 | 13 Moons - Language
This lesson plan teaches the Oneida Name for each of the 13 Moons commonly known at the Oneida community in Wisconsin The children will create a mnemonic tool by which they will be able to learn each Oneida name |
 | 4D Cultural Thematic Curriculum
Participants from nineteen Native American schools developed the curriculum hosted on this site during a three-day workshop The participating schools are part of the Four Directions Challenge in Technology Project Please visit the main site for more |
 | 4D Net Day Organizer
This website was used to help organize the Four Directions Net Day in 1999 |
 | A Cycle
This unit is designed to introduce the cycle of living things to Pre-K through 2nd Grade students |
 | A Kindergarten Lesson in EQ
This Hyperstudio stack takes advantage of the wonderfully expressive
faces of Kindergarten students and photography
I am developing a collaborative project that has Kindergarten students using
available technology to produce a study of their own emotions |
 | ANUGraph
This is a function grapher that will graph families of functionsIt willalso calculate and graph the derivativeIts an old program but it graph better than some new ones I've seen |
 | Adobe Photoshop
Difficult to learn the many functions available on this program A
class or workshop would be helpful Takes a great deal of memory to run
this program
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 | Ahfachkee Hyper Studio Stacks
Hyper studio stacks games |
 | Ahfachkee Lesson Plan Archive
Lesson Plan archive full of various lesson plans submitted by Ahfachkee |
 | An Overview
This unit is designed to introduce the concept of Seasons to young children of Penobscot |
 | Anatomy of a Pacific Salmon
Students will expereince several activities that will help them learn about the anatomy of salmon They will visit the Tribal Fish Hatchery to learn more about our traditions and how to care for salmon |
 | Antlers
In this activity students examine elk antlers and relate the physical evidence to hypotheses about genetics nutrition and size |
 | Around the World in 80 Days
Supplemental movie-type CD for a geography lesson Learn country names
cities and landmarks
Good for readers or non-readers because has a voice option Need to know
point and click skills More or less an interactive story
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 | Art Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans including Beading and Art Comparison |
 | Atlantic Salmon
The Atlantic salmon is an important creature for many cultures |
 | Bear
This is a Hyper Studio presentation from the book Tales of the Iroquois by the Tehanetorens and translated by Maria Hinton in the Oneida Language |
 | Bennie Begay
Lesson Plans utilizing the Clan System |
 | Beyond Computer Integration
This is a HTML based presentation on the use of different levels of technology in the classroom |
 | Building Computers
Students at the Summer Institute 1998 built computers |
 | Building a Web Page
Collaboration among grades 7-11 and teachers on research interviewing learning Front Page etc |
 | Careers
Students investigate career opportunities related to elk |
 | Chickee Clan Clothing Craft Lessons
Archive full of lesson plans on the Chickee Clan Clothing Craft Lessons |
 | Comparing/Contrasting Clothes Among Trib
To foster appreciation students' own identity and to compare differences with other tribes
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 | Cottonwood Hyper Stacks
Hyper Studio Stacks Games |
 | Darlene Waseta's Happy Face
Darlene demonstrates one of her techniques for helping maintain a positive Summer Institute environment |
 | Dilcon Archive
Lesson Plans on Clouds Navajo Place Names Zoo Animals Native Plants
Archive
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 | EARTH MOTHER CRYING
Native Prophecy NetCenter inspired by Tuscarora Sachem and Spiritual Leader Mad Bear Anderson founder of the American Indian Unity Movement |
 | Ecology Word Search
This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that is titled Champions of the Classroom Looking at the World Through the Eyes of Don YellowBird Don YellowBird is a man of Arikara and Sioux descent It introduces the students terms and vocabular |
 | Elk Classifieds
This resource is a science/art activity in which students prepare an ad in which they try to get elk to move to their area |
 | Elk Culmanating Activity
In this activity older students instruct younger students in the nature ecology uses and tribal significance of Elk |
 | Elk Unit Overview
This resource give an overview of a unit of Elk that blends culture science and other disciplinesIt contains a resource list and background materials |
 | Ethnobotany
This link will take you to a web that was created by the ethnobotany group during the 1999 Summer Institute |
