Enrichment activities, web resources, and literature tie-ins related to Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. This literature guide is a great resource for your Thanksgiving lessons.
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Internet Resources
Biography of Chief Swamp
Some background material on Jake Swamp.
http://www.speakoutnow.org/People/JakeSwamp.html
More Books About Native Americans
If You Lived With the Sioux IndiansAuthor: Ann McGovern
Grades: Pre-K-3
A multifaceted picture of Sioux life in the 1880s. The book is profusely illustrated, very informative, and sympathetic toward the Indians and their relationship with white people. The Iroquois: A First Americans Book
Author: Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
Grades: 3-7
A concise look at Native American history that extends from North Carolina to New York. More Than Moccasins: A Kid's Activity Guide to Traditional North American Indian Life
Author: Laurie Carlson
Grades: Pre-K-3
Kids will discover traditions and skills from the people who first settled this continent, including gardening, making useful pottery, and communicating through Navajo codes. Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois
Author: Joanne Shenandoah
Grades: 4-7
In a series of creation stories, readers learn how Skywoman fell from the world above, how the animals spread mud on the back of a turtle to catch her and the Earth was born, how the moon was formed, how human beings were created, and more.
