2.+Internet+Search

Artifact “Bag”/Internet Search/Literature list


 * Nicole **

1. Native American facts for kids: Resources on American Indians for Children and Teachers http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm This website is not only informative but also helps students navigate their website. The homepage talks about Native Americans, but the major headline is “Native American Facts for Kids”. Under this heading is a FAQ by kids, Native American hairstyles, clothing, food, and state names. After that you can scroll down and find out information about each tribe by clicking on the tribes name.

2. Index http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculum/nativeamericans/index.html This is a student friendly website, as well. When you first get on the page there is a colored map of the different regions where Native Americans lived. When you click on one of the regions it explains about then Indians that lived there. The site tells you about their dwellings, clothing, plants, animal’s, there life today, and there is a quiz. Not only is it very informative but it also has a lot of picture to help the learner.

3. Native American Heritage at National Parks http://usparks.about.com/od/historicalnationalparks/a/nativeamericans.htm This website tells you a little bit about the history of Native Americans. Located on the website are links to national parks, national monuments, and national parkways where history of Native Americans is present. For example, the website says “Navajo National Monument, Features well preserved ruins of villages left behind by prehistoric Pueblo Indians around AD 1300.”


 * Serena **

1. Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian []

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This webpage offers information for classrooms and families on the Native American history and culture. Some of the activities listed occur directly in the museum itself, while other activities are ones that could be done right in the classroom. On the left hand side of this page, there are several links that bring you to different web pages of information related to this topic, titled such as “Student Programs,” “Guided Tours,” “Teacher Programs,” and “Family Programs.” If you scroll down towards the bottom of the page, there is a link that you can click on titled “Ideas for Language Arts Teachers.” This will bring you to a new page that has great lesson plan ideas centered on the book //When the Rain Sings: Poems by Young Native Americans,// which is comprised of 35 poems written by Native Americans ranging from the ages of nine to seventeen. This lesson plan could easily be adapted for elementary aged students, while integrating both language arts and social studies into the lesson plan.

2. TeacherVision <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Native American Resources <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This webpage, specific to the topic of Native Americans, is filled with lessons, activities, and printables on the culture and life of these people. These resources are also beneficial for teaching during Thanksgiving and the month of November, which is American Indian Heritage Month. This page is laid out very clearly and is easy to navigate – it is broken into many sections, followed by several links specific to the title of the section. The sections are titled as followed: Printables, Thanksgiving Activities, Lesson Plans, Native American Music Resources, Quizzes, Drama and Art Activities, References, Math Activities, and Language Arts Activities. All in all, this is a website filled with great ideas for teachers to implement in the classroom! However, you are only able to view/print up to five things for free – after that, you must pay a one year subscription fee of $39.95 to access the 22,000 resources found on the website.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: Teaching and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Native Americans <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This site enables you to search a topic, along with giving you plenty to pick from, in regards to all subject areas. You can find the information on Native Americans under Ethnic Groups, which is found under U.S. History Topics. This particular webpage lists free resources in regards to lesson plans and activities on this topic, all from different federal resources; i.e. Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American History, and more. Once you click on a link, for example Tracking the Buffalo: Stories from a Buffalo Hide Painting, it first explain to you what the lesson plan is about, and then it will take you to the direct website with the lesson plan on it; in this case it is sponsored through the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. Chinook Nation

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Student Packet Info

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This student packet info is filled with information specific to the Chinook tribe. It has specific information regarding the tribe, includes Chinook Indian Legends, diagrams, floor plans of their structures, current information about the tribe, and a timeline of their history. This information is easily adaptable into a lesson plan for elementary aged students and above.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">5. Learn about Native Americans

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This is an interactive website in which users can click on a map that has the different regions of the United States on it. Once you click on each region, it contains a closer look at the map, and lists Native American tribes found in that region. For each region, there are different subsections that you can click on and learn about specific to that region and its tribe; i.e. dwellings, plants, animals, clothing, and more. The site also has interactive quizzes and games for each region. This website was created through Arlington Heights School District 25, which is located in Cook County, Illinois.


 * Michael**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">1. Native Americans in Olden Times for Teachers Lesson Plans <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">This site looked really cool and had many different lesson plans/Indian music/ and activities for teachers to go over many different tribes of Indians.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">2. National Museum of the American Indian <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">This site has ideas for reading programs, language arts teachers, American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges. These are all very interesting articiles that I think teachers will find very helpful when teaching this topic.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">3. How to make a Dream Catcher <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">This shows us how to make a dream catcher that the Indians used to use. It is a handmade object based on a willow hoop. The dream catcher is then decorated with personal and sacred items such as feathers and beads.