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Native Americans - Teacher Resources

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 American Indian Heritage Month in November. There are also plenty of activities to use throughout the year for music, drama, art, and language arts.
Printables
Daily Warm-Up 30 for Gr. 5 & 6: Biography
Make Your Own Totem Pole
Native American Picture Writing
Indian Symbols and Meanings
Native Americans Printable Book (2-5)
Make Your Own Totem Pole
Indian Sign Language Chart
More Popular Native American Printables
Lesson Plans
Stone Fox: A Collection of Lessons
Describing Drum Beats in Native American Music
Native American Music: Call-and-Response
Life in Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit (lesson 6 of 7)
Oregon Trail
The Wampanoag Indians: A Thanksgiving Lesson
The First Thanksgiving - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 5 of 7)
More Native American Lesson Plans
Quizzes
Native Americans Quiz
Anasazi and Plains Indians Quiz
American Colonies Quiz
Early America Quiz
References
Native American Instruments
Contemporary Native American Music
Sacajawea
Thanksgiving Fact Sheet
More Native American References
Language Arts Activities
Sign of the Beaver
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Pedro's Journal
Native American Pronunciation Guide
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message
American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings
A Play about Sacagawea
More Popular Native American Language Arts Activities
Thanksgiving Activities
Native American Indian Crafts
The First Winter - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 4 of 7)
American Indians Today
Cranberry-Nut Bread
A Not-So Traditional Thanksgiving
Indian Pudding
Thanksgiving: Multiple Perspectives
More Thanksgiving – Teacher Resources
Native American Music Resources
Native American Music and the Flute
Intertribal Style of Native American Music
Teaching Native American Music
Native American Song: 0 Hal'Lwe
Percussion Performance and Culture
Regional Music Styles of Native American Tribes
Native American Musical Instruments
More Native American Music Resources
Drama & Art Activities
Tipi Pattern
Native American Ceremonial Dances
Set Design
Make a Coiled Pot
Games and Toys
Longhouses, Canoes, and Totem Poles
From Nomadism to Farming
More Native American Drama & Art Activities
Math Activities
Storing Food
Sandpainting Math
Vitamin Math

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