University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Electronic Text Center: The Modern English Collection
This collection contains fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts, and illustrations from 1500 to the present, arranged for browsing by author's last name or by category of interest. It contains classics such...
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Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area: Introduction to the Story of Corn
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.
PBS
Pbs: Frontline: Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier
Explore the wide-ranging impact that living digitally is having on people's lives every day, and the far-reaching implications this has for society, relationships, how war is waged, our health, education, and what the future holds....
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices, Chippewa Songs
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."
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Legacy of Hope Foundation: Where Are the Children: Legacy of Residential Schools
A history of aboriginal children who attended residential schools in Canada from 1831 to the 1990s. Traces the implementation of government policies of forced assimilation, outcomes, and impacts. Includes video of residential school...
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Buffalo Soldiers
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.
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Frontier Folk
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.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Thomas Hardy
This site features the author Thomas Hardy including a biography, the full text of 13 novels, and the short story "Squire Petrick's Lady".
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Canadian Native Art
Nokomis, a 70 year old Ojibwa artist tells stories about the Eastern Woodland Indian culture north of Lake Superior and interprets the native legends and myths that provided much of the imagery of Ojibwa artists like Morrisseau.
PBS
Pbs: Using Supporting Evidence to Interpret Meaning a Native American Folktale
In this lesson, students will watch a video clip with a Native American storyteller telling a traditional story. Students will use supporting evidence from the story to give meaning to oral and written texts.
A&E Television
History.com: History on a Plate: How Native American Diets Shifted After European Colonization
For centuries, Indigenous people's diets were totally based on what could be harvested locally. Then white settlers arrived from Europe. Native people pass down information - including food traditions - from one generation to the next...
Read Works
Read Works: Native Americans the Star Maiden: A Native American Legend
[Free Registration/Login Required] A Native American legend about the star maiden and how she became a water lily. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story" by Chuck Larsen
A learning module that begins with "The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story" by Chuck Larsen, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Oneida Nation: The Oneida Creation Story [Pdf]
Learn the history of this Native American group - how they were forced to leave their land, but purchased a large section of land in what would soon become the state of Wisconsin.
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: The Story of the Ponca: Broken Promises in Treaties
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.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Native Americans Potawatomi [Pdf]
"Native Americans--Potawatomi" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about what the prairie looked like during each of the seasons when the Potawatomi lived there. It is followed by questions which require students to provide...
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California Native: Who Was Pancho Villa?
A short summary of the life of the famous Mexican outlaw, Pancho Villa.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Decolonizing the Map: Creating the Indigenous Mapping Collective
For many Indigenous communities, mapping plays a large role in reclaiming their lands. Mapping is not new to Indigenous peoples, in fact, some of the world's earliest maps can be seen in cave paintings or heard in the stories that have...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Threat of Invasive Species
Massive vines that blanket the southern United States, climbing high as they uproot trees and swallow buildings. A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation. These...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: Pushing Up the Sky
Fourth graders learn that storytelling is a performance art that also transmits knowledge about cultures and life. Through reading different tales from various cultures, 4th graders are able to compare and contrast similar themes,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Alaska: The People and the Land
Learners will read the short story about Alaskan Native heritage, "Otoonah," as retold by Robert David San Souci. From the reading and interpretation of this native American story, students will study the indigenous people of Alaska and...
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Gateway to the Classics: Famous Indian Chiefs I Have Known
From the 1908 book "Famous Indian Chiefs I Have Known" by Oliver Otis Howard is this story about Navajo Chief Manuelito. Gain insight into the Native American world, their craft, their lifestyle, and a great man.
American Indian Heritage Foundation
Native American Eagle Stories
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.
Legends of America
Legends of America: Native American Legends
Provides links for exploring the history of Native American tribes and legends.