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The Art of Storytelling: Plains Indian Perspectives - Montana Historical Society
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K to 12
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The Art of Storytelling: Plains Indian Perspectives is a Montana Historical Society curriculum that introduces students to Plains Indian history, culture, and artistic traditions through...more
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The Art of Storytelling: Plains Indian Perspectives is a Montana Historical Society curriculum that introduces students to Plains Indian history, culture, and artistic traditions through pictographic art. Lessons explore winter counts, oral storytelling traditions, narrative art, and ledger art while helping students examine how Native people have recorded experiences, shared stories, and expressed cultural perspectives. Each lesson includes objectives, essential questions, standards, preparation guidance, procedures, materials, and assessment ideas. Supporting resources, including student handouts and presentation materials, are also provided for classroom use.
tag(s): art history (110), montana (33), native americans (161), primary sources (163), stories and storytelling (82)
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Students can participate in the lessons shared on the website. Students can continue to learn about oral traditions by sharing their own tradition via ScreenPal, reviewed here and explaining how it is the same or different from the Plain Indians. Have students showcase their art in a virtual gallery using Padlet reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Blackfoot Tribal Business Council - Blackfoot Nation
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6 to 12
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Explore the Blackfeet Nation through information published by the Nation itself. The official website introduces the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana and provides...more
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Explore the Blackfeet Nation through information published by the Nation itself. The official website introduces the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana and provides firsthand information about Blackfeet government, culture, water rights, tribal departments, community resources, and current issues. Students can learn about the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, whose nine elected members govern the Nation, and read about Blackfeet history and cultural continuity, including the four Blackfeet bands, traditional relationships with buffalo and the land, and contemporary cultural celebrations. The site also provides substantial primary-source material, including council minutes, tribal documents, directories, reports, and information about the Blackfeet Water Compact. Because this is a functioning tribal-government website rather than a site created specifically for schools, teachers will want to select pages and documents that fit students' reading levels and instructional goals.
tag(s): cultures (298), montana (33), native americans (161), primary sources (163)
In the Classroom
Use this resource to learn more about the Blackfoot Tribe. Create a timeline using the Timeline Infographic Templates by Canva, reviewed here to show the actions taken to secure the Blackfeet Water Compact. Invite students to use the site's government, culture, and current-news sections to develop inquiry questions about the Blackfeet Nation today. Next, have each student research one question and write a short, evidence-based response that distinguishes information from the Nation itself from information found in secondary sources.
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Indian Education for All Resources - Buffalo Bill Center of the West
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K to 12
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Bring Indigenous perspectives, primary sources, museum collections, and standards-aligned activities into K-12 classrooms with this collection from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West....more
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Bring Indigenous perspectives, primary sources, museum collections, and standards-aligned activities into K-12 classrooms with this collection from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. The resource gathers materials designed to support Montana and Wyoming Indian Education for All Social Studies Standards, including curated boards on Indigenous content, boarding schools, art, buffalo, sovereignty and tribal government, and reading recommendations. Teachers will also find the Buffalo, Deer, Bird children's activity workbook, information about live virtual and in-person field trips, Plains Indian art and powwow teaching trunks with curriculum, an animated Plains Indian map tracing more than 200 years of movement and changing boundaries, research-library resources, museum collections, and links to official tribal websites. The collection is especially useful for teachers looking for ready-to-go materials alongside primary-source and inquiry opportunities rather than a single prescribed curriculum.
tag(s): montana (33), museums (57), native americans (161), primary sources (163)
In the Classroom
Have students virtually visit one of the museum's programs. Students can compare and contrast the different Plains Indian Tribes using an Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here. Have students share what they learned about a specific Plains Indian Tribe by creating an informational digital story using Book Creator, reviewed here.
