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Native Americans Common Core RL.6.4 resources
Novel Study The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich--includes DIGITAL file options
Now includes NEW RIGOROUS Final Exam (m/c) with some PARCC-style, Part A, Part B questions; some require students to select two answers.This is a 140 page Common Core aligned no prep novel study for The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich. This novel study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. The 40-page student packet is perfect for literature circles or independent work. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Novel Study Bundle: SS, STEAM, & Classic Lit (Print + DIGITAL)
Two Roads by Joseph Bruchac Native American Heritage Novel Guide
Two Roads by Joseph Bruchac Novel Guide Native American History, great for teaching about the Great Depression, the Bonus Army, The Cherokee Rose, Indian schools and the U.S. history. This novel guide includes: Lesson objectivesPre, during, and post reading activities Chapter by chapter questionsAnswer KeyEssay questionsJournaling questionsBackground/historical information Extension resources Character analysisNovel theme activityCharacter traitsKWL ChartVocabulary activities This resource is gr
Grades:
6th - 9th
Salt Novel Study and Project Menu; Plus Digital Option
Everything you need to use Helen Frost's award-winning novel, Salt, effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance Learning".Everything you nee
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4th - 8th
Iroquois Folk Tales
Native Americans are great story tellers and each of these 33 Iroquois folk tales is an ideal 2-3 pages in length...perfect to use as a class read-aloud or as authentic text in guided reading groups. Additionally, these Iroquois folk tales are rich in figurative language such as similes, metaphors and personification. Several are origin stories (or pourquois tales) which tell how or why things came to be. These Iroquois folk tales were originally published in 1917 by a white woman named Mabe
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3rd - 5th
Aztec and Mayan Primary Source Readings - Vocabulary, Imagery, Foreshadowing
This assignment gives students the opportunity to read a Mayan chant and an Aztec song that almost seem to predict the doom of their civilizations. Students will analyze the readings to determine theme, foreshadowing, mood, and word meanings.
Aztec
Maya
Mayan
Olmec
Inca
Toltec
Ancient Civilizations
Ancient History
American History
America
American
North America
South America
Mesoamerica
Pyramid
Chichen Itza
Glyphs
Archaeology
History
Primary Sources
Writing
Reading Strategies
Vocabulary
Imager
Grades:
5th - 9th
Teaching Pourquoi Trickster Tales Using the Interactive Notebook
Pourquoi stories, or trickster tales as they are sometimes called, are told by many cultures around the world. Many Native American tribes tell stories about lazy rabbits, clever coyotes, or intelligent ravens who trick other animals or beings into getting what they want, or not. These stories tell “why” something in the natural world exists in the way it does. Most of them include morality lessons for children listening to the stories.
Help your students learn about pourquoi stories in order t
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3rd - 6th
Native Americans | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet | Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the history of Indigenous Americans. As the teacher, you can require students to complete a
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4th - 6th
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Brother Eagle, Sister Sky; Printables
This product is a 9 page printable handout to accompany the book "Brother Eagle, Sister Sky" illustrated by Susan Jeffers. (actual book is not included) It is a PDF file.
There is an introduction activity that corresponds with the book, “Legends of the Iroquois” where students would read the short story about conservation as an introduction to the lesson, but this could skipped. The lesson would begin with the “Big Questions.”
The first two pages offer "Big Questions: What is culture? Wh
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4th - 7th
The Sign Of The Beaver
A guided reading activity that includes a study guide for the students, an answer key for the teacher, and a final assessment. This guided reading activity can support whole class, small group, and independent instruction.
