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Bullying: The Heart Exercise for Groups Lesson Plan - PBS LearningMedia
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6 to 12
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Help students explore the emotional impact of bullying through a hands-on, small-group activity centered on a symbolic heart. Students begin by filling a large paper heart with positive...more
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Help students explore the emotional impact of bullying through a hands-on, small-group activity centered on a symbolic heart. Students begin by filling a large paper heart with positive words associated with a newborn, then consider how hurtful words, stereotypes, and bullying can damage a person's self-image. As the activity progresses, students mark the heart to represent hurtful language and add shields representing ways people may cope with emotional pain. Guided writing, group discussion, and a whole-class debrief encourage students to consider the lasting power of words, recognize coping behaviors, and develop greater empathy for others. Designed for middle and high school students, the activity takes approximately 50 minutes and works best in groups of at least four.
tag(s): bullying (55), empathy (80), social and emotional learning (220)
In the Classroom
Have students complete the Heart Exercise in groups of four or more, adding positive words, hurtful words, and symbolic shields to their group's heart before discussing how each stage changes its appearance and meaning. Have pairs compare supportive and hurtful communication with the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here, then ask each pair to identify behaviors that can help repair relationships. Invite small groups to brainstorm healthy ways someone might cope with hurtful words, then post their ideas on a Padlet Sandbox, reviewed here, for a class collection of supportive strategies.
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Living Nations, Living Words: A Guide for Educators - Library of Congress
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6 to 12
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Bring contemporary Native voices into the classroom through poetry, place, sound, and personal experience. This Library of Congress educator guide supports Joy Harjo's Living Nations,...more
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Bring contemporary Native voices into the classroom through poetry, place, sound, and personal experience. This Library of Congress educator guide supports Joy Harjo's Living Nations, Living Words, a project featuring poems by 47 contemporary Native Nations poets, an interactive story map, and an online collection of poets reading and discussing their work. The guide provides interdisciplinary entry points, themes, discussion questions, adaptable activities, and additional research resources. Teachers can begin with an individual poem, explore poets geographically, compare recurring themes, study the relationship between identity and place, or use the audio recordings to examine how a poet's voice shapes a listener's understanding. The materials emphasize that Native people, communities, and literary traditions are living and diverse, not confined to the past.
tag(s): cultures (301), identity (48), native americans (169), poetry (197), primary sources (171)
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Synthesize learning by asking groups to select recurring words and ideas from several poems and create a class WordCloud visualization, reviewed here. Students should then evaluate which themes the visualization highlights, which nuances it hides, and what textual evidence is needed to explain the results. Write place-based poetry by inviting students to identify a location important to their family, community, or personal history. Students can publish the finished work in Book Creator, reviewed here, combining text, images, maps, and recorded readings. Hold a seminar on the idea of poetry as "living language". Ask students to support their responses with details from several poems and collect opening observations or concluding reflections on Padlet, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chickasaw.tv - The Chickasaw Nation
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4 to 12
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Hear Chickasaw people share their own history, language, traditions, achievements, and contemporary experiences through Chickasaw.tv, the Chickasaw Nation's high-definition video network....more
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Hear Chickasaw people share their own history, language, traditions, achievements, and contemporary experiences through Chickasaw.tv, the Chickasaw Nation's high-definition video network. Its growing collection includes short interviews, documentaries, profiles, language lessons, traditional stories, historical features, and multi-episode series organized around people, places, culture, government, and community life. Teachers can locate firsthand perspectives on topics such as tribal sovereignty, forced removal, boarding schools, language revitalization, traditional arts, stickball, stomp dancing, military service, education, and notable Chickasaw citizens. The language area also features songs, stories, games, and videos connected with conversational Chickasaw lessons.