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Indian Education for All Resources - Buffalo Bill Center of the West
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Bring Plains Indian history, cultures, art, sovereignty, and contemporary life into K-12 classrooms with this collection of Indian Education for All resources from the Buffalo Bill...more
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Bring Plains Indian history, cultures, art, sovereignty, and contemporary life into K-12 classrooms with this collection of Indian Education for All resources from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. The page gathers Indigenous content collections, boarding school resources, art materials, buffalo resources, sovereignty and tribal government materials, reading recommendations, educational videos, virtual and onsite field trips, outreach trunks, primary-source research opportunities, and professional development for teachers. A downloadable Buffalo, Deer, Bird activity workbook connects students with a 2025 mural by John Hitchcock (Kiowa/Comanche) and Emily Arthur, while the interactive Plains Indian Map traces 230 years of movement among more than 45 Indigenous cultures and allows users to pause the animated timeline to study territorial, treaty, reservation, and state boundaries. Teachers can also access information about the Plains Indian Museum, the Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection, and direct links to tribal nations for further research.
tag(s): montana (33), native americans (161), primary sources (163), professional development (302), virtual field trips (151)
In the Classroom
Have students choose a Montana state park and research its history, geography, wildlife, and cultural significance. Create a one-page park profile or digital slide using Canva for Education, reviewed here. Have students create a field journal using Book Creator, reviewed herewith sketches, vocabulary, observations, questions, and facts about plants, animals, geology, or cultural features found in a selected park. Present students with a conservation challenge involving wildlife, natural resources, or historic sites. Have students develop a solution and create a poster or short presentation explaining how visitors can help protect the park.
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Lessons of Our Land - Indian Land Tenure Foundation
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K to 12
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Lessons of Our Land offers teachers more than 200 ready-to-use lessons to bring Native American histories, cultures, land relationships, languages, inherent rights, and tribal sovereignty...more
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Lessons of Our Land offers teachers more than 200 ready-to-use lessons to bring Native American histories, cultures, land relationships, languages, inherent rights, and tribal sovereignty into regular classroom instruction. Developed by the nonprofit Indian Land Tenure Foundation, the interdisciplinary curriculum spans Pre-K through grade 12 and is designed for both Native and non-Native students. Teachers can search lessons by grade, subject, and academic standard, and some materials are tailored to California, South Dakota, Montana, or Minnesota while remaining adaptable for use elsewhere. Individual lessons may include teacher background, achievement goals, materials, student activities, discussion questions, maps, stories, research tasks, and downloadable PDFs. Sample topics range from creating neighborhood maps and studying wild rice to land stewardship, treaty-making, sovereignty, and the relationship between geography and cultural identity. The site also includes professional-development resources and the educational game When Rivers Were Trails, which follows an Anishinaabeg character displaced from Minnesota in 1890.
tag(s): montana (33), native americans (161), preK (335), professional development (302)
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Have students explore a lesson about land, place, or community and create an annotated map showing important locations and explaining how geography connects to identity using Google My Maps, reviewed here. Invite small groups to complete one of the curriculum's hands-on or inquiry activities, then post a claim, supporting evidence, and one remaining question to Padlet, reviewed here for whole-class discussion. Students can compare two perspectives on land use, stewardship, sovereignty, or cultural identity from selected lessons and organize similarities and differences with Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here.
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Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe - Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe
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4 to 12
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The Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe's website shares the tribe's traditions and stories. The site allows you to explore topics such as News and Events, Government, Tribal Elections,...more
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The Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe's website shares the tribe's traditions and stories. The site allows you to explore topics such as News and Events, Government, Tribal Elections, Tribal Resources, Programs, and Culture. The Culture tab features links to YouTube videos on Creation Teachings, Cultural Stories, Lessons, and Traditional Herbs and Medicines.
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In the Classroom
By using Turbo Timeline Generator, reviewed here, students can share the government structure of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe. Students can create a podcast using Spotify for Podcasters, reviewed here to share about the family roles of the tribe. Have students host a virtual question-and-answer with a member of the tribe.
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IllumiNative - IllumiNative
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K to 12
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Explore research, classroom materials, campaigns, and media resources created to increase accurate, contemporary representation of Native peoples and challenge stereotypes and invisibility....more
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Explore research, classroom materials, campaigns, and media resources created to increase accurate, contemporary representation of Native peoples and challenge stereotypes and invisibility. IllumiNative worked with Native-led organizations, Tribal Nations, educators, artists, and community leaders to change public narratives about Native peoples. Although the organization sunset in 2025, its website remains available as an archive of research and projects. Educators will find especially useful K-12 activity guides developed with the National Indian Education Association, Amplifier, and Nia Tero, including materials on Native art, storytelling, food sovereignty, traditional games, language, notable Native leaders, boarding schools, contemporary identity, and Indigenous Peoples' Day. Resources are organized into collections for Pre-K-2, grades 3-5, and grades 6-8, with additional educator lesson plans and research to support older students.
tag(s): montana (33), native americans (161), preK (335)
In the Classroom
Have students listen to or read a Native story and identify important details, themes, and lessons. Then have them retell, illustrate, or dramatize the story. Explore the geometry found in Navajo weaving, then have students identify patterns, symmetry, shapes, and tessellations before designing their own geometric pattern. Students can write an "I Remember" poem about family, traditions, places, or meaningful memories, then add illustrations or photographs to create a personal heritage page.
