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How Many Tribal Governments Are in The United States? – Part 4 Resources
Teaching government to young scholars can be challenging, confusing, and honestly boring. These How Many Tribal Governments Are in the United States digital resources include videos and informative websites bringing this important topic to life. Students will be led on an engaging learning adventure exploring the 574 Tribal Governments. They will compare and contrast the…
How Many Tribal Governments Are in The United States? – Part 3 STEAM
The How Many Tribal Governments Are in the US? STEAM resources for this lesson focus on earth and space science with a secondary focus on physical science and engineering. Students will study sailing long distances without instruments by using evidence that the patterns of the Sun and stars can be used to navigate. They will…
How Many Tribal Governments Are in The United States? – Part 2 ELA
The How Many Tribal Governments Are in the United States? (ELA) portion contains nonfiction reading passages with comprehension questions, an exploratory virtual library, and a vocabulary mystery activity. Compare & contrast and cause & effect text structures are embedded within this lesson. Additionally, there is an informative writing prompt allowing students to demonstrate their understanding…
How Many Tribal Governments Are in The United States? – Part 1 History
This lesson investigates the 574 federally recognized tribal governments in the United States. Tribal governments are sovereign, meaning having the inherent right of a people to govern themselves. Each tribe is responsible for education, law enforcement, health care, and environmental protection on tribal lands. They must maintain houses, roads, bridges, public buildings, technology, and waste…
The First Thanksgiving: An Accurate History – Part 4 Resources
The Appropriate Thanksgiving lesson resources includes kid-friendly, videos and stories about the Harvest Ceremony, known today as Thanksgiving. Understanding the different perspectives of history can be difficult to teach, but is an important part of critical thinking. It is important to acknowledge that while some families celebrate Thanksgiving, others observe a National Day of Mourning. Although…
The First Thanksgiving: An Accurate History – Part 3 STEAM
The Appropriate Thanksgiving lesson STEAM resources for this lesson contain an art activity with read aloud, a hands-on beaded corn activity, and several engaging learning activities designed to explore water, food, and plant and bird relatives living outside your door. Each activity has a two-page overview document. The activities are in no particular order. Just…
The First Thanksgiving: An Accurate History – Part 2 ELA
The Appropriate Thanksgiving lesson (ELA) portion contains nonfiction reading passages with comprehension questions, perspective activities integrating information from several texts, a Venn Diagram activity comparing Thanksgiving myths and facts, and the true story of the Harvest Ceremony, Beyond the Thanksgiving myth. This lesson addresses compare and contrast and cause and effect text structures. Included is…
The First Thanksgiving: An Accurate History – Part 1 History
The Appropriate Thanksgiving Lessons (H2.1) examines Thanksgiving in a socially responsible way by providing accurate information that rejects traditions supporting harmful stereotypes about Indigenous people. Chief Massasoit, Wampanoag leader, learned the Plymouth Separatists only wanted peace and trading. In hopes they would make powerful allies, the Wampanoag taught the English how to plant crops, where…