Native Americans

 


Teacher Resources

California Standards
Project Lessons
Student Research Guide (pdf)
Student Rubrics (pdf)
Elementary Bibliography Guide
Student Work Samples

Internet Resources

North AmericanTribe Information
The First People in Oregon http://www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/ortrtg/ortrtg2.htm
Knowledge Master Native Americans Quiz http://www.greatauk.com/wqnative.html
KidInfo Native American Reference Resources http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Native_Americans.html
Southern PowWows http://library.thinkquest.org/3081/
Women in Alaska's History http://library.thinkquest.org/11313/
How our Hawaiian Islands Were Formed http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5410/
Native Americans http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/
Alaska: A Nation Within a State http://library.thinkquest.org/22550/

American Indians and the Natural World http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/
California Tribes
Califronia Basket Weavers Association http://www.ciba.org/history.html
American Indian Trading Company http://www.spiritfeather.com/links.html
Bibliography of Northern and Central Coast Tribes http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cilc/bibs/toc.html
Maidu http://www.maidu.com
UC Berkeley Center for American Indian Research http://navigation.helper.realnames.com/framer/1/0/default.asp?realname=University+of+California+at+Berkeley+Center+for+American+Indian+Research+and+Education&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecaire%2Eorg&frameid=1&providerid=0&uid=17405472
General California Tribe Information
Gold Fever! http://www.museumca.org/goldrush//fever04-ci.html
California Indian Baskets http://www.californiabaskets.com/
California Indian Tribes http://www.cuca.k12.ca.us/la/tribes.html
California Indians http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/alta/grade4/tribes/
California Tribes Map http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/ca/california.html
American Indian Trading Company http://www.spiritfeather.com/animal&birds.html
Lesson Plans and Guides
Navajo Lesson Plans http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSLAArtNativeNavajo-Culture35.htm
Arizona Indians WebQuesthttp://coe.west.asu.edu/students/amysjs/AZINDWeb_Quest.html
The Iriquois Unit http://home.rochester.rr.com/inwoods/iroquois.htm
Native California Americans WebQuest http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/marvin/indians/
Literature CyberGuides
Sign of the Beaver(Eastern Woodlands) http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/beav/beavtg.html
Annie and the Old One (Navajo) http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/annie/annietg.html
Borreguita and the Coyote
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/borr/borrtg.html
Crow and Weasel (Inuit) http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/crow/crowtg.html
The Island of the Blue Dolphins http://rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/dolphin/
Song of the Sky Loom Native American Poetry http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/nampoet/poettg.htm
Native American Stories and Legends on the Web
Traditional Story Telling  http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/traditional.html
Native American Lore Index  http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
Traditional Stories, Legends, and Myths  http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/myths.html
Indian Why Stories  http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/socl/customsetiquettefolklore/IndianWhyStories/toc.html
Indians!  http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/indians.htm
Myths and Legends of the Sioux http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/socl/customsetiquettefolklore/MythsandLegendsoftheSioux/toc.html
Indigenous People's Literature  http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/stories.htm
Legends http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/stories.htm
Lakota Stories http://www.angelfire.com/co/MedicineWolf/stories.html
Ojibway Stories http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/kenora/index-e.html