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Curated OER

Faulty Parallelism

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Practice using parallel structure. Learners correct faulty parallelism in an extensive list of sentences. The faults in each sentence are sometimes subtle, so scholars will need solid background knowledge on parallel structure to catch...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Maps of Indian Territory, the Dawes Act, and Will Rogers' Enrollment Case File

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, analyze one map at a time, first the 1885 map, then the 1891 map. After they have completed the analysis sheets, they compare the two maps and answer questions imbedded in the plan.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Facial Tattoos or Face Painting

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners use a grid-like method to create a life-size self-portrait from a 3X5 black and white photo. They explore the different customs and rituals surrounding face painting from ancient through modern civilizations. Students create a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Tata Young

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous people worksheet, students read a passage about Tata Young and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coming to America: Opportunities, Risks, Consequences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the immigrants of various cultures throughout the world. In groups, they identify the push and pull factors of those immigrating and the risks and consequences they are subject do when going through the immigration...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fiesta

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students demonstrate an understanding of what a fiesta is by participating in various activities and conducting research.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Corn Husk Doll

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students practice melody and lyrics and the feelings they represent, in two languages, sing the melody of the Corn Husk Doll, lyrics Maria Hinton, melody by Patti Morin in Oneida, and discuss how the words to this song demonstrate...
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Curated OER

Multimedia Stained Glass Window Design

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct and display a stained glass gothic window box made from cardboard boxes, color tissue or colored plastic sheets of mylar, and glue.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Here We Go Round the Apple Tree

For Teachers K - 5th
The students sing the melody Here We Go Round the Apple Tree in the English language and the Oneida language. The students then discuss how the words to this song demonstrate important feelings of the Oneida people.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Song Allouette - Oneida

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students practice singing the song Allouette. They discuss the meaning in both the English and Oneida languages and how the words to this song demonstrate important feelings for the Oneida people.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Native American History

For Students 9th - 10th
These six extensive collections provide first-person historical accounts, audio clips of music and thousands of photographs from Native American cultures. Audio requires Windows Media Player for PCs, and QuickTime for Mac.
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Website
Other

The Museum of the Southeast American Indian

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of North Carolina museum's site offers articles, videos, artwork, crafts, music, and histories of Native Americans.
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Native American Reference Weblist

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides a series of sites about Native Americans, featuring their history, literature and culture, news and current events,government and law, their libraries, museums, and archives, and, lastly, their tribes and...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Omaha Indian Music

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating site of traditional American Indian music. Listen online to the 44 wax cylinder recordings from 1895-97! Listen also to interviews of the tribe giving background information.
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Article
PBS

Pbs: American Roots Music: Historical Background

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What is American roots music? The term "American roots music" may not be a familiar one, and requires some explanation. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the term "folk music" was used by scholars to describe music made by whites of...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Strength of Native American Music (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan about analyzing and discussing the relationship between Native American music, culture, and history in which learners learn how music can be a tool for cultural survival. Requires access to an episode from "American Roots...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Native American Entertainment Games, Sports, Music, Dance

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Native American Entertainment Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Website
PBS

Mpr: The Meaning of Sioux Music and Song

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Minnesota Public Radio provides the text of a 1915 article written by musician and self-trained anthropologist, Frances Densmore. Densmore spent years studying the music and culture of the Teton Sioux and other native...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Music Across America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This curriculum unit devoted to the study of American music features five lesson plans that help learners identify instruments, recognize styles and genres of American music and begin to comprehend the rich diversity of American music.
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Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Native American Entertainment

For Students 1st - 6th
History for Kids provides an overview of the various forms of entertainment enjoyed by Native Americans. Young students will enjoy learning about what native American children did for fun. Includes links to teacher resources.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Roots Music

For Students 9th - 10th
If teaching a unit about the history of popular music in America, this PBS web site supporting their four-part TV broadcast of a few years ago would make a great resource. Includes lesson plans and oral histories too.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Native Americans for Kids: Sports, Games, Music and Dancing

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this sites, students learn about what Native American Indian did for entertainment including sports, games, music, and dancing.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Native American Music

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart containing some of the Native American Instruments, materials they are made of, and the purpose of the music. There are two Activote questions.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Strange Fruit: Protest Music Past and Present

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to audio clips of songs of protest from eight eras of U.S. history. Explore the lyrics, learn about the songwriters, and gather background information on the music that served and continues to serve as a catalyst for thought,...

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