tag(s): biographies (101), interviews (19), native americans (169), primary sources (171)
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Have students map significant Chickasaw homelands, removal routes, cultural sites, and present-day locations with Google My Maps, reviewed here; have small groups attach relevant Chickasaw.tv videos to map points and explain how the place shapes the history presented in each selection. Have students role-play a tribal council or community planning discussion about language revitalization, cultural preservation, education, or economic development. Assign students evidence-based roles and have them prepare questions, proposals, and responses drawn from related videos. Synthesize learning through a short interview-style podcast in which students correct a misconception about Native peoples using evidence from Chickasaw voices and record with Online Voice Recorder, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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18 Teacher Resources on Native American History and Culture - Facing History & Ourselves
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6 to 12
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This teacher-focused collection gathers resources to examine Native American history, cultures, sovereignty, identity, resistance, and contemporary life throughout the school year,...more
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This teacher-focused collection gathers resources to examine Native American history, cultures, sovereignty, identity, resistance, and contemporary life throughout the school year, rather than limiting study to Native American Heritage Month. The page points middle and high school educators to Smithsonian Native Knowledge 360''''? lessons and student webinars, museum exhibitions and art collections, books, podcasts, films, and Facing History readings and teaching ideas. Topics include treaties, removal, stereotypes, military service, public memory, Native Hawaiian sovereignty, and the gap between the United States' founding ideals and its treatment of Indigenous peoples. The main article is freely viewable without an account, although account requirements and access conditions may vary for linked materials. Some linked Facing History lessons may require a free login to access all materials.
tag(s): cultures (301), native americans (169), primary sources (171)
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Have groups sort statements into "historical," "contemporary," "stereotype," and "needs evidence," then revisit their choices after using the collection. Students can arrange treaty events, removal policies, resistance, and present-day developments on Padlet's age-friendly Timeline board, reviewed here. Secondary students can build a geographic narrative connecting lands, nations, treaties, and events with StoryMap JS, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Vivipod - Vivipod
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K to 12
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Vivipod is an online video discussion platform designed to record and share conversations that go beyond simple recording, with options to create and share information. Begin by creating...more
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Vivipod is an online video discussion platform designed to record and share conversations that go beyond simple recording, with options to create and share information. Begin by creating a space for your conversations, add a prompt to guide each thread, community members then post a response, and then users comment. When recording, users can share their screen, draw, pause, and auto-save drafts. Login is optional to record, download, and own your video; no account required. ViviPod aligns with FERPA, COPPA, and other student privacy frameworks. ViviPod's current free plan allows 3 Spaces, unlimited Topics and participants, 90-second recordings, video comments, moderation, @mentions, and timestamped feedback.
tag(s): assessment (141), blended learning (29), collaboration (141), communication (126), Formative Assessment (48), remote learning (32)
In the Classroom
Use Vivipod in many ways to encourage discussion in any classroom. For example, ask students to share reading responses, math explanations, science observations, and provide quick introductions at the beginning of the year. Use moderation tools as needed when posting responses to ensure that students use proper online etiquette and responses that meet prompt requirements. Because Vivipod is a tool that encourages conversations, use prompts that require students to explain, respond, and react without the need for an in-class discussion. Prompts can require students to respond to a class member's recording or discuss another student's prediction of what might happen during a science experiment.Edge Features:
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Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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Educational Vocabulary Games - Education.com
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1 to 8
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Turn vocabulary practice into play with this collection of 50+ ready-to-go interactive games from Education.com. Students practice word parts, compound words, commonly confused words,...more
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Turn vocabulary practice into play with this collection of 50+ ready-to-go interactive games from Education.com. Students practice word parts, compound words, commonly confused words, homophones, context clues, synonyms, antonyms, roots, connotations, and shades of meaning through activities such as matching, sentence building, quizzes, racing, fishing, and other themed games. Individual resources identify a target grade and skill, making it easy to choose focused practice for a lesson, center, intervention, or review. Examples range from first-grade compound words and context clues to eighth-grade synonyms and commonly confused words. Teachers can also filter the larger Education.com resource collection by grade and other criteria.