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Montana History in 9 Easy Lessons - Montana Historical Society
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9 to 12
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Get a broad overview of roughly 12,000 years of Montana history through this collection of nine recorded lectures presented by Montana Historical Society staff and other subject-matter...more
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Get a broad overview of roughly 12,000 years of Montana history through this collection of nine recorded lectures presented by Montana Historical Society staff and other subject-matter experts. Topics include pre-contact archaeology, early contact and the effects of horses, disease, and European trade goods, the gold rush and creation of Montana Territory, industrialization, tribal nations during the early reservation and assimilation era, homesteading, the Cold War, political changes from the late 1960s through the 1990s, and tribal sovereignty during the self-determination period. Each section introduces the topic, provides background about the speaker, and links to a recorded lecture. Educators can watch the presentations and complete associated quizzes to earn OPI Renewal Units. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
tag(s): cold war (40), gold rush (20), montana (33), native americans (161)
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Have students analyze the lecture on Montana's tribal nations during the early reservation years alongside the lecture on tribal sovereignty in the self-determination period, then write an evidence-based response explaining how federal policy and tribal sovereignty changed over time. Ask students to work in pairs to compare the Pre-Contact Montana and Early Contact Period lectures, then organize evidence about continuity and change using the Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here. Have students watch an assigned lecture and create a one-page set of notes identifying the central claim, three important details, and one question they still have about the topic.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Native Land Digital - Native Land Digita
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4 to 12
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Begin a place-based inquiry by searching Native Land Digital's interactive maps of Indigenous territories, treaties, languages, and place names around the world. Map layers overlap...more
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Begin a place-based inquiry by searching Native Land Digital's interactive maps of Indigenous territories, treaties, languages, and place names around the world. Map layers overlap intentionally, helping users consider Indigenous relationships with Land and Waters beyond fixed colonial borders. Nation, treaty, and language entries may include sources and links for further investigation. In contrast, additional resources include a 2025 Teacher's Guide, a land and waters acknowledgment guide, open map data, and an API. Teachers should present the map as a starting point rather than a final authority because Native Land Digital states that its maps are living educational resources, are still being refined, and do not represent official or legal boundaries. Students should verify findings through Indigenous nations and community-based sources whenever possible.
tag(s): cultures (298), evaluating sources (56), map skills (65), montana (33), native americans (161)
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Ask pairs to compare the Native Land map with a conventional political map and organize differences in borders, labels, overlap, and perspective using the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here. Have small groups investigate Indigenous place names in a selected region and build a map-based story with StoryMap JS, reviewed here. Assign students to compare several overlapping territorial or language layers and create a presentation with Canva for Education, reviewed here.
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Virginia Changemakers - Library of Virginia
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4 to 12
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Virginia Changemakers from the Library of Virginia is a free educational resource featuring short biographies of influential Virginians who have made lasting contributions to their...more
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Virginia Changemakers from the Library of Virginia is a free educational resource featuring short biographies of influential Virginians who have made lasting contributions to their communities, the Commonwealth, and the nation. Organized by historical era and themes such as civil rights, education, science, government, the arts, military service, and business, the site helps students explore diverse historical figures through engaging, accessible profiles. Teachers can use this resource to introduce biography studies, highlight underrepresented voices, connect historical events to real people, and support inquiry-based learning in history, social studies, language arts, and civics.
