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American Indians & 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
Indian Symbols and Meanings
Make Your Own Totem Pole
Native American Picture Writing
Island of the Blue Dolphins Activities
Native American Musical Instruments
Longhouses, Canoes, and Totem Poles
Native American Indian Crafts
More Popular Native American Printables
Lesson Plans
Stone Fox: A Collection of Lessons
Oregon Trail
A Play about Sacagawea
Describing Drum Beats in Native American Music
Native American Music: Call-and-Response
The Wampanoag Indians: A Thanksgiving Lesson
Thanksgiving: Multiple Perspectives
More Native American Lesson Plans
Quizzes
Native Americans Quiz
American Colonies Quiz
Anasazi and Plains Indians Quiz
Early America Quiz
References
Native American Instruments
American Indians Today
Ancestry of U.S. Population by Rank, 2001
Sacajawea
More Native American References
Language Arts Activities
Sign of the Beaver
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Indian Sign Language Chart
Touching Spirit Bear and Ghost of Spirit Bear Reading Guide
Pedro's Journal Literature Guide
Woodland Indians -- Wigwams and Longhouses
Reading Warm-Up 30 for Gr. 5 & 6: Biography
More Popular Native American Language Arts Activities
Thanksgiving Activities
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message
A Thanksgiving Quilt
Indian Pudding
Sarah Morton's Day, Samuel Eaton's Day, & Tapenum's Day
Life in Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit (lesson 6 of 7)
The First Winter - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 4 of 7)
Thanksgiving Fact Sheet
More Thanksgiving – Teacher Resources
Native American Music Resources
Teaching Native American Music
Native American Song: 0 Hal'Lwe
Percussion Performance and Culture
Sounding Word-Rhythms
Intertribal Style of Native American Music
Native American Music and the Flute
Contemporary Native American Music
More Native American Music Resources
Drama & Art Activities
Tipi Pattern
Make a Button Blanket
Plains Boy and Girl Cutouts
Cherokee Fables
Make a "Wooden" Mask
Make a God's Eye
Great Plains Indian Beadwork
More Native American Drama & Art Activities
Math Activities
Literature & Math: Stories about Time
Sandpainting Math
Storing Food
Vitamin Math
Set Design

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