tag(s): antonyms (16), context clues (14), game based learning (329), homonyms (9), homophones (7), synonyms (20), vocabulary (261), vocabulary development (111)
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Create an adjective word wall on a virtual bulletin board such as Padlet, reviewed here. Assign students to work on a book of homophones using Book Creator, reviewed here. Have students make word clouds with synonyms using AhaSlides, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Context Clues Climber - Ereading Worksheets/Ereading Games
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3 to 8
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Send students climbing, dodging enemies, and practicing vocabulary at the same time with Context Clues Climber, a free platform-style reading game from Ereading Games. Players work...more
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Send students climbing, dodging enemies, and practicing vocabulary at the same time with Context Clues Climber, a free platform-style reading game from Ereading Games. Players work through 50 levels using moves such as climbing walls, hanging from ceilings, and breaking bricks with a pickaxe. When students are hit by an enemy, they must answer a vocabulary question before continuing, providing repeated practice with determining word meaning from context. The game includes more than 500 vocabulary questions and is mobile-friendly. Ereading Games describes its collection as free educational games that reinforce Common Core English language arts skills, making Context Clues Climber a useful, engaging practice or review option after direct instruction on context clues.
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tag(s): antonyms (16), context clues (14), inferencing (9), reading comprehension (146), synonyms (20), vocabulary (261), vocabulary development (111)
In the Classroom
Students can play Context Clues Climber independently after a mini-lesson on context clues, record five unfamiliar words they encounter, and explain which words in each sentence helped them determine the meaning. After gameplay, have students work in pairs to compare challenging vocabulary and sort their words by the type of clue that helped them, such as a synonym, antonym, example, definition, or inference. Ask pairs to organize their findings with Padlet, reviewed here, as a shared class vocabulary board. Assign students a short passage from the current class reading and ask them to highlight an unfamiliar word, underline the surrounding clues, infer a meaning, and defend their reasoning in writing. Follow with partner discussion so students can compare how different clues influenced their interpretations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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10 Classroom Vocabulary Games For All Ages - William H. Sadlier, Inc.
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1 to 12
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Turn vocabulary practice into active review with this collection of ten Sadlier classroom games. Teachers can choose from You're On a Roll, Oranges to Oranges, Go Fish, Vocabulary Land,...more
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Turn vocabulary practice into active review with this collection of ten Sadlier classroom games. Teachers can choose from You're On a Roll, Oranges to Oranges, Go Fish, Vocabulary Land, Vocabulary Scrabblez, Vocab-Zee, Vocabulary Bingo, Vocabulary Checkers, Bracket Battles, and Guess That Word. The activities reinforce definitions, synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech, word relationships, and accurate vocabulary use in context through individual, partner, and small-group play. Each game includes practical sections explaining when to play, materials, rules, how to determine a winner, and possible rewards; many also include downloadable game boards, cards, score sheets, or templates. Individual activities span grades 1-12, with suggested grade ranges identified for each game, making this a flexible collection for repeated vocabulary practice throughout the year.