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5th - 8th
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The Sign of the Beaver Reading Guide
This reading guide for The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare includes a variety of resources:a "Before You Read" activity to make predictions using the book coversa graphic organizer for vocabulary used by Wabanaki (or Penobscot in the book) Indiansa reading passage about Wabanaki creation myths (with venn diagram for comparison)nonfiction passage for historical context/settingGraphic Organizers for setting, plot, characters, and themesa reading comprehension worksheet for each chapt
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4th - 7th
The Sign of the Beaver - Chapter Questions & Answer Key: Elizabeth George Speare
45+ PAGES OF QUESTIONS and ANSWERS! This resource provides chapter context questions w/ answer key. The Sign of the Beaver is an historical fiction novel and Newbery Honor Book from acclaimed New England author Elizabeth George Speare. Readers will enjoy the story of thirteen-year-old Matt who is tasked with keeping the homestead safe in 1760s Maine, while his father journeys back to Massachusetts to bring the rest of the family to the claim. At the heart is a story of friendship amidst differe
Grades:
5th - 8th
Prefixes Suffixes embedded in short short, "Hiawatha", L.7.4b
This is a set of printables ready for a class lesson with assessment and key. I use this lesson as a seventh grade ELA teacher during my Native American Unit. I use the Iroquois folktale, "Hiawatha the Peacemaker", and focus on the prefixes and suffixes and then on the content of the myth. There are four prefixes and six suffixes that are focused on for the lesson.
First, students complete a graph identifying and defining each of the prefixes and suffixes. There are examples of words that
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6th - 8th
Song of the Hermit Thrush; Native American folktale; poetry link
This is a handout, that would accompany the PowerPoint presentation also at this site, for a one day lesson on the Iroquois folktale The Song of the Hermit Thrush, as found in the book Legends of the Iroquois. The lesson contains a poetry link with comparisons and vocabulary embedded within. It also contains leveled questions, some multiple choice or short response, with a graphic organizer and creative writing prompt to conclude. It is ready to print and use. I would take one class period f
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6th - 7th
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Song of the Hermit Thrush; Native American Folktale; PowerPoint
This is a 14 slide PowerPoint presentation to correspond with the Native American folktale, Song of the Hermit Thrush as found in the book, Legends of the Iroquois. The presentation begins with a youtube.com clip of the bird and then goes through the questions and analysis that correspond with the story. There is a Whitman poem that is compared and contrasted to the story. Then, there are a series of leveled questions to correspond with the poem and book. Finally, there is a creative writing
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5th - 7th
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Native American Folktale vocabulary list with assessment and key
This is a list of twenty terms related to three Native American Legends. It can be combined with the PowerPoint presentation and used as the handouts for the Day 1 lesson in the one week mini-unit found at this same site. There is the word, its definition and a fill-in the blank. Then, there is a practice sheet for the synonyms. Finally, there is an assessment with an assessment key. The assessment is primarily using the words from a word bank to complete a sentence, match with a synonym a
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4th - 7th
Native American Vocabulary PowerPoint Presentation
This is a presentation of twenty terms related to three Native American Legends. It can be combined with the handouts and used as the PowerPoint for the Day 1 lesson in the one week mini-unit found at this same site (described below). Each slide includes the word, its definition, a creative sentence and an illustration. There is a link embedded to a Quizlet.com activity. This lesson can be used independently but works better if combined with the mini-unit described below.
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4th - 7th
Poetry Analysis Lesson | Activity & Vocab Cards | Free
In this lesson, students listen to and analyze the song “Broken” by Xiuhtezcatl, then create their own art project to share their feelings about the future of the planet.Step 1 - Inquire: Students listen to the song “Broken,” do a close reading of the lyrics, and reflect on the meaning of the song.Step 2 - Investigate: Students watch a video and read a short autobiographical statement to learn more about the artist and activist, Xiuhtezcatl.Step 3 - Inspire: Students create their own art project
Grades:
6th - 8th
Native American Vocabulary Word Wall words
This is a copy of all of the vocabulary words associated with the PowerPoint and Native American Vocabulary handouts. They can be printed out for classroom display. They work best when paired with the PowerPoint and handouts with the unit described below:
Big Questions: What is culture? Why explore multiculturalism?
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Day 1: The mini unit begins with 20 vocabulary words. There is a vocabulary list, enrichment activities (including synonyms and a Quizlet.com link), and an assessmen
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4th - 7th
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