Lesson Theme of the Week- Native American Indians

Welcome to another edition of the Lesson Theme of the Week this week's topic is all about Native American Indians. I hope you enjoy this week's theme and will pass it on to other homeschooling families so they also can use it with their children. Please pass on the whole theme not just the links thank you.

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General Information
American Indian Culture Research Center of the Dakotas
http://www.bluecloud.org/dakota.html
American Indian Facts for Kids
http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/pacific/
Bureau of Indian Affairs
http://www.bia.gov/
Great Chiefs & Leaders
http://www.indians.org/welker/leaders.htm
Indians/Native Americans
http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/native-americans.html
Native American Culture
http://www.greatdreams.com/native.htm
Native American Territories
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/navigation/native_american_territories.htm

Lesson Plans
American Indian Leather Painting
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/USH0048.html
Code Talkers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2213.shtml
Create A Model Native American Home
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSArtLACreateModelNativeAmericanHome56.htm
Create Your Own Native American Board Game
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/nativeamericans/
Design a Navajo Rug
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2216.shtml
Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson038.shtml
Lesson Plans for Teaching Reading With a Native American Theme
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/teaching/reading.htm
Mini-Unit Topic: Native Americans
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/Units/Mini_Units/94-95/Smith.Native-American/index.html
Mound Builders Lesson Plan
http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/moundbuilders.asp
Native American Chants and Movement
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2245/
Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=347
Native American History
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/howthewestwaslost/
Native American Homes Lesson Plan
http://www.lessonsnips.com/lesson/nativeamericanhomes
Native American Interdisciplinary Educational Unit
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0046.html
Native American Murals
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSArtLANativeAmericanMurals5.htm
Native American Perspectives, Fourth Grade Lesson Plan
http://www.crowcanyon.org/EducationProducts/WCP_ElecFieldTrip_StudyGuides/4thgrade_native_lessonplan.asp
Native American rock designs Science Lesson Plan
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceMathMusicPEArtSSLAMDRocks-NativeAmerAndRockArt12.htm
Native American Story Blankets - KinderArt Littles, Preschool Activities and Lessons
http://www.kinderart.com/littles/blanket.shtml
Native American Tribes from North America
http://www.challengerindy.org/Lessons/Native%20Americans/Native%20Americans%20North%20America.html
Native Americans
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0118.html
Native Americans in North Carolina
http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/native_americans_k12.html
Native Americans Today
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/native-americans-today-63.html
Not "Indians," Many Tribes: Native American Diversity
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/external/4036
Southeastern Native Americans' Lifestyles
http://www.teachingushistory.org/lessons/pdfs_and_docs/documents/LessonPlanSoutheasternNativeAmericansLifestyles.html
The removal of the Cherokee Indians
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2826
The Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/118trail/118trail.htm
Traditions and Languages of Three Native Cultures: Tlingit, Lakota, and Cherokee
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/external/4556
Writing Native American Style
http://alex.state.al.us/lesson_view.php?id=9477

Crafts
CD Dreamcatchers Craft
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/nativeamerican/a/blcddreamcatch.htm
Coffee Can Drum
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/cofdrum.shtml
Dream Catcher
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Dreamcatcher.shtml
Early American Weaving
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/weaving.htm
How to Make Clay Beads
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/nativeamerican/a/blnaclayb.htm
How to Make Corn Husk Dolls
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/cornhusk.htm
How to Make Native American Costumes for Kids
http://www.ehow.com/video_4440044_make-native-american-costumes-kids.html
Instructions for Dreamcatchers
http://www.nativetech.org/dreamcat/dreminst.html
Kachina Doll
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/crafts/southwestcrafts.htm
Making a Native American Pinch Pot
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/pinchpot.htm
Make an authentic Native-American arrow
http://boyslife.org/hobbies-projects/projects/872/make-an-authentic-native-american-arrow/
Native American Boy paper craft
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mboynative.htm
Native American Girl paper craft
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mgirlnative.htm
Native American Horse Mask
http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/native-american-horse-mask/
Native American Noodle Beads
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/nativeamerican/a/blnanoodb.htm
Sand Painting
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/sand.shtml
Totem Pole TP Roll Craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/canada/mtotem.html

Cooking
Native American Foods -- Recipes
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/recipes.html
Native American Recipes
http://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/natrec1.html
NativeTech: Indigenous Food and Traditional Recipes
http://www.nativetech.org/recipes/index.php

Games
Bowl & Dice Game
http://www.nativetech.org/games/dicegame/
Native American Games
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/ect/nativegames.htm

Multimedia
Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian (American Memory, Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Family Stories from the Trail of Tears edited by Lorrie Montiero
http://www.anpa.ualr.edu/digital_library/indianvoices/family_stories/family_stories.htm
Living Voices
http://www.nmai.si.edu/livingvoices/
Native Americans in Olden Times - FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format
http://nativeamericans.pppst.com/index.html
Pictures of American Indians
http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/pictures/

Virtual Fieldtrips
Native American Dwellings
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=14089

Music
Earth Songs
http://www.ohwejagehka.com/songs.htm
NativeRadio Your portal to the beauty and mystery of Native American Music
http://www.nativeradio.com/index2.cfm
North American Indian Radio
http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/indianradio.htm

Online Stories
Cherokee Stories
http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/articles/default.htm
EasyFunSchool - Native Americans: Folktales
http://www.easyfunschool.com/NAFolktales.html
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MclMyth.html
Native American Lore Index
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
The Native American Bedtime-Story Collection
http://www.the-office.com/bedtime-story/indians.htm

Online Activities
Interactive Bead Graph
http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/beadgraph/index.html
Native American Coloring Book
http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculuminfo/nativeamericans/Color20/gbColor.html
Native American Crossword Puzzle
http://www.native-americans.org/crossword-puzzles/puzzle36304.html
Native American Eastern Woodlands
http://wcache.quia.com/fc/585817.html
Native American Memory
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/games/memory2.htm
Native Americans of North America - Native American Quiz
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Native-Americans-of-North-America-217656.html
Native American Vocabulary
http://www.quia.com/jg/383206.html
Native American Wordsearch
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/quizzes/wordsearch/native_wordsearch.html
Native Americans quiz
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/quizzes/natives/native_americans.htm
Test on Native Americans
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/teaching/test.htm
Virtual Bead Loom
http://csdt.rpi.edu/na/loom/index.html
Virtual Coloring Book
http://www.nativetech.org/games/coloring/index.html
Virtual Paper Dolls
http://www.nativetech.org/games/paperdolls/index.html
Virtual Wampum Belt
http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/wampumgraph/index.html

Printouts
Arrowhead Patterns
http://www.archives.state.al.us/activity/actvty11.html
Indian Life Game
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/Board/I/indianlife.html
Native American Coloring Pages
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/native/mnativeposter.html
Native American Color Worksheets
http://www.native-languages.org/cworksheets.htm
Native American Quiz Worksheet
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/nativea/quiz/
Native American Tribes Word Search Puzzle
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp2220_wordsearch.shtml
Native American WebQuest~Worksheet
http://www.ri.net/schools/Glocester/FMS/rooms/NAWeb/worksheet.html
Native American Worksheet
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/native/chart.html
Native Americans of North America Printables
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/nativeprint.htm
Native North Americans resources and worksheets
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links/native_worksheets.shtml

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