tag(s): antonyms (16), Formative Assessment (48), parts of speech (40), synonyms (20), vocabulary (261), vocabulary development (111)
In the Classroom
Have students play Vocabulary Bingo as a whole-class review, listening to definitions or synonyms and identifying the matching vocabulary words on their boards. Afterward, ask students to identify the words that were most difficult and explain them using examples and nonexamples. Students can work in pairs to play Vocabulary Checkers, earning each move by correctly using the vocabulary word on the destination square in a sentence. Extend the activity by having students collect their strongest sentences in a shared Padlet, reviewed here, as a class vocabulary reference. Ask students to complete Bracket Battles individually by sorting words by part of speech and writing sentences that pit paired words against one another. Have small groups compare their winning words and defend their choices with evidence about meaning and usage.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Vocabulary Mini Games - Flocabulary
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2 to 8
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Need a quick way to reinforce vocabulary when you have a few minutes left in class? Flocabulary's Vocabulary Mini Games provide a collection of low-prep, teacher-ready games that move...more
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Need a quick way to reinforce vocabulary when you have a few minutes left in class? Flocabulary's Vocabulary Mini Games provide a collection of low-prep, teacher-ready games that move from basic recall to deeper thinking. Activities include Simple List, Conversation Competition, Erase a Word, Vocab Shot, Circle Rotation, Mini Game Show, Charades, Guess My Word, That's Sketchy, Categories, Newspaper Detective, and Word Up Baseball. Each activity includes directions, needed materials, extension ideas, teaching cautions, and suggested modifications for ELLs and students with special needs. Teachers can use current or previously learned vocabulary, making the games useful for quick review, informal checks for understanding, or longer review sessions. A printable PDF version of the games is also available.
tag(s): antonyms (16), context clues (14), Formative Assessment (48), parts of speech (40), synonyms (20), vocabulary (261), vocabulary development (111)
In the Classroom
Students can play Simple List in teams, then increase the challenge by defining each recalled word or using it correctly in a new sentence. Ask students to work in small groups with the Categories game, sorting vocabulary by part of speech, meaning, affixes, or another student-created classification. Groups can defend ambiguous choices and then compare overlapping categories with Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here. Assign pairs to write original clues modeled after Mini Game Show or Guess My Word, requiring synonyms, antonyms, context clues, and examples without revealing the target word. Combine selected student clues into a class review activity with Wordwall, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Word Garden - FunBrain
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2 to 8
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Word Garden is a vocabulary game similar to Wordle that gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word. Choose Play to begin, then pick a level of difficulty from ...more
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Word Garden is a vocabulary game similar to Wordle that gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word. Choose Play to begin, then pick a level of difficulty from easy, medium, and hard. Type or tap letters to make the first word choice and enter. If a letter is highlighted in pink, it is in the right spot; yellow means the letter is in the word but in the wrong spot; and brown means the chosen letter is not in the word. Players can also use hints if needed.
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tag(s): game based learning (329), spelling (94), vocabulary (261)
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Include Word Garden with computer station activities or on choice boards to give students practice studying parts of words. For example, ask students why they choose certain letter combinations or how they eliminate choices based on the position of correct letters in their words. Use My Wordle, reviewed here, to create personalized Wordle activities that include vocabulary words for any subject as an engaging way to introduce and practice vocabulary.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Word Formation - WordWall.net
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3 to 8
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Looking for ready-to-go practice with word formation? This Wordwall community search brings together more than 10,000 user-created word-formation activities, from early word families...more
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Looking for ready-to-go practice with word formation? This Wordwall community search brings together more than 10,000 user-created word-formation activities, from early word families and phonics to middle- and high-school vocabulary, grammar, morphology, and ESL/ELL practice. Activities appear in formats such as flash cards, group sorts, quizzes, anagrams, matching activities, speaking cards, complete-the-sentence exercises, and spelling activities. Because these resources are community-created, teachers should preview each activity for accuracy, difficulty, and alignment before assigning it. Wordwall also lets teachers adapt public activities by making an editable copy and switching compatible content into other activity templates.
tag(s): game based learning (329), phonics (54), prefixes (12), spelling (94), suffixes (10), vocabulary (261), vocabulary development (111)
In the Classroom
Share games with your students on a Symbaloo, reviewed here. Have students use the words that they learned to create a comic using ToonyTool, reviewed here. Have students use Timeline Infographic Templates by Canva, reviewed here to dive deeper into the meaning of the word by defining it, sharing examples, and finding synonyms and antonyms.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Google Translate - Google
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K to 12
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Google Translate detects and translates text, voice recordings, images, documents, and websites between many different languages. By default, it translates text; type or paste your...more
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Google Translate detects and translates text, voice recordings, images, documents, and websites between many different languages. By default, it translates text; type or paste your text, select the source language, then select the target language using the dropdown arrow in the other box. Use the audio icon to listen to the translation, copy the results, or use the share link to email or share on X.