tag(s): american revolution (99), biographies (100), civil rights (224), civil war (148), colonization (22), great depression (33), industrialization (14), virginia (16), womenchangemaker (83), world war 2 (169)
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After reading several biographies, ask students to identify common leadership qualities such as perseverance, courage, innovation, or service. Students can support their findings with evidence from the biographies and discuss how these traits apply today. Have students select a changemaker and prepare a first-person presentation or living museum exhibit. Using information from the website, students can dress as the individual (optional), share important accomplishments, answer classmates' questions, and explain how their contributions continue to influence society today. Assign each student a different changemaker to research. Students can create a trading card using Trading Card Creator, reviewed here explaining the individual's accomplishments and lasting impact.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Document Analysis - National Archives
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K to 12
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The National Archives provides information and worksheets in both English and Spanish to guide users through analyzing primary source documents. The instructions include a step-by-step...more
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The National Archives provides information and worksheets in both English and Spanish to guide users through analyzing primary source documents. The instructions include a step-by-step progression for beginning document analysis, followed by several worksheets categorized by age and document type. The worksheet categories include photographs, written documents, artifacts, and several other document types. After selecting a category, the link includes questions and observations to guide artifact analysis. You can print each worksheet as a PDF.
tag(s): critical thinking (193), primary sources (163), worksheets (70)
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Bookmark and save this series of worksheets to teach students how to analyze documents, artifacts, and primary sources. Ask students to complete the worksheet and attach it to research projects and presentations. Engage students with station rotations and ask them to become the archivist. Include a primary source document or artifact at each station and have students use the appropriate worksheet to analyze the information. Have students record their findings on pre-made Google Slides, reviewed here. Use the worksheet information to create a slide deck for each artifact, then duplicate the slide so that each group can record their findings. When finished, discuss and compare each group's responses. For younger students, modify this activity to do an archivist-of-the-day activity as you work together to analyze a document or artifact.
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Independence Day Resources for K-12 Homeschoolers - Texas Home Educators
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K to 12
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This ready-to-go collection gathers Independence Day lesson plans, printables, crafts, games, primary-source activities, and historical investigations for homeschool and classroom use....more
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This ready-to-go collection gathers Independence Day lesson plans, printables, crafts, games, primary-source activities, and historical investigations for homeschool and classroom use. Resources are organized into elementary (K-5) and high school (9-12) sections, with each entry listing its grade level, approximate time, cost, and access requirements. Younger learners can explore patriotic symbols through crafts, coloring, puzzles, bingo, and short readings. At the same time, older students can analyze the Declaration of Independence, examine Revolutionary-era perspectives, use an interactive map, and complete discussion or writing activities. Many selections are free, although Education.com, PBS LearningMedia, and Newsela require accounts, and several Teachers Pay Teachers materials cost approximately $4-$10.
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tag(s): american revolution (99), crafts (104), declaration of independence (26), holidays (292), july 4th (20), maps (220), preK (335), primary sources (163)
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Younger students can sketch and label an American symbol, create a paper flag, sequence events from a short read-aloud, or compare how families and communities celebrate the holiday. Have students place key events from 1776 into the Timeline Tool by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here. Students can develop a review game in Wordwall, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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John McCoy (lulilas) Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State - Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
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The John McCoy (lulilas) Since Time Immemorial curriculum is a substantial collection of ready-to-use lessons and supporting materials about tribal sovereignty, Native history, culture,...more
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The John McCoy (lulilas) Since Time Immemorial curriculum is a substantial collection of ready-to-use lessons and supporting materials about tribal sovereignty, Native history, culture, treaties, government-to-government relationships, and the continuing presence of tribal nations in Washington State. Resources are organized for early learning, elementary, middle school, and high school and include unit overviews, downloadable lessons, videos, primary-source materials, assessments, implementation guides, and professional-learning resources. Individual units connect tribal perspectives with Washington history, geography, environmental study, English language arts, social-emotional learning, and civics. Many lessons encourage educators to work with local tribes and to teach about distinct sovereign nations rather than presenting Native peoples as one generalized group.
tag(s): cultures (298), native americans (161), primary sources (163)
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Engage students by having them closely read treaties, maps, oral histories, quotations, photographs, and tribal accounts. Ask them to annotate evidence of sovereignty, compare tribal and state or federal responsibilities, sort examples into cultural, political, economic, historical, and environmental categories, or discuss how historical decisions continue to affect communities today. Younger learners can listen to tribally appropriate stories, sketch connections among land, water, plants, animals, and community, and compare oral traditions with other ways history is preserved. Students can plot tribal homelands, treaty areas, waterways, and present-day tribal governments with Google My Maps, reviewed here, while clearly distinguishing historical territories from current reservation boundaries.
