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The African and the Pequot in Colonial America
Students determine that the lands the English settled on were owned and inhabited by 70,000 Indians. They consider that the London Company sold land charters to the English, which gave them illegal title to lndian land and that the...
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Trash! How Cities Work: Dealing with Garbage in the US and India
Students identify how different cultures deal with the challenge of trash. Read an excerpt from a chapter book based on real life written from the Southern Indian perspective. Describe the life of a street child in Southern India....
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Creation Stories
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...
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Plains Indians Pictographs
Students explore methods of written communication. In this Plains Indian lesson, students create pictographs representing everyday modern life after observing the pictographs used by the Plains Indians. Pictograph stories are written on...
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When Turtle Grew Feathers
Students explore the Choctaw Native American tribe. In this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students locate where the Choctaw Indians lived on a United States map. Students listen to When Turtle Grew...
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Sea Horse Habitats
Young scholars research sea horses around the world. In this sea horse habitats lesson, students use the Internet to take a virtual tour of a sea horse in its natural habitat. Young scholars work in groups to study a...
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Famous Elders, Historic Figures, Contemporary Tribal Leaders
Sixth graders explain significance of Elders. In this research lesson students tell that being an Elder is not always related to age. They explain why a person is important in history.
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Governance
Fourth graders recognize the need for governments of Saskatchewan Indian Tribes. In this government lesson, 4th graders understand the role of government in the development of Early Saskatchewa. Students create a flip book.
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Bison on the Plains
Fifth graders explore U.S. geography by reading assigned text about American Indians. In this migration lesson, 5th graders identify the differences between Native Americans and European settlers who traveled through middle America in...
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Hinduism--Diwali
In this Hinduism worksheet, students write a six paragraph letter imagining that they have been invited to spend a day with an Indian family during Diwali and express their reactions to the celebrations they experience.
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Council Grove: Site of the Hellgate Treaty
Students explore Native Americans and the migration of non native people to Montana. They investigate and interpret maps for information such as location of Indian reservations, transportation routes and important communities.
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Tribal Diversity within the Indigenous Peoples of the North American Continent
Pupils, after brainstorming what they already know about Indians, explore and analyze the tribal diversity within the Indigenous Peoples of North America. They recognize that American Indians have their own unique language origins,...
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Quality of Information: Point of View and Bias
Fifth graders identify stereotypes of Indian people based on perceived characteristics. They discuss the misconceptions. Students define quality of information and give an example from the story "Seaman's Journal: On The Trail With Lewis...
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Indians of the Plains
Second graders, in groups, explore the Plains Indians and explore how the physical climate of the Plains region affected their lives.
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A Bishop's Description of the Christianized Indians of Spanish Florida, 1675
Students explore mission life in La Florida as observed by a Spanish bishop who visited in the 1670s. For this Spanish Florida lesson, students recognize the value of primary sources in illuminating the past and consider factors such as...
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Maps of Indian Territory, the Dawes Act, and Will Rogers' Enrollment Case File
Students, in groups, analyze one map at a time, first the 1885 map, then the 1891 map. After they have completed the analysis sheets, they compare the two maps and answer questions imbedded in the plan.
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Lesson One: The Three Perspectives on Native American Removal
Eleventh graders explore the impact of the Indian Removal Act. For this US History lesson, 11th graders analyze primary resources.
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Black Hawk and the Black Hawk Trail
Fourth graders investigate the American Indian tribe of Black Hawk and its trail. They use computers and a variety of technology resources to find information and put together a multimedia presentation. The end result is a storyboard...
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Native American Project in Microsoft Word
Third graders participate in a lesson that is aimed at helping them advance in word processing skills by using Microsoft Word. The focus of the research is upon a Native American Indian tribe.
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Foreign Miners
Young scholars examine primary source documents from miners who went to California in the search of gold. They compare and contrast the letters they read and discuss what types of discrimination still exists today.
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Native Americans: People of the Plains
A Venn Diagram invites learners to compare the roles of men and women in Native American societies. Learners write down as many ideas as they can, including roles that men and women shared
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Surviving the Winter
Fifth graders investigate given cultures using the internet, personal interviews and other sources, They examine how the civilizations of six Native American tribes and six Australian Aboriginal tribes survived during their respective...
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How Much is There to Eat?
Students examine food production related to population density. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students gather data regarding food production in the American South and in India. Students follow the outlined steps to calculate the...
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Taste of India
Bring a little taste of India into the classroom. This colorful presentation provides information regarding India's people, food, location, religion, and culture. An interesting trip to a fascinating place. Tip: Make it a real taste of...
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