American Indians: History, Culture, and Modern Times

Circle of Stories

2009-02-10T15:33:00.000-08:00

PBS has a website that has a variety of teaching materials on Native American storytelling.
~check it out~

Indian Museum of North America featuring Crazy Horse

2009-01-12T11:04:00.000-08:00

Indian Museum of North America

Museum websites are always a great resource to use when teaching historical topics.

Bias in Native American Literature

2008-12-09T09:16:00.000-08:00

This is a 4th-6th grade lesson plan.
When you open the link, scroll down and check out what other lesson plans they have.

Trackstar

2008-12-01T14:16:00.000-08:00

Trackstar is a site that teachers have used to create a 'guided tour' of the Internet on a specific topic. The website will open up in a small window and there will be an accompanying question or two for students to answer. It is a fantastic site for lab days, and offers a wide variety of topics- including many Native American tracks.

Trackstar

The Salish Indians of Montana

2008-12-01T13:16:00.001-08:00

ABC Books

2008-12-01T12:10:00.000-08:00

Here is a lesson plan that is appropriate for k-2 grades. It is a lesson on making ABC books using American Indian Terms.

ABC Book

Teacher's Manual

Montana Tribes

2008-12-01T11:06:00.000-08:00

Montana Tribes, Reservations and Resources

Bellwork

2008-11-07T08:58:00.000-08:00

I start off each class with a Bellwork- which in the past has been a review question or a journal response. So far this year, my Bellwork has been Election topics, and now that it is over I am going to do a Bellwork unit on American Indians. I have chosen to focus on the Navajo tribe and as part of this unit I am reading aloud Codetalkers by Joseph Bruchac.
I have created all my Bellwork slides on Smartboard- and have included video clips, music clips, podcasts, images, and literature focused questions.

Lewis and Clark Different Perspectives

2008-10-27T10:11:00.000-07:00

Lesson Plan about the thousands of American Indians who knew the territory of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and their perspective of the expedition.

Native American Women

2008-10-20T07:51:00.001-07:00

Native American Women

A great site that focuses on Native American Women in history.

Columbus Day?

2008-10-14T11:31:00.000-07:00

Rethinking Columbus is a fantastic resource to study a variety of perspectives on Columbus Day. It is not appropriate to simply study this holiday from one perspective- it is important to include the Taino perspective as well.
This is a great website to use for resources. Rethinking Columbus

American Indian movement Tribute

2008-10-14T08:13:00.001-07:00

Montana History Textbook

2008-10-08T07:17:00.001-07:00

Montana Textbook

The Historical Society has created a new Montana History Textbook that has a lot of Indian History woven throughout the book. This textbook is also available online and I believe you can email The Historical Society to receive a password to access teacher resources.

Map

2008-09-25T11:05:00.000-07:00

this map comes from a great site
Montana Tribes

Music

2008-09-24T13:17:00.000-07:00

Remember the public drive has a folder of Native Music to play in the classroom.

Stories and Music for the Classroom

2008-09-24T08:13:00.000-07:00

Native American Culture, Stories and Music Podcast

This is a Podcast that you could play on your computer for students to listen to. There is a Download button next to each story or song. It will load and then play using Quicktime right on your computer.

Sacred Sites in the United States

2008-09-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

Native tribes from across the country have deep reverence for nature and the gifts of nature. Many tribes spiritual practices include the observation and prayer at natural locations around the country. Included here is a slide show sharing these locations and names. The tool used is slide.com .