The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Teaching Support Kit
For use with the coming-of-age young adult book by Sherman Alexie.
For use with the coming-of-age young adult book by Sherman Alexie.
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.
Traditional story about how coyote, with the help of other animals, stole fire from the Fire Protectors and gave it to humans so that they could stay warm during the winter months.
Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.
Library Science Paper (MSc) -- University of North Carolina, 2010.
Uses historical documents in conjuction with Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices. Developed for use in Advanced Placement English Literature or Language classroom, Grades 11 and 12.
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
Students analyze Winter in the Blood by James Welch, Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie,
Story and activities focus on the harvest of wild rice. English with some words translated into Ojibwe.
Traditional story suitable for use with Grade 4-7 students. Extract from the book The Mishomis Book: The Voice of the Ojibway.
Examines the integration of Native Language and Culture (NLC) into an elementary school curriculum.