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Indian Education - Montana Office of Public Instruction
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Explore a central collection of Montana resources supporting Indian Education for All, American Indian student achievement, tribal relations, and Native language and culture. The Montana...more
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Explore a central collection of Montana resources supporting Indian Education for All, American Indian student achievement, tribal relations, and Native language and culture. The Montana Office of Public Instruction explains the state's constitutional commitment to recognizing and preserving the distinct and unique cultural heritage of American Indians. It provides pathways to curriculum materials, professional learning, tribal resources, language preservation initiatives, and student-support information. The linked Indian Education for All collection includes classroom lessons and resources in art, health, language arts, mathematics, music, science, and social studies, organized by grade level and Montana tribal nation. Educators can also find the Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians, implementation guides, tribal history resources, recorded webinars, professional-development opportunities, and links to additional Indigenous education organizations and materials. The page also links to a YouTube video titled We Are One. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the video.
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Students can locate Montana reservations and tribal communities while studying the geographic resources on the site, then build an annotated map with Google My Maps, reviewed here that connects locations with evidence from OPI or tribal sources. Assign students to explore one contemporary topic from the OPI resources, then write a short, evidence-based response that connects present-day issues to historical or governmental context, rather than treating American Indian cultures only as topics of the past.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians - Montana Office of Public Instruction
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Build accurate background knowledge about Montana's tribal nations with this foundational Indian Education for All resource from the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Originally...more
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Build accurate background knowledge about Montana's tribal nations with this foundational Indian Education for All resource from the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Originally developed through discussions with American Indian educators from Montana tribes and most recently revised in 2024, the 32-page PDF organizes essential information around seven understandings. Topics include the diversity of Montana's twelve sovereign tribes, individual American Indian identity, traditional beliefs and oral histories, reservations and treaties, federal Indian policy, differing historical perspectives, and tribal sovereignty. Each Essential Understanding is expanded with key concepts and background information that helps educators move beyond generalizations and place historical issues in contemporary context. The document also provides information about Montana's tribal nations and reservations and concludes with an appendix identifying tribal groups, languages, membership information, and reservation establishment data. The introduction emphasizes that there is no generic American Indian and that tribally specific identification is the best approach whenever possible.
tag(s): diversity (57), identity (44), montana (33), native americans (161), oral history (14)
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Have students work in small groups to examine one of the seven Essential Understandings, identify its key ideas, and teach those ideas to classmates using evidence from the document. Ask students to compare two Montana tribal nations described in the resource, noting differences in language, history, government, location, and contemporary community information, using the Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here. Extend learning by asking students to trace the federal policy periods described in Essential Understanding 5 and organize major changes from treaty-making and removal through self-determination with the Timeline Tool by ReadWriteThink, reviewed here.
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AnswerThePublic - NP Digital
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AnswerThePublic is a keyword-research tool that shows the questions, comparisons, and related phrases people search for online about a topic. Teachers can use it to help students generate...more
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AnswerThePublic is a keyword-research tool that shows the questions, comparisons, and related phrases people search for online about a topic. Teachers can use it to help students generate research questions, explore possible subtopics, plan informational writing, or identify ideas for inquiry projects. For example, students researching climate change, space exploration, or a historical figure can enter a keyword and review the suggested questions to guide further investigation. The free account includes up to three searches per day, while paid plans offer more searches and additional features. Teachers should remind students that search suggestions are starting points for research and should be checked using reliable sources.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (352), Research (92), search engines (43), search strategies (20)
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Enter a unit topic, such as ecosystems, the American Revolution, or renewable energy, into AnswerThePublic. Students can review the suggested questions and sort them into categories such as questions we can answer with facts, questions that need more research, and questions that may be too broad or unclear. Give students a broad topic, such as volcanoes or civil rights. Students can use AnswerThePublic suggestions to turn the topic into a focused research question, then revise it to make it specific, answerable, and appropriate for the assignment. Before beginning an inquiry unit, create a teacher-selected list of questions generated by the tool. Have students choose one question that interests them, explain why they chose it, and identify two reliable sources they could use to investigate.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Independence Day Resources for K-12 Homeschoolers - Texas Home Educators
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K to 12
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Looking for a one-stop collection of Independence Day learning activities? This Texas Home Educators guide brings together a wide variety of ready-to-use resources for students in grades...more
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Looking for a one-stop collection of Independence Day learning activities? This Texas Home Educators guide brings together a wide variety of ready-to-use resources for students in grades K-12, including lesson plans, crafts, games, printable activities, primary source investigations, and historical explorations. Organized by grade level, each recommendation includes a brief description, grade range, cost information, and practical teaching tips, making it easy for educators to find age-appropriate activities with minimal preparation. While created with homeschool families in mind, the curated collection also offers classroom teachers plenty of engaging ideas for celebrating Independence Day across history, literacy, art, and civics.
