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Look below for lessons, activities, and printables on Native American life and culture. Use these resources to teach students of all ages about the colonization of America from a different perspective. You'll find great educational resources for Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Month in November. There are also plenty of activities to use throughout the year for music, drama, art, and language arts.
Literature Guide
Teach students about Roanoke Island. Through historical fiction and extension activities, students will learn about colonization and Native American s... read more
Teach students about Roanoke Island. Through historical fiction and extensi... read more
Literature Guide
Learn how Thanksgiving became a national holiday. Each educational video on the history of Thanksgiving is paired with three extension activities to u... read more
Learn how Thanksgiving became a national holiday. Each educational video on... read more
Quiz
Give students this quiz to help them learn more about American Indian Heritage: famous people, noteworthy places, and important events in Native Ameri... read more
Give students this quiz to help them learn more about American Indian Herit... read more
Quiz
Literature Guide
Supplement The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence, and The Porcupine Year with this teaching guide to the books by Louise Erdrich. Through these fic... read more
Supplement The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence, and The Porcupine Year... read more
Literature Guide
Worksheet
This reading guide includes questions for class discussion and extension activities for Touching Spirit Bear and Ghost of Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen... read more
This reading guide includes questions for class discussion and extension ac... read more
Worksheet
Worksheet
Connect mathematics and social studies with activities for Do You Know What Time It Is? by Robert E. Wells (about telling time) and Alice Yazzie's Yea... read more
Connect mathematics and social studies with activities for Do You Know What... read more
Worksheet
Slideshow Gallery
Find images and information about Native American life in villages on the Great Plains of North America, including buffalo, teepees, wheatfields, and ... read more
Find images and information about Native American life in villages on the G... read more
Slideshow Gallery
Worksheet
Children create a report about Native American culture, food, and shelter by researching the answers to questions posed in this printable. read more
Children create a report about Native American culture, food, and shelter b... read more
Worksheet
Worksheet
Enrich students' understanding of Priscilla and the Hollyhocks with the cross-curricular activities and questions in this discussion guide. Use these ... read more
Enrich students' understanding of Priscilla and the Hollyhocks with the cro... read more
Worksheet
Worksheet
This printable warm-up helps students master important reading skills with a passage about Native Americans and comprehension questions. read more
This printable warm-up helps students master important reading skills with ... read more
Worksheet
Biography
In this printable warm-up, students read a short biography on Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe and answer reading comprehension questions. read more
In this printable warm-up, students read a short biography on Olympic athle... read more
Biography
Worksheet
In this nonfiction printable, students read a short biography on Sacagawea and answer reading comprehension questions. read more
In this nonfiction printable, students read a short biography on Sacagawea ... read more
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Biography
In this printable reading warm-up, students learn about the life of an explorer. Use this short biography on Sacagawea and related reading comprehensi... read more
In this printable reading warm-up, students learn about the life of an expl... read more
Biography
Worksheet
In this printable activity, students develop their own written language and discuss holiday traditions after reading Itse Selu: Cherokee Harvest Festi... read more
In this printable activity, students develop their own written language and... read more
Worksheet
Worksheet
Explore photojournalism, the water cycle, and agriculture with lesson plans and activities on Native American culture in the 21st century. read more
Explore photojournalism, the water cycle, and agriculture with lesson plans... read more
Worksheet
Worksheet
The printable warm-up helps students master important reading skills. It features a nonfiction reading passage and comprehension questions on the hist... read more
The printable warm-up helps students master important reading skills. It fe... read more
Worksheet
Worksheet
Explore extension lessons and activities related to Island of the Blue Dolphins, the classic children's novel. Use this printable while reading the b... read more
Explore extension lessons and activities related to Island of the Blue Dolp... read more
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Worksheet
Read about the Navajo Code Talkers, and explore the related activity to learn more about this noteworthy group of men. read more
Read about the Navajo Code Talkers, and explore the related activity to lea... read more
Worksheet
Biography
Pocahontas was a young Native American girl who helped forge amicable relations between Native Americans and English settlers. read more
Pocahontas was a young Native American girl who helped forge amicable relat... read more
Biography
Worksheet
Use these Native American recipes to make Indian fry bread, Indian tacos, Indian nachos, and more. Celebrate American Indian Heritage Month (November)... read more
Use these Native American recipes to make Indian fry bread, Indian tacos, I... read more
Worksheet
Worksheet
Students can make a necklace out of corn! This arts and crafts activity is perfect for celebrating Thanksgiving or for American Indian Heritage Month. read more
Students can make a necklace out of corn! This arts and crafts activity is ... read more
Worksheet
Map
Long ago, the Earth's continents were all part of the same land mass. read more
Long ago, the Earth's continents were all part of the same land mass.... read more
Map
Worksheet
Students discover the values of the natives of California by reading some of their traditional stories. read more
Students discover the values of the natives of California by reading some o... read more
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Worksheet
Students learn how damaging stereotypes can be, and then explore it further with a brainstorming activity. read more
Students learn how damaging stereotypes can be, and then explore it further... read more
Worksheet
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