Native Americans in the Plains cultural group used a leather pouch called a “parfleche” to carry things. If you’re doing lessons on Native Americans generally, explain that the parfleche was used by some Native Americans, but not all. Generally, this was a great solution for Plains tribes, since it was… Continue reading
The Osage are a Siouxan group of Native Americans. They migrated from the Ohio Valley down to Missouri, and had their traditional hunting grounds in Northwest Arkansas. In the 19th century, during what was then called “Indian Removal” and is now called “The Trail of Tears,” the Osage moved… Continue reading
November is Native American Heritage Month, but a study of this part of our national heritage is always appropriate. Here are some collections of lesson plans on Native Americans: TeAchnology‘s collection includes worksheets. Edsitement has history lesson plans at a number of time depths. Teaching with Historic Places includes reading… Continue reading
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One of my pet peeves with educational technology is the fact that so much teacher tech training is just about how to use one little thing — PowerPoint, maybe, or one website. It’s as though there were a workshop on art for the classroom, and you spent the whole time… Continue reading
