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Moccasins are Made for Dancing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students perform a traditional Native American dance.  In this cultural dance lesson, students research two Native American dances.  Students discuss the relationship between the dances and Native American culture. ...
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Nomadic and Sedentary Tribes in Kansas

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders compare and contrast sedentary and nomadic tribe life. In this Native American culture lesson plan, 7th graders research primary documents about the Osage and Kiowa tribes. Students create a series of illustrations to be...
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Global Diversity Through Literature

For Teachers K
Students investigate Southwest Indian Reservations. In this Native American lesson, students research Southwest Indian tribes on the Internet and by reading the book, Arrow to the Sun.
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American Indian Homes in Kansas

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore culture by researching U.S. history. In this American Indian instructional activity, 1st graders discuss the geography of Kansas and the different Native American tribes that inhabited the state and the types of...
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Around the World, A Multicultural Unit

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate Native American tribes through their stories.  In this cultural lesson plan, students read stories of the Inuit tribe and discuss the themes, people, and customs.  Students illustrate a picture of the Inuit...
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Simulated Bark Paintings

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils create simulated, traditional Native American "bark paintings" out of brown paper bags. They paint flowers, birds, animals or scenes of village life on the "bark" in bright colors using acrylic paint.
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Wigwam

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create models of wigwams. They discuss winter and summer villages and the types of wigwams. They construct a wigwam using information from the Native American website to follow the scale. They present their models to the class...
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Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Relationships to Places

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young historians take a look at how the Indian tribes of California promoted a mindful relationship between people and the land. They begin to understand how the Indians were champions of conservation, and at preserving the natural...
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Little House On The Prairie: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Laura Ingalls Wilder memorialized life in the American West with her Little House on the Prairie series. Readers explore the first book in the series using a novel study guide. Along with standard text-based questions, scholars...
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Designing Clay

For Teachers K - 5th
Maria and Juliana are two of the most famous Pueblo pottery makers of the modern era. The class will learn about pueblo pottery design and the ways that Maria and Julian use traditional designs in a new and innovative way. They will...
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Maple, Sugarbush and the Anishinabe

For Students 5th - 6th
In this maple, Sugarbush and the Anishinabe worksheet, students use Internet research to answer 15 questions based on the book, Ininatig's Gift of Sugar--The Tradition of Native Sugarmaking. This page has numerous links to web resources.
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Contributions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the history of Canada by analyzing the First Nations' citizens. In this Native Canadian contributions lesson, students research the geography of Canada and create a book about the First Nations' involvement in the...
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Math and Native Americans

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore how math is relevant to Native Americans. Students investigate Indian culture through geometry. They describe and create geometric polygons and patterns. Students problem solve with tangram patterns to make Indian...
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Prehistoric Native American Lesson Plan: Pictionary with the Past

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars participate in a vocabulary exercise at a website dedicated to Prehistoric Native Americans.
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Rock Art and Ritual

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore, examine and determine what kinds of rock art motifs are likely the product of ancient ritual descent. They identify connections between rock art symbolism and Native American ritual practices. Each student also views a...
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Native Americans

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are assigned a group of Native Americans from the North Carolina area to study. They research and write a paper, including sections on family, government, food, clothing, shelter, European contact, artifacts and give an...
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Visual Arts, Literary Arts, and Performing Arts: Their Connection and Place in America's Minority Culture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the rich, varied, and full artistic culture of each of these three minority groups, Native Americans, Chicanos, and African Americans. They explore art through dance, music, literature, and many other different mediums....
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Native American Ceremonies

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore cultural rituals by researching Native American people. For this Native American ceremony lesson, 2nd graders read the story Indian Festivals by Keith Brand and identify the naturalistic attitude of the Native...
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Direct Express

For Teachers 2nd
Although the game cards are not posted at this time, you could easily create some to put this plan into action. Simply write a few starting lines from different speeches on each index card, and have learners guess if the speaker's intent...
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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use literature journals and discussion groups to summarize and improve their reading comprehension. In this reading skills lesson plan, 2nd graders discuss animals they've loved and read the story The Girl Who Loved Wild...
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Native American Tribes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Native American tribes word search worksheet, students locate the names of 10 specific tribes on a U.S. shaped puzzle. A word bank is given.
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Life of a Navajo Weaver

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars explore Native American weaving patterns and dance movements. In this Native Americans lesson, students view examples of weaving patterns on the Internet and compare the patterns to a Native American dance. Young scholars...
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What's Behind that Mask?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners use a "spider web" graphic organizer to record information about different types of masks they are familiar with. They write a paragraph about masks. Students read about Native American cultures and compare/contrast the...
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Western Expansion or Eastern Invasion?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read from their textbook a story about the pioneer settlement of the Western Frontier. They review the pioneer standpoint, but also discuss how the Homestead Act of 1862 affected Native Americans. They write another story...

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