American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month

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November is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month -- the perfect time to explore Education World's resources on the history and culture of America's original inhabitants.

Activities to Celebrate Native American Heritage!
November is National American Indian Heritage Month. This week, Education World offers 12 lessons to help students learn about Native American history and cultures. Included: Activities that involve students in dramatizing folktales, learning new words, preparing traditional foods, and much more!

• Dramatizing Folktales, Legends, and Myths
• By the Numbers
• Native American Recipes
• What's in a Name?
• Code Talkers
• Native American Misconceptions
• Ball and Triangle Game
• Design a Navajo Rug -- A Lesson in Symmetry
• Native American Glossary
• Oral Histories
• Fun With Numbers
• Native American Word Search

Comparing Cinderella and The Rough-Face Girl
Kellie Replogle, a soon-to-be teacher, submitted this week’s lesson. Students use a Venn diagram to compare two popular children’s stories -- Cinderella and the native tale The Rough-Face Girl.

Great Sites for Teaching About... Native Americans
Each week, the Education World Great Sites for Teaching About… page highlights Web sites to help educators work timely themes into their lessons. This week's sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about Native Americans.

Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
Blast stereotypes with across-the-curriculum activities for students of all ages.

Related Resources From Education World

The Native American Legacy
Follow the yearly cycle of 12 full moons to learn about the lives of the early Algonquian people. Have your class perform a play based on a Native American folktale. Help students create Native American jewelry, clothing, and other crafts. Learn about the dwellings and the lives of the earliest inhabitants of the eastern woodlands of North America. Education World recommends four new books that help youngsters develop their knowledge of and appreciation for the legacy of Native Americans.

Sitting Bull: A New Biography
A biography of Sitting Bull sheds light on the Lakota chief who won the battle and fought to maintain his people's way of life.

The Real American West
Proud Native Americans, brave explorers,ambitious prospectors, groundbreaking women. This week, Education World celebrates the history, spirit, and people of the American West in two new and very different books.

The American West
This site has an enormous amount of information to cover and does it very well. The site focuses on the "old West" and includes information on cowboys, Native Americans, pioneers and pioneer towns, explorers and more.

American Indians and the Natural World
This site is a wonderful resource for information about Native Americans, their beliefs, and their customs. Each main section takes an in-depth look at one of four tribes of American Indians: the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast,the Hopi of the Southwest, the Iroquois of the Northeast,and the Lakota of the Plains. A case study of each tribe discusses how the people developed and maintained their unique society in their particular geographical location. The link throughout the four sections is the connection that these Native Americans felt to nature.

FIRST NATIONS Histories
An extensive gathering of resources on the history of Native American tribes.

History of the Cherokee
This site covers the history of the Cherokee, beginning with the creation of the world according to Cherokee legend. The site moves on to explore pre- and post-Western contact, the Trail of Tears, the impact of the Civil War on Cherokee lands, and more.

Custer Battlefield
The Web site focuses on the Custer Battlefield, the Battle of Little Big Horn, and the Plains Indian Wars.

Indigenous People's Literature
A compilation of writings and information about indigenous peoples from around the world.

Education World Subject Centers

Check for other resources on teaching about Native Americans in the Education World Social Sciences Center and the History Center.

Education World Database Resources

Search our education database resources for information on Native Americans.

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