 | Excel Unit
This technology-based unit is for students taking the Computer 1 and Computer 2 classes It is useful for anyone needing to learn Excel |
 | Exploring Seeds
This is an early elementary unit designed to help students understand a seed's purpose and to help them appreciate seeds and plants that are planted in the school garden Students explore what a seed is and keep a journal about sprouting seeds Evalu |
 | First Grade Clans
This is a HyperStudio stack that has a picture of each student that
when selected allows the user to see and hear a student's clans
This is used to help the teacher show which students can and can't say
their clans correctly in Navajo |
 | Food
This link will take you to a web that was created by the food group during the 1999 Summer Institute |
 | Four Seasons Lesson Plans
Lesson plans about the four seasons For use with special education children |
 | Front to back book publishing format
This format allows you to copy and paste text so that the student or teacher created book can be printed front to back |
 | Garden Unit Overview
This document presents an overview of a community garden project It contains a planning matrix with key points and interdisciplinary connects for K-6 It has sample letters for parents and community members and lists the National and American Indian standards |
 | How Many Elk
Students play a game that illustrates the nature of competition for resources among the elk population and how that effects the size of the population |
 | Hyper Studio - Archive
Hyper Studio Archive prepared by Lummi |
 | Hyper Studio Archive - Marty
Hyper Studio stacks developed by Marty |
 | Hyper Studio Archive - Oneida
Hyper Studio archive prepared by Oneida |
 | Hyper Studio Stack archive
Hyper Studio Media Archive prepared by Seba |
 | Hyper Studio Stacks
Hyper Studio Stacks Games |
 | Importance of sheep
To recognize the importance of sheep in the Navajo Culture |
 | Influence of the Buffalo
To learn how the buffalo influenced the Yankton Sioux |
 | Job Opportunities
Students investigate job opportunities related to elk |
 | Keeno King
Implement the miccosoukee language into our every day class so our children teachers will at least know how to greet one another also the months in our language days numbers etc |
 | Laguna Archive
An archive of lesson plans specifically reserved for Laguna |
 | Laguna Elementary Hyper Studio Archive
Hyper Studo Stack Archive |
 | Language Concepts First
Dilcon School has been working to create outcomes based performance
standards for their comprehensive reform plan |
 | Lesson Plan Archive
The students will compare and contrast corn native to the Laguna Pueblo
The students will compare and contrast traditional springtime activities related to new life within the seasons of the Laguna Pueblo
Students will learn to recognize the differ |
 | Lesson Plan Archive - Various Songs
To learn the melody to Allouette and discuss the meaning in both the English and Oneida languages
To appreciate melody and lyrics and the feelings they represent in two languages
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 | Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan for History and significance of chickee building
Lesson Plan on significance of 8 clans
Students will learn about the various types of Seminole patchwork and clothing
To have the students learn how to make Seminole baskets
The stude |
 | Local Rocks
Students will learn the names and the history of the local rock formations |
 | Local Rocks
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Students will learn the names and the history of the local rocks formations |
 | Lummi Virtual Museum
The Lummi Virtual Museum offers a variety of images of important Lummi Objects |
 | Lummi Virtual Museum
The Lummi QTVR museum offers some excellent object shots of traditional Lummi objects |
 | Lummi Welcome Pole Movie
The Lummi community worked together to create a welcome pole This quicktime movie shows the pole and tells how it was made |
 | Making a Planetarium
Recognition of planets and constellations Involves cooperation construction field day career day and many other educational uses |
 | Management Through Hunting
In this activity students take a state-approved hunting safety course as a means of understanding ethical human interaction with the ecosystem |
 | Mathematics First Grade
Dilcon School has been working to create outcomes based performance
standards for their comprehensive reform plan |
 | Medicinal Plants
The material includes lesson plans and suggested resources for teaching about the traditional uses of plants by Seminole people Included is guide for plant identification and traditional medicinal uses including color pictures of the plants
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 | Medicine Wheel
