North
Carolina Social Studies Curriculum See grades 4 & 8
Curricula
Lesson Plans. Social Studies
Lesson Plans. Science
Lesson Plans. Language Arts
Lesson Plans. Art
Lesson Plans. Technology
Adult Education/Professional Development
Virginia's
Standards of Learning for History and Science
North
Carolina Social Studies Curriculum See grades 4 & 8
Aboriginal Education
Curriculum. British Columbia Ministry of Education In
development, K-12. Has some excellent objectives which can be used in
any classroom. From BC
Ministry of Education.
Crossroads: An American History Curriculum,
K16 Elementary level. Unit: A World of Their Own: The Americas
to 1500. Grade 2. Includes lesson plans. From AskEric.
BRANCHING
OUT: The North Carolina Forest Stewardshp Activity Guide
Environmental curriculum for middle school; lesson plans.
Crossroads:
An American History Curriculum
Middle
School level. Unit: A World of Their Own: The Americas to 1500.
Crossroads:
An American History Curriculum
Secondary level. Unit: A World of Their Own: The Americas to 1500.
Lesson Plans; Social
Studies
Native
American Day Celebrated in November.
Eastern Woodland Indians
Lesson Plans Collection of links from ProTeacher
Concepts
Taught; Activities for Native American Unit From Teachers.Net.
Elementary grades.
Shadows of
North Carolina's Past
Comparing
the Cultures of the Plains and Eastern Woodland Indians Grade 2;
from Georgia Learning Connections
A Day in the
Life of Children: Then and Now Centennial Utah lesson plan but
adaptable.
Adapting to the
Land Cultures; Art; Environment. Grades 2-4. Help students
learn how people adapt to their environment.
Native American
Interdisciplinary Educational Unit. Grades 2-4. From
YouthNet.
Environmental
Explorer. For K-4. Geography. From National Geographic.
Life
on the Mississippi Past and Present Grade 3. [Other rivers,
such as the James or Rappahannock could be substituted for state or
local history] From AskEric
The
Earliest Americans Unit plan for grade 3. Includes Eastern
Woodland Indians.
Not
Just Another Native American Lesson Plan pdf file; Grade 2.
Hands-on craft
activities. From CoreKnowledge
The
Land Bridge and the Earliest Americans pdf file; 3rd grade; five
lessons;
from CoreKnowledge
Becomin
an Expert on Eastern Woodland Indians pdf file; 3rd grade; eight
lessons; from CoreKnowledge
Matrilineal
Society From TeacherVision
Earliest
Americans: Native Americans
Native
Americans across the Curriculum pdf file; 3rd grade; 7
lessons; from CoreKnowledge
Native
Americans across the Curriculum
Native
Americans in Tennessee WebQuest Middle School; includes Cherokee
and Shawnee. From Nashville Public Schools
Spiro
Mounds: Oklahoma's Past Indian History Grades 3-6. Whole
language and cooperative learning. From AskERic. For historical
background, see Spiro
Mounds
North Carolina
Salt Dough Map Social Studies Project How to make a salt dough
map
Native
American Rummy A card game developed for grade 5.
Environmental
Explorer Grades 5-8; teaching levels 3-8. Geography. From
National Geographic.
My
Life as a Native American Social Science, Anthropology, Native
American Studies, Language Arts, Creative Writing, Art. Grades 4-6.
Students write an essay through the eyes of a Native American child in
the period before European contact. From Encarta
Retracing
the Trail of Tears Grades 4 to 9; social studies & history; from
Encarta
Shoebox
Archaeology Grades 4-8.
Archaeology
"DIG" Grades 5-7. From AskEric.
Understanding
Culture and Sub-Culture Grades 5-8. Social Science,
Anthropology, U. S. History, Cultural History. Designed to help
students understand what is a culture.
The Chesapeake
Bay: Our History and Our Future Grade level 4; social studies.
Study of the Chesapeake Bay and its influence on the present; future
of the Bay. From The Mariners'
Museum of Newport News, VA
I
Dig Archaeology Grades 5-10. Social Science; writing; science;
art
Sequencing of Events
(Timelines) Grades 5-12. From YouthNet
Making
an Illustrated Dictionary with Geographic Terms Grades 5-8.
[Other types of dictionaries can be developed] From AskEric.
Archaeological
Inquiry Grades 6-8. From CyberAcademy.
The
Influence of Physical Geography/Climate Grades 6-12. From
AskEric
The
Year That Was Grades 6-11.Language Arts, Computers and
Information Technology, Social Science, Communications. Students
research a year in history. [1607 would be a good year to research]
Uses Encarta Online. Search techniques; gather information &
images.
Looking
at Different Cultures Grades 7-12. From AskEric.
Using
Cultural Accounts to Understand Differences Grades 9 & 10.
Native
Americans Loss of Land and Culture Grades 9-12. Content: Sioux,
Nez Perce & disastrous impact of boarding schools. Can be adapted to
current fight by Virginia's Indians to retain their treaty rights.
Richmond Times Dispatch and other newspapers sometimes have
articles, or contact Virginia tribes on the NET.
Genealogy
Research Grade 11. From Academy Curricular Services.
Lesson Plans;
Science
Chespax
Lesson Plans K-12 Environmental lesson plans.
Chesapeake
Bay Fossils/Geology Collection of lesson plans related to
Chesapeake Bay. Example: ChesBay
Fossils/Geology.
Birch Lane
GeoGarden Develop a Native American GeoGarden
Virginia
Wildlife Mapping Program Outreach program for all ages; kids can
be involved in field studies.
Bear
Masks Art & Science. K-1; students research different
kinds of bears and make bear masks.
A Journal of
Discovery Grades 4-6. Students turn a scientific eye on their own
neighborhoods. [Adapt: compare & contrast past & present; what plants are
native to Virginia & which are not]. From EduPlace
Early
Man in North America Science, Social Studies. 8th grade. Unit on
study of early man. From Yale-New Haven Lesson Plans.
Language
Arts
Back
From the Future Archaeology activity; grades 6-8.
Archaeologists discover a structure from our time. How will they
interpret the results? From Houghton-Miffling
A Storytelling
Festival Grades 4-6. Explore native cultures; learn aspects of
oral art of storytelling. From EduPlace
Art
Record a Moment
in Time Grades 3-5; History, reading and art. Students design
an accordion book of historic events. Students use art to tell a
story and record and historic moment.
Natural
Art Grades 3-6. Students acquaint themselves with Native American
art; apply
principles into their own creative effots. From EduPlace.
Native
American Crafts From TeachersFirst
Technology
Native
American Cyber Lesson. Create a Cultural Center From Disney
Educational Products
American Indians
Page developed by Churchland Academy Elementary School in Portsmouth,
VA for ThinkQuest
Junior. Site has clothing, face painting, games, ceremonies and
dances. Take a look at ThinkQuest Junior. You might want to
participate.
Adult Education/Professional
Development
The Pepper Bird
Foundation Pepper Bird Pathways publications are provided to
Virginia educators free; sponsor field studies courses on cultural groups
as Native Americans or African Americans for teacher re-certification for
graduate credit through Hampton University. The courses are great! Also,
has Young Readers Series, historic fiction K-12
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