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El Education: San Diego: A Story of Exploitation and Restoration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work together with college professors, museum experts, naturalists, historians, and industry leaders to research and create a field guide indicating the effects of growth and changes in hunting and fishing industries in San...
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Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area: Introduction to the Story of Corn

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about the early uses of corn and how it was introduced to the Europeans. There are colorful pictures and links to relevant information as well.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices, Chippewa Songs

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the great oral tradition of the Chippewa Tribe in the Great Lakes regions through their music collected by Frances Densmore. For classroom activities and lesson enhancements click on the link, "Chippewa Songs Activities."
eBook
NWT Literacy Council

Nwt Literacy Council: Echoes: Elders' Writings [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
"Echoes" is a story compilation of four recollections by elders in the Northwest Territories.
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

Native American Eagle Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
From several Native American tribes come these stories of Eagle. Values of the culture are preserved in the retelling of these stories that show Eagle's value and symbolism for the Native Americans.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Velino Shije Herrera: What's the Story?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Artwork often has hidden stories within them. This Native American painting has three hidden stories. Can you find them?
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Native Author Called Roe" by Edward Payson Roe

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of an autobiographical short story called "A Native Author Called Roe" written by Edward Payson Roe. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "In a Native Village" by Louis Becke

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "In a Native Village" by Australian author Louis Becke. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Native of Winby" by Sarah Orne Jewett

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Native of Winby" by American author Sarah Orne Jewett. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: World Class Athlete Jim Thorpe

For Students 3rd - 8th
The story of Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest American athletes.
Unit Plan
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: George Bird Grinnell: Dun Horse

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of a Pawnee folk tale, as written by George Bird Grinnell, who was an ornithologist who also had a deep interest in Native American culture. The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, the story...
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Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Buffalo Soldiers

For Students 9th - 10th
Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Read about buffalo soldiers, whether on horseback or on foot, they fought the same enemy every day.
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Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Frontier Folk

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen in to the campfire stories of the people who embody Texas. Find out why Texas was the place to be for so many people.
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New Haven Unified School District: Peoples of the Northwest

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the Kwakiutl, Native Americans of the Northwest culture region. Richly illustrated, this school-sponsored site emphasizes the link between Native traditions and the natural resources of the region.
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PBS

Mpr: The Meaning of Sioux Music and Song

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Minnesota Public Radio provides the text of a 1915 article written by musician and self-trained anthropologist, Frances Densmore. Densmore spent years studying the music and culture of the Teton Sioux and other native...
Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Stephen Vincent Benet

For Students 9th - 10th
Poet, novelist, writer of short stories and a Pulitzer Prize winner. This site provides a brief account of Benet's (1898-1943 CE) life, a few excerpts from his poetry, and a list of selected works with publication dates comprise this...
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Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: The Story of the Ponca: Broken Promises in Treaties

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site, this page deals with the promises made by the U.S. government to the Ponca tribe, but were disregarded over the years.
Website
Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: The Conversion Struggle

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of the problems on converting native Americans to a Christian religion. It uses the example of Christian missionaries who were trying to convert the Pawnee tribe in the 1830s.
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Other

American Girl: Kaya: An Adventurous Nez Perce Girl

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Meet Kaya, a character in the American Girl series, and learn about Native American life and the Nez Perce tribe through this collection of stories, games, and activities. Also, includes teacher's guide and worksheets.
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Other

California Native: Who Was Pancho Villa?

For Students 9th - 10th
A short summary of the life of the famous Mexican outlaw, Pancho Villa.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The American Indian Movement, 1968 1978

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses documents, photographs, videos, and news stories to tell the story of the first decade of the American Indian Movement.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Memories of Red Lake: Why We Came, Why We Stayed

For Students 9th - 10th
The mining town of Red Lake, Ontario is profiled. The different factors that attracted people to this wilderness area are examined. Archival photographs, native art, and early legends are included in the exhibit.
Lesson Plan
Microsoft

Microsoft: The Story of Sacagawea's Son Pomp

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Lewis and Clark traveled for two years and covered 4,000 miles to reach the Pacific Ocean. They had the help of a young Native American girl, Sacagawea, who carried with her a small baby! Learners will learn about the Lewis and Clark...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Oklahoma

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides detailed descriptions of the Great Plains Native Americans. Find out more about the "Route 66 Museum." Discover how Oklahoma settlers became known as "Sooners."

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