Aboriginal Resource "Must Have" List 2019/2020
Extensive list of titles with the applicable grade levels and subjects.
Extensive list of titles with the applicable grade levels and subjects.
Primary reading level storybook.
For use with the storybook Askî and Turtle Island.
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Traditional Sami story.
Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
Designed to accompany retelling of traditional Wasco story about how stars came to be arranged in the shapes of animals. Recommended for use with Grade 3 students.
Guide for book containing two humorous trickster stories.
For use with Grades 1 to 4.
Short documentary about Charles "Checker" Tomkins, a Métis from Grouard, Alberta, and his service during his attachment to the U.S. Air Force in World War II.
Duration: 13:31.
Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.
Accompanying Material: Student Version.
Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.
Uses historical documents in conjuction with Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary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.
Lesson plan uses the books : Shi-Shi-Etko, Shin-Chi’s Canoe, and Stolen Words.
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,
Includes book summaries, literacy prompt questions, and enrichment activities for books appropriate to each grade. Revised Version.
Retelling of a traditional story. Suggested age range 6-11 years.
Retelling of a traditional story.
Language arts activities in Inuktitut and English for students in Grades 2 and 3.
Traditional Mohawk story, sometimes known as the Sky Woman story.
Traditional Mohawk story also known as the Sky Woman story.
Primary reading level storybook.
Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in the script.
Five stories intended for use with Kindergarten students.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Guide.
Primary reading level storybook.
Includes five stories: Raven and Bear; Raven and Fishduck; Raven and Mole; Raven and Skatefish; and Raven and Eagle.
Unit looks at how the authors of Tulsa: From Creek Town to Oil Capital (Angie Debo), Custer Died for Your Sins (Vine Deloria, Jr.), and Winter in the Blood (James Welch) repond to certain crises in Native American history. Designed for 11th grade Advanced Placement Language and Composition classes. Some focus on Oklahoma history.
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
Lists approximately 150 works.
Designed for Grade 1-3 art classes.
Primary reading level storybook.