This resource is a science/art/culture activity in which students investigate the relationship between the life cycle of elk and the medicine wheel |
 | Miccosukee/English Colors
A series of lessons for grades K 1 and 2-4 The lessons outline lessons on Miccosukee and English color words to be taught by Miccosukee-speaking teachers or teachers aides helping the classroom teacher Each level is for lessons taught over a two to |
 | Migration
Students use topographic maps research and debate to determine the best route for a new highway through the migration area of an elk population |
 | Mitakuye Oyasin We Are All Related
Students learn about elk classification and the relatedness of all living things |
 | Modern Seminole Jacket
This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of a modern Seminole Jacket with a brief description |
 | Moose
This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of a moose |
 | Moose
The moose is an important animal to many cultures |
 | Muskrat
This address will link you to a web page devoted to the muskrat an important food source for the Passamaquoddy people In addition to a recipe for muskrat stew there is a recipe for Passamaquoddy fry bread which is eaten with the stew |
 | Native American Calendars and Time
This unit provides an overview of activities that could be used to relate the concept of time and astronomy across grade levels |
 | Native Corn Santa Clara
This address will link you to a web page which will show a picture of three colors of Native corn in a Native basket |
 | Native Names Plants and Clouds
Lesson plans for teaching the significance of native names for plants homes and type of clouds |
 | Navajo Rug Weaving
Lesson plans and activities on Navajo rug weaving One lessonplan for each grade grades K-8
Based on thematic units in language arts math science and culture |
 | Net Day 4D Website
Net Day 4D This site was used to help organize our Net Day event |
 | Oneida Archive
Oneida Archive of lesson plans web pages pictures and other resources |
 | Pueblo Bread
This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of two sizes of Pueblo bread This type of bread is baked in a large outdoor oven |
 | Puye and Black Mesa Pictures
Pictures taken at mentioned sites |
 | Reading First Grade
Dilcon School has been working to create outcomes based on
performance standards for their comprehensive reform plan
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 | Ready to use activities--Coastal Indians
Complete Sourcebook for K-8 teachers for activities on Pacific Coast
Indians craft |
 | Resources and Bibliography
Online Addresses for Weather/Seasons Unit Resources Biblography |
 | Roaming Grazing and Ranging
In this activity students interact with resource persons from the community to learn about tribal management of elk herds |
 | Rock Point archive
Archive of lesson plans and resources for Rock Point |
 | SI 98 Intranet
This site was the official intranet for the 1998 Summer Institute |
 | Salmon Lesson Cycles and Changes
The lesson plan involves creativity art materials science and anatomy of fish collaboration with older students and fish hatchery employees The end product will be a HyperStudio Stack |
 | Salmon's Eyes
Note Requires Quicktime This site teaches about Salmon West Coast using video |
 | Santa Clara Archive
Archive of Lesson Plans Resources for Santa Clara |
 | Santa Clara Schoolyard Habitat
This is a collection of activities and lessons centered around the creation of a schoolyard habitat dedicated to the study of native plants and animals |
 | Science Fair Community Ballot
This is the form that was used for community members to vote upon
their favorite science fair display at Dilcon's Science Fair |
 | Science Fair Entry Data Base
This is a Data Base ClarisWorks that was used to mail merge entry data
into other forms for use in the Dilcon School science fair |
 | Science Fair Entry Form
This is the entry form used for Dilcon School's Science Fair |
 | Science Fair Individual Project Form
This is the form that was used to judge individual science fair projects |
 | Science Fair Plan
This is the plan that was created to help Dilcon School conduct a science fair |
 | Science Fair Planning Form
This is the plan that was created to help Dilcon School students enter a project in the Dilcon
School science fair |
 | Science Fair Scoring Worksheet
This is a spreadsheet ClarisWorks that was used to tabulate totals
from judging sheets at the Dilcon Science Fair |
 | Science Fair Scoring Worksheet
This is a spreadsheet ClarisWorks that was used to tabulate totals
from judging sheets at the Dilcon Science Fair |
 | Science Fair Team Project Form
This is the form that was used to judge thescience fair projects
done by teams at the Dilcon Science Fair |