tag(s): civics (131), declaration of independence (26), holidays (292), july 4th (20), primary sources (163)
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Create a choice board using several of the featured resources. Students can choose activities such as completing a patriotic craft, exploring a primary source, solving a history puzzle, reading an informational article, or creating a flag-themed art project to demonstrate their learning. Set up classroom stations featuring different Independence Day topics, including the Declaration of Independence, patriotic symbols, the American Revolution, and Fourth of July traditions. Have students rotate through the stations, completing short activities and recording new facts at each stop. Patriotic STEM and Art Challenge. Invite students to reflect on what freedom means to their family. They can interview a family member, write a personal reflection, or create a digital poster with Adobe Express for Education,reviewed here connecting their family's traditions with the values celebrated on Independence Day.
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National Museum of the United States Army - National Museum of the United States Army
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4 to 12
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The National Museum of the United States Army Digital Resources page offers a wide variety of free educational materials that help students explore American history through the experiences...more
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The National Museum of the United States Army Digital Resources page offers a wide variety of free educational materials that help students explore American history through the experiences of U.S. Soldiers. Teachers can access engaging videos, interactive timelines, maps, online exhibits, lesson plans, virtual field trips, and primary-source activities that connect to topics ranging from the Revolutionary War to modern conflicts. The site also includes resources related to National History Day and offers opportunities for students to investigate history through artifacts, historical documents, and storytelling. These materials work well for social studies, history, reading, and cross-curricular lessons, helping students build research, critical-thinking, and historical-analysis skills.
tag(s): 1900s (87), 1910s (30), 1940s (70), american revolution (99), biographies (100), civil war (148), lewis and clark (16), virtual field trips (151), world war 1 (88), world war 2 (169)
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Explore a virtual field trip from the museum and have students complete a digital scavenger hunt focused on artifacts, uniforms, vehicles, or important historical events connected to the tour. Use the museum's interactive timelines and maps to help students trace major battles or troop movements, then create their own illustrated timeline or digital map presentation using Google My Maps, reviewed here. Have students analyze historical artifacts shown in the digital collections and make inferences about the people who used them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Scholarcy - Turnitin
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10 to 12
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Scholarcy is an AI tool that summarizes academic papers, reports, and book chapters. Scholarcy converts that long text into summary flashcards that highlight key facts, findings, and...more
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Scholarcy is an AI tool that summarizes academic papers, reports, and book chapters. Scholarcy converts that long text into summary flashcards that highlight key facts, findings, and methods. Flashcards can be exported into Notion, Word, and Excel. It also allows you to import a collection of papers to create a lit matrix. Scholarcy can also generate a bibliography. With the free plan, you can import a range of file types, limit of 10 summaries, and export flashcards (one at a time).
tag(s): artificial intelligence (352), flash cards (45), study aid (177), summarizing (30)
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Students can use Scholarcy to summarize academic papers and create a presentation using Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here. Students can create an escape room showing their understanding of the materials using Genially, reviewed here. Extend learning by uploading research materials to NotebookLM, reviewed here and creating support materials including reports, videos, audio podcasts, and infographics.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Information Literacy Toolkit - University of Texas Libraries
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5 to 12
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The University of Texas Libraries' Information Literacy Toolkit provides instructions for a group activity that students can use as a starting point to identify criteria and strategies...more
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The University of Texas Libraries' Information Literacy Toolkit provides instructions for a group activity that students can use as a starting point to identify criteria and strategies for evaluating information. The link includes: Set Up and Source Selection, Activity, Possible Questions for the Activity, and Discussion Pointers. To further extend the lesson, the Google link shares an additional lesson on Source Analysis/Evaluation.
tag(s): evaluating sources (56), media literacy (133)
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When sharing the questions from the lesson, students can view them on Padlet, reviewed here. Students can answer the questions via Google Forms, reviewed here. To complete the group activity, students can collaborate using Google Slides, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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