Apache Teacher Resources

A reading guide designed for Jennifer Fleischner's nonfiction text, The Apaches: People of the Southwest, provides readers with three levels of comprehension questions meant to encourage higher-level thinking.

The Apaches: People of the Southwest offers readers a chance to employ the “Ready-Set-Go-Whoa!” strategy (an adaptation of the KWL) to test what they know and summarize what they learn as they read Jennifer Fleischner’s nonfiction...

Students research how religions are created and how they influence the way people live. They identify the religious beliefs and practices of the Inuit, Lakota, Apache, Navajo and Iroquois Native Americans. Students find the...

Students play a game of dodge ball in which the object of the game is to eliminate the other team.

Students are read an apache folktale and discuss the characters in the story. Using the text, they identify the factors that make it a folktale and not a fairy tale. On a map, they locate where the Apache people live. As a class, they...

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...

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.

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

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...

Here is a lesson that covers the stereotyping of Native Americans in American culture is here for you. Learners see that there are many instances of stereotyping that are an accepted part of our society. After a lengthy discussion, a...

For 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 worksheet, students answer questions in a crossword puzzle about Arizona's history. Students answer 10 questions.

Have your class learn about basket making with this resource. Learners talk about the techniques used to make baskets in Native American cultures. Then, they make baskets using paper coils. The results are attractive.

Students explore the concept of disarmament. In this North Korea lesson plan, students apply the steps of conflict resolution to the North Korean nuclear crisis as they create flowcharts designed to establish multilateral talks and...

Fourth graders study Indian women in Texas. In this US history lesson, 4th graders discuss what each Indian woman's contribution was by completing a timeline and table. Students examine the Caddo Women's pottery tradition...

Third graders complete a unit of lessons on the singing, instruments, and dancing of Native Americans. They identify and play various instruments, complete worksheets, define key vocabulary, sing songs, and perform dances.

Students discover how helicopters work through an interactive program. They also examine why helicopters are more difficult to fly than airplanes. They discover the history of the helicopter and how it has been used in military operations.

Students complete a variety of activities that go along with the study of and possible fieldtrip to Raton Pass and Glorieta Battlefield on the Sante Fe Trail in New Mexico.

In this Native American Tribes worksheet, students utilize a variety of skills to unscramble twenty three words that are associated with Native American Tribes.

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 vocabulary usage online/interactive learning exercise, 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...

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

In this New Mexico worksheet, students read a two page text about the history of the state of New Mexico. Students answer ten true and false questions.

In this social studies worksheet, students find the words that are naming different Native American tribes and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.