tag(s): chinese (40), french (74), german (51), italian (33), multilingual (83), russian (27), spanish (114)
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Use this translator to greet "other language" speaking students, make them feel welcome in your classroom, and encourage conversations between them and your class. Broaden your classroom's global perspective by engaging in conversations with others around the world. Use this site in world language classrooms to have students copy their text to convert into the language being studied (or the reverse). Enhance student learning by having students create presentations on other countries in the nation's native language using a presentation tool like Canva for Education, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AI-Ready Educators and Students: Using the AUGMENT Framework to Teach and Learn with Generative - Torrey Trust, Robert Maloy, Patricio Bastida Nava, Chenyang Xu
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K to 12
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AI-Ready Educators and Students is an ebook that shares practical, proven ways to use GenAI technologies to support teaching and learning across grade levels. Each chapter features...more
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AI-Ready Educators and Students is an ebook that shares practical, proven ways to use GenAI technologies to support teaching and learning across grade levels. Each chapter features a component of the AUGMENT model, showing how to use GenAI to support educators in using AI through research-based methods. Use the accordion boxes in each portion of the AUGMENT model to find sample prompts and action steps to utilize and adapt to your needs. Read or listen to this ebook online or download chapters as a Word Document, PDF, or audio file.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (354), collaboration (141), professional development (305), Whiteboard (11)
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Use the information in this book to enhance your understanding of GenAI and as a resource for incorporating research-based and safe AI tools in your classroom to enhance student learning. Use the prompts to learn how to successfully prompt AI to generate resources that work for you and your students. Include this book with your other professional resources for learning about AI in Wakelet, reviewed here for easy access. Share this book with peers to do a book study (perhaps review a chapter monthly), then share your thoughts on a collaborative whiteboard such as Stickies.io, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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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 (34), native americans (169), primary sources (171), 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.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Indian Reading Series - Education Northwest
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K to 7
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Indian Reading Series' Stories and Legends of the Northwest features supplementary reading and language development materials for Indian and non-Indian children. The site features six...more
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Indian Reading Series' Stories and Legends of the Northwest features supplementary reading and language development materials for Indian and non-Indian children. The site features six levels of reading materials, teacher manuals, and lesson plans. Each is downloaded as a PDF. Each lesson plan includes a brief summary of the lesson, targeted mostly to grades K through 2, with one lesson for grades 4-7.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (169), stories and storytelling (82)
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While completing the lesson titled "Far Out, A Rodeo Horse," students can learn more about rodeos using Kiddle reviewed here. In the "Coyote and the Stars" lesson, students can use Google Drawing, reviewed here to compare and contrast coyote and spider. Students can create their own habitat for birds while engaging in the lesson titled "Birds of a Feather."Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Montana State Parks Education Resources - Montana Fish
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4 to 12
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Turn Montana's state parks into outdoor classrooms with this collection of field trips, in-school programs, traveling trunks, and classroom-ready Indian Education for All resources....more
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Turn Montana's state parks into outdoor classrooms with this collection of field trips, in-school programs, traveling trunks, and classroom-ready Indian Education for All resources. Teachers can browse programs at parks such as Bannack, Chief Plenty Coups, First Peoples Buffalo Jump, and Flathead Lake, with activities covering Native American history and culture, Montana history, geology, ecology, wildlife, art, health, and language arts. Many offerings identify grade ranges and content standards, and several combine ranger-led interpretation with hands-on activities such as gold panning, traditional Native games, birding, scavenger hunts, puppet-making, and guided hikes. A particularly useful section links to 21 K-12 Indian Education for All model lesson plans created with the Montana Office of Public Instruction. These lessons feature individual state parks and can stand alone in the classroom even when a field trip is not possible. The page also includes teacher planning guidance, supervision recommendations, and traveling educational trunks with materials such as animal hides, books, maps, scientific equipment, and curriculum guides.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (169), primary sources (171)
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Have students select a Montana state park and create a brochure using Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here highlighting its history, geography, wildlife, cultural significance, and reasons to visit. Choose a park and research its plants, animals, geology, and ecosystems. Students can create a field journal with sketches, observations, facts, and food webs. Have students examine one of Sue Reynolds's photographs with the site's Notice and Wonder strategy, then post one careful observation and one inquiry question to Padlet, reviewed here, for a class discussion about evidence, perspective, and assumptions.