 | Science Fair Time Line
This is the timeline that was created to help Dilcon School conduct
a science fair |
 | Seasons of the year for Laguna Pueblo
This lesson on Village Officials will enable you to know the roles and responsibilities of the officials on the Pueblo of Laguna reservation
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 | Seminole Jacket
The seminole jacket is colorful |
 | Ske Ku
Ske ku is a game that is often played by the Oneida people |
 | Ske ku
Ske ku is an Oneida greeting This web site will take you on a virtual tour of the Norbert Hill Woodland
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 | Sla-Hal
Sla-Hal is a stick game |
 | Sla-Hal or Bone Game or Stick Game
Sla-Hal Bone Game or Stick Game are three ways to call a very popular game played amongst Northwestern Indian Tribes Indian people of all ages have enjoyed gathering and participating in this exciting and traditional event for generations
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 | Spirit Journey
Student artwork from the Four Directions schools and music by Cornel Pewewardy brought together in a Real Media presentation by Bob Isaacson
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 | Summer
This unit is designed to introduce the season of Summer to Primary School children of Penobscot |
 | Summer 2
This unit is designed to introduce the season of Summer to Primary School children of Penobscot |
 | Summer Institute 99 Intranet
The Four Directions Summer Institute 1999 Intranet site |
 | Summer Institute Planning Graphic
An html page that graphically attempts to describe some of the aspects of the virtual culture box which later came to be called Celebrating Cultural Connections |
 | Takini Archive
Takini Archive of lesson plans and resources |
 | The Garden
Students will conduct indepth research on a single plant and present the information in an APA style research document |
 | The Great Outdoors
This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that is titled Champions of the Classroom Looking at the World Through the Eyes of Don YellowBird Don YellowBird is a man of Arikara and Sioux descent Students will work on observation skills by tak |
 | The Influence of the Buffalo on the Yankton Sioux
To learn how the buffalo influenced Yankton Sioux life |
 | Towering Totems
This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that contains the reflections of William Tyson a native Eskimo Tyson compares the Eskimo culture of yesterday and today Objectives Students will explore the use of symbolism in the mythological an |
 | Traditional Pueblo Belt
This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of a Traditional Pueblo Belt with a brief description |
 | Turtle Tracks
Turtle Tracks is a newsletter for youth with a Native American view We feature current events factual history educational sites original artwork activities and much more We also have an extensive links section We are featured on many of the larger |
 | Using e-mail
Almost all of the e-mail clients currently available perform the same tasks In this lesson we will look at the basic functions of the most commonly used e-mail clients and how they can be used to communicate with others via the Internet |
 | Water Pollution
This set of lessons addresses the importance of water to the Pueblo people |
 | Ways of the Water
Work done at the Summer Institute 2000 |
 | Where Have All the Forests Gone
This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that is titled Champions of the Classroom Looking at the World Through the Eyes of Don YellowBird Don YellowBird is a man of Arikara and Sioux descent Students will define deforestation identify the |
 | Who Wins When the World Changes
This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that is titled Champions of the Classroom Looking at the World Through the Eyes of Don YellowBird Don YellowBird is a man of Arikara and Sioux descent Students will become aware of cultural diversit |
 | Wild Tea
This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of wild tea This plant is found in the South Western United States and is used to make both hot and iced tea As a hot tea it is often used as a medicine |
 | Writing First Grade
Dilcon School has been working to create outcomes based on
performance standards for their comprehensive reform plan
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 | You Are What You Drink
This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that is titled Champions of the Classroom Looking at the World Through the Eyes of Don YellowBird Don YellowBird is a man of Arikara and Sioux descent Students will demonstrate the natural water fil |
 | winter-food-animals
To learn about and appreciate traditional winter activities related to foods of animals within the seasons of the Laguna Pueblo |