.

In this context clues activity, students define context clues and use them to define words in a reading passage.

This site is Joseph Bruchac's homepage. It provides links to his biography, a listing of his major works, and other online resources for the author. It also provides links to several of his poems to open or download on mp3.