1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving
Lesson plan for Grades 6-8 focuses on the book by Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret M. Bruchac.
Lesson plan for Grades 6-8 focuses on the book by Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret M. Bruchac.
Includes instructions for making a model canoe and a basket.
For use with the coming-of-age young adult book by Sherman Alexie.
Speech given by Pratt, who established Carlisle Indian Industrial School, the first of the Indian residential schools in the United States, in 1879. Taken from The Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, Nineteenth Annual Session.
Related Material: Excerpt.
Unit lloks at how the Seven Years' War restructured the balance of power between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in North America. Designed for Grade 8 students.
Children's story teaches counting and basic phrases; in Ojibwe and English.
Related Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Purpose of guide is to present educators with accurate information about the "discovery" of America and provide classroom resources to approach the topic in a new way.
Resource for suitable for grades 4-8 presents three themes (environment, community, encounters) central to understanding both Native Americans and the deeper meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Discusses historical representations of Indigenous peoples such as the noble and ignoble savage, the assumptions underpinning these concepts, and debates among historians about stereotypes and makes suggestions for guiding classroom discussions.
Bibliography divides material into three age categories: children, young adult and adult. The list also includes information as to whether the author/illustrator/translator is of Canadian and/or Aboriginal background or northern Aboriginal background.
Arranged under general information, laws and treaties, education, and culture and history.
Lists 367 fiction and non-fiction works published between 1931 and 1972 and graded for students. Supplement to An Annotated Bibliography of Young People's Fiction on American Indians.
Note: Due to age of publication, some selections may no longer be considered appropriate.
Lists over 250 works of fiction written between 1933 and 1969. Each annotation notes tribe involved in the story and the suggested grade level. An index arranged by tribe name lists works that concern each particular group.
Note: Due to age of publication, some resources may not be considered appropriate by modern standards.