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//PBS.org Related links//. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/idx_rel.html

This website is good for background information on Lewis and Clark and on multiple tribes. It can help to give your class general backgrounds and characteristics about tribes that are spread across the United States.



This PowerPoint is a good review of the Sioux, Pueblo, and Powhatan tribe as well as some general questions about Native American tribes. This is a good group activity that you can use to assess how well your students have retained the information on this unit.

//The Native Amerians//(2009). Retrieved from http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/nativeAmericans.html

This website shows videos of different aspects of Native American culture. It is a little more grown up, but it covers the passage of time and different cultures. It also has a video made from a Native American. It also includes silent films which emphasize a diferent aspect of the cultures.

//Native American Website for Children// Retrieved from http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/nativeamhome.html

This website talks about four different cultures and aspects of the cultures including food, shelter, and the people. This website is simple, but it will help as a good starting point for the student projects.

Dwenger, Diane. (1998, February 11). //The Study of native americans//. Retrieved from http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/native.htm

This shows a classroom activity on Native Americans. It is good because it divides the tribes into each of the regions and then separates them into categories such as art, children, religion, and food. Although it is not very detailed it gives the generalized characteristics of each region as well as including the names of some tribes in the regions. This is a good starting point to show the kids because it differentiates the different cultures by the characteristics of each region. It also provides examples of some student work which you can use to see how you can create a grading rubric and what to direct your students to do.

Primary native americans. (2008, November 25). Retrieved from http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/nativeam/primary.htm

This website is good because it provides a lot of links that direct to different aspects of the Native American tribes. It talks about the tribes, cultures, dances, art, Thanksgiving, famous chiefs, and how they were the first Americans. It gives the opportunity to look at a lot of different links through one website.

Marilee (1997). //Marilee's native american resources.// Retrieved from http://marilee.us/nativeamericans.html

This includes lesson plans, links, and books that can go along with teaching a Native American unit. This website is constantly being updated so that when new methods or materials come up, they can be added to this list. This provides a basis for planning the unit because it has many resources that cover all aspects and types of materials.

Altenhoff, Diana. (1994, fall). //Mini-unit topic: native americans//. Retrieved from []

This webpage is good because it shows how a Native American unit can encompass all of the subjects. This allows you to have a theme filled day where you can have the whole day to cover something instead of trying to fit it into a time block before you have to move onto the next subject. Each subject is detailed with the materials needed, the procedures, and how the students will be evaluated. This allows a teacher to have a lesson plan in which they can follow or modify as needed.