Curated OER
American Indians Heritage Series: The Tlingit's
Students study the Native American culture of the Tlingits and discuss relevant information regarding their way of life. Students create their own musical Tlingit rattles using toilet paper rolls and rice. They make and decorate their...
Curated OER
American Indian Art
Student complete a month-long unit on the symbolic and practical reasons for American Indian artwork. They explore websites, discuss elements of design, create an Indian backpack, Kachina Doll, weaving, sand painting, and totem pole.
Curated OER
Worksheet #3 Questions - Pacific Native American Indians
In this Native Americans of the Pacific worksheet, students test their knowledge through ten fill in the blank questions related to the aforementioned topic.
Curated OER
Native American Misconceptions
Learners use their drawings to explore sterotypes of Native Americans and others.
Curated OER
Go Native!
Students explore the five Native American regions. They compare and contrast the dwellings, clothing, and tools of the Native American groups. Students research one group of Native Americans. They build totem poles, pueblos, weave...
Curated OER
Sculpture: Statues, Monuments, and More
Students explore some of the components of sculpture through a variety of artists and their artwork. The six lessons of this unit utilize the sculptures experienced when students were studying American history and the Native Americans.
Curated OER
Native American Cultures
Students investigate the Native American Heritage and explore their customs cultures. They discover characteristics of the Native Americans through the study of their art, artifacts, stories and symbols.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Native American Cultures Across the United States
Students explore different aspects of the cultures of the First Americans in this lesson plan. Stereotypes are often associated with Native Americans through movies and in the context of the Thanksgiving holiday. Specific information and...
Other
New Haven Unified School District: Peoples of the Northwest
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.