Dine Navajo Print showing Monument valley

3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade

“Done For You” Courses

that meet AZ state standards
in Arizona history and social
sciences, ELA and STEAM.

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Painting by Quincy Tahoma.
Watercolor on paper. Title: Navajo Sing.

Amerind for Educators

Amerind for Educators is federally funded through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, created to provide free quality online learning resources for educators in Arizona. The lessons incorporate Amerind Museum’s Native American collection of historic and archaeological materials, informed by knowledgeable Native American cultural specialists, archaeologists, and historians. To provide content that meets varied learning styles, the site offers engaging online classroom lessons for elementary school educators using images, readings, videos, and virtual field trips. Assessment tools are built into the lessons for seamless measurement of a student’s growth. Each lesson has been produced by an experienced curriculum specialist and aligns with Arizona’s third through fifth-grade social studies, language arts, and STEAM standards.

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  • Tohono O'odham Wine basket

O’odham Traditional Life

O’odham Traditional Life is a high-interest, Arizona-relevant lesson that covers 3rd – 5th-grade geography, history, and multiple ELA standards. Students will have access to a reading library, an essential vocabulary learning game, and hands-on engaging learning activities.

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Meets AZ State Educational Standards

These courses have been developed by an AZ state-certified teacher with diligence and strict adherence to the following state standards.

History

  • Southeastern Arizona Pre-history
  • Arizona’s Indigenous People
  • O’odham
  • Apache
  • General Native American Knowledge

ELA

  • Nonfiction reading passages
  • Fiction reading passages
  • Text Structures (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution)
  • Primary and secondary sources
  • Writing prompts

Disciplinary Skills and Process

  • Posing and framing questions
  • Gathering a variety of evidence
  • Recognizing continuity and detecting change over time
  • Utilizing chronology to examine cause and effect relationships
  • Drawing and combining reasonable inferences from a variety of sources to build an understanding of complex questions

Hear what teachers are saying about our courses…

My students and I loved this material!

It can be difficult to make a captivating history lesson, but Brenda Kilmurray’s curriculum on Apache Chiricahua Leaders introduced us to the cultural history within our region. My kids were amazed to learn about the Indigenous People who once lived in our own backyard. Mrs. Kilmurray’s expertise as a teacher is evident in the formatting of her materials. Everything is available digital and/or printed and is designed to match your reading standards along with history objectives.

Brigette Maxfield
Cochise County 5th grade teacher

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Thank you for your Contributions!

These courses are made possible thanks to our incredible contributors who generously shared their knowledge to make this curriculum a reality.

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From our Curriculum Specialist

Creating these lessons has been a life-changing opportunity for me because I have had the honor to work with people from a variety of Native Nations who have corrected any misconceptions, added depth, and context to the history, and inspired these lessons with true stories and messages. (read more)
Brenda Kilmurray
Curriculum Specialist