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Native American

Piggyback Social Studies and Literacy with Native American Resources

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At the core of the theme pack, different characters bring to life each of five Native American nations featured in historical and realistic fiction leveled books. Also at the core are nonfiction Concept Books on Food, People, Homes, and Dolls that illustrate many ways of life. Open a window into the lives of the first North Americans with picture writing prompts, a map, a multilevel folktale, poetry, and graphic organizers.

Leveled Books
The Algonquins X
The Apaches Z
The Cherokees Z
The Cheyennes Z
The Haidas Y

Concept Books
Dolls
Food
Homes
People
Assembly Instructions

Multilevel Book
How Glooskap Found Summer I
How Glooskap Found Summer K
How Glooskap Found Summer Q

Supplementary Materials
Graphic Organizers
Primary set
Intermediate set

Maps
Nations in this Theme (11x17)
Nations in this Theme (2 8.5x11)

Picture Cards
Abenaki Village
Baskets
Cherokee Dog story
Hohokam Petroglyphs
Jesse T. Hummingbird
Mesa Verde
Native American Flautists
Navajo Weaver
Pottery
Pow-wows
Symbols
Tlingit
Totem poles (crest poles)

Poetry
Oh Navajo Girl

How the Websites Work Together

Related Books
Folktales
How the Mice Beat the Men H
Coyote and the Star P
Caribou Man T

Informational Reports
The Inuit: Northern Living U
Weaving Around the World U*
Ancient Cliff Dwellers V
Prehistoric Trade V*
Discovery in the Americas? W*
Desert People W*
Seeds of Revolution X*
The Story of Lewis and Clark,
Book 1: Up the Missouri Rive
r Y*
The Story of Lewis and Clark,
Book 2: To the Pacific Ocean
Y*
Battling for Independence Y*
M is for Mexico Z*
Building a Nation Z*

Realistic or Historical Fiction
Page’s School Report U
The Case of the Vanishing Anasazi V
Two Kettles Y
The Black Stones Z*

* This book contains some information related to Native Americans, but is not focused on the central themes of this unit.

Resource Integration

Vocabulary A-Z enables teachers to build custom lessons that match specific and unique classroom instruction and subjects. The affordable subscription website also provides weeklong vocabulary lessons featuring glossary terms (Reading A-Z Book Connections) from many of the books featured in the Native American theme pack.


Children love to stop, look, listen, and read with the Raz-Kids animated talking and singing versions of favorite Reading A-Z books featuring Native American themes, like Oh Navajo Girl.

“It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story.” --Native American Proverb

(Note: Several hundred Native American groups populated North America prior to European contact and after, many holding very different world views and ways of life. All Native American nations are deserving of a place among our theme pack materials. We chose five geographical areas and distinct groups and stories to provide a glimpse of life before and after European contact. The themes presented here apply to broader research and discussion of other Native American nations.)