Heritage: Legends, Fairy Tales and the Native Americans

Young scholars read Native American legends and practice storytelling skills. They complete a worksheet about the elements of storytelling and create an iMovie.

Students research the Cree tribe of North America. In this Native American lesson, students will research on-line, then compare and contrast the differences between the Cree tribe and other Native American tribes. Students will break...

Fourth graders communicate with members of Native American tribes via email, exchange original poems with epals, and create multimedia presentations to share with classmates.

Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the legends of Native Americans that are found in the Northwest Region. They conduct research using a variety of resources and create puppets and a stage for the acting...

Youngsters practice retelling a part of their favorite Native American tale to a small group of their peers. Peer partners assess each others performances. To keep comments positive and constructive, consider giving your class sentence...

How do novels differ from plays? Explore with your class the text features of fiction and drama by reading The Hidden One: Native American Legend and then performing a reader’s theater script based on the story. Class members create a...

Students explore community problem solving. In this cross-curriculum literature and social studies lesson, students listen to The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola and discuss how a Native American community problem was solved. ...

Students listen to a Native American legend and discuss the basic elements of story. In small groups they read and analyze more legends from books and Websites. Then they compose and present an original legend.

Pupils work together in groups to research a Native American legend. They present the information they gathered in a format they chose. They write their own legend based on their research.

Students research Native American legends from the American Southwest. In this Native American legends lesson, students read legends and identify the main ideas and supporting details. Students use graphic organizers to brainstorm their...