Indigenous people around the world have close ties to their land, their ancestors, and their traditions. Celebrate the native inhabitants of our nations in August (and/or October) by learning more about the holiday and its origin.

Concepts

indigenous people, world holidays, native peoples, native americans, columbus day, the aborigine, the inuit people, the navajo people, the cherokee

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the question at the end of the video as a prompt for a research project
• For older students, begin a discussion and/or debate about celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day

Classroom Considerations

• Notes native populations around the world, but focuses on North America
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Pros

• Provides closed captions for easy viewing
• Short length makes the video versatile for classroom use

Cons

• None