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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 (34), native americans (169), preK (342), professional development (305)
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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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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 (34), native americans (169), preK (342)
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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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Everyday Native - The Everyday Native Project
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4 to 12
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Everyday Native helps students look beyond stereotypes by pairing contemporary Native American experiences with photographs, poetry, videos, background information, discussion questions,...more
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Everyday Native helps students look beyond stereotypes by pairing contemporary Native American experiences with photographs, poetry, videos, background information, discussion questions, and inquiry activities. Designed for grades 4-12, the resource focuses on both Native history and present-day life. It supports Language Arts, U.S. History, Native American History, Social Studies, Current Events, Photography, Poetry, and Art. Students encounter photographs by Sue Reynolds, poems by Victor Charlo, and videos featuring Native youth discussing pride, courage, resilience, culture, family, and challenges. Teacher supports include interpretation strategies, writing and discussion prompts, research ideas, downloadable analysis sheets, and a regularly updated newsfeed. Full access is free after registration.
tag(s): media literacy (135), montana (34), native americans (169), primary sources (171)
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Ask students to read a Victor Charlo poem and use the site's inquiry approach to identify what they notice, what they wonder, and where their prior ideas about Native Americans originated; then investigate one compelling question using additional sources. Have students compare information about a Native nation featured in the resource with tribally produced information, then create an annotated map with Google My Maps, reviewed here, showing important places and explaining why specific tribal identification is more accurate than treating Native peoples as one group. Assign students a final reflection in which they explain one stereotype or misconception that changed during the unit and support the response with two pieces of evidence from photographs, poems, videos, or background readings.
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Native Knowledge 360 - Smithsonian Institution
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K to 12
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Bring Native perspectives, contemporary voices, and more complete histories into the classroom with Native Knowledge 360 (NK360), the National Museum of the American Indian's education...more
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Bring Native perspectives, contemporary voices, and more complete histories into the classroom with Native Knowledge 360 (NK360), the National Museum of the American Indian's education initiative for K-12 teaching and learning. The collection features classroom-ready lessons, digital books, teaching posters, artist spotlights, online resources, reference guides, and professional-development materials created in collaboration with Native communities, scholars, and educators. Teachers can search by grade, subject, resource type, and classroom or educator use, with materials spanning art, English language arts, history and social studies, mathematics, and science. A central feature is the NK360''? Essential Understandings framework, which addresses themes such as American Indian cultures, identity, environments, governance, economics, science and technology, global connections, and civic life. Resources intentionally emphasize Native voices, cultural diversity, accurate information, and the ongoing presence and contributions of Native peoples, rather than presenting Native cultures solely in the past.
tag(s): montana (34), native americans (169), preK (342), primary sources (171), professional development (305)
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Invite students to examine one of the ten NK360 Essential Understandings, create a short explanation supported by examples from a classroom resource, and then ask classmates to identify stereotypes or oversimplifications the evidence corrects. Ask small groups to explore an NK360 art or artist resource and discuss how a contemporary Native artist communicates identity, community, history, or personal experience, then have students design an original visual response with Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here. Ask students to compare two Native nations or communities featured in NK360''? resources and organize similarities and differences in geography, culture, historical experiences, or governance with the Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here.
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