Lessons


 * Native American Cultural Lessons**

**1.Native American Art History Lesson**

A study of Native American culture through art appreciation. Lesson Goal: This lesson will introduce students to both Traditional and Contemporary Native American Artist/Styles [|ArtHstry2.doc]

**2. Heritage and Family Study - Native American Painting Project** A study of the work and life of world renouned Santa Clara Pueblo painter Pablita Velarde. Lesson Goal: This lesson will introduce students to Native American family/culture through the paintings of artist Pablita Velarde

[|PaintgPM.doc]

**3. Anasazi Petroglyph Study - Native American Printmaking Project** A study of ancient Anasazi culture through their petroglyph rock art. Lesson Goal: This lesson will introduce students to ancient Anasazi culture and art through print making techniques.

[|PrntMkg.doc]

**4. San Ildefonso Pueblo Pottery Study - Maria Martinez/Nancy Youngblood Ceramics Project** A study of world renouned San Ildefonso Potter- Maria Martinez Lesson Goal: This lesson will introduce students to traditional Pueblo potters, Maria Martinez and Nancy Yougblood. Students will learn about Pueblo culture as well as pottery making techniques.

[|CeramicPM.doc]

**Additional Lessons**
** The **** Autry ** ** National ** ** Center **** : Native American Cultural Lesson Plans ** Native Americans of California, with more than 60 distinct tribes, have a rich tradition of creating baskets for use in their daily lives. The types of baskets and the diversity of their uses seem almost endless. Baskets are used for everything from carrying water to winnowing acorns to preparing an evening meal. This lesson will give students the opportunity to learn more about the baskets of California and the Native Americans who have created them for thousands of years. Students will also learn how to weave their own baskets. **[|california_indian_basketry.pdf]
 * Learners: ** Grades 2, 3, 4 & 5
 * Curriculum Connections:** History-Social Science, Visual and Performing Arts
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This lesson plan is designed to support learning experiences about the history and culture of Northwest Coast Indians. These materials focus on shared aspects of daily life among Northwest Coast Indian tribal groups (including //Chinook//, //Haida//, //Kwakiutl//, //Makah//, //Nootka//, //Squamish//, //Tlingit//, and //Tsimshian//) prior to their first contact with non-Indian peoples in the late 1700s. After learning about the tradition and uses of Kwakiutl transformation masks, students create their own transformation mask, based on Kwakiutl models. **[|masks.pdf]
 * Learners: ** Grades 3, 4 & 5
 * Curriculum Connections:** Visual and Performing Arts, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts
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[[image:lp_salmon.jpeg]]Northwest Coast Indians: Spring and Summer Salmon
This lesson plan is designed to support learning experiences about the history and culture of Northwest Coast Indians. These materials focus on shared aspects of daily life among Northwest Coast Indian tribal groups (including //Chinook//, //Haida//, //Kwakiutl//, //Makah//, //Nootka//, //Squamish//, //Tlingit//, and //Tsimshian//) prior to their first contact with non-Indian peoples in the late 1700s. Through an exploration of a story about the Salmon People, this lesson plan focuses on the annual practice of harvesting salmon and the cultural importance of this fish to the mythology of the Northwest Coast Indians. **[|spring_&_summer_salmon.pdf]
 * Learners: ** Grades 3, 4 & 5
 * Curriculum Connections:** Visual and Performing Arts, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts
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[[image:lp_potlatch.jpeg]]Northwest Coast Indians: Winter Celebrations Potlatch
This lesson plan is designed to support learning experiences about the history and culture of Northwest Coast Indians. These materials focus on shared aspects of daily life among Northwest Coast Indian tribal groups (including //Chinook//, //Haida//, //Kwakiutl//, //Makah//, //Nootka//, //Squamish//, //Tlingit//, and //Tsimshian//) prior to their first contact with non-Indian peoples in the late 1700s. By learning more about the cultural and social importance of the widely practiced potlatch ceremony among Northwest Coast Indians, students plan and give their own potlatch incorporating activities and the creation of gifts. **[|potlatch.pdf] Artifacts can be used to tell a story about a person, time, or event. Museums are a great source for artifacts and other primary sources. They help people learn about civilizations, societies, and people through the objects they created and left behind. **[|minimuseum.pdf]
 * Learners: ** Grades 3, 4 & 5
 * Curriculum Connections:** Visual and Performing Arts, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts
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 * [[image:lp_mini-museum.jpeg]]A Study of Museum Artifacts **
 * Learners: ** Grades 2 & 3
 * Curriculum Connections:** History-Social Science, Visual and Performing Arts
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 * [[image:thanksgiving_whatsnew.jpeg]]American Indian Perspective on Thanksgiving**  


Each November educators across the country teach their students about the First Thanksgiving, a quintessentially American holiday. They try to give students an accurate picture of what happened in Plymouth in 1621 and explain how that event fits into American history. Unfortunately, many teaching materials give an incomplete, if not inaccurate, portrayal of the first Thanksgiving, particularly of the event’s Native American participants. The following resource will provide educators with the Native American perspective of the Thanksgiving holiday. [|thanksgiving.pdf]

The Autry National  Center (2009) Educational Lesson Plans Retrieved on November 9th, 2009 from http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/lessonplans.php
 * Lesson Source: **

National ** Museum **** of the American Indian (2009) Educational Resources ** Retrieved on November 9th, 2009 from
 * http://www.nmai.si.edu/subpage.cfm?subpage=education&second=thanksgiving **