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Quick Activities and Games
Native American Games and Toys http://www.nativetech.org/games/ Play some Native American games online and learn about some Native American toys.

Scenes from the Eastern Woodlands http://www.nativetech.org/scenes/ Take a virtual tour of an Eastern Woodlands village

Lessons- Internet
Native American Cultures: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/nacultures/nacultures.html This site from the "America's Story" social studies textbook teaches about 6 pre-Colombus native American cultures: Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Mesa Verde, Cahokia Mounds, Chaco Culture, and New Mexico Pueblos.

Native American Webquest http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/DanaStandlee/nativeamericans/index.htm Students will research the Plains and the Coastal Indians of the 1800's in order to write a compare and contrast essay.

Mayan Mystery http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0309/adventures/index.html Students will learn about the Mayan civilization's and culture and history through an online scavenger hunt and adventure

Lessons- Technology
Students research an assigned tribe to learn about their clothing, shelter, food, and transportation and use the information gathered to create a slide show, wiki or video.

Internet Resources- Teacher
Native American Crossword Puzzle- Printable http://www.theteachersguide.com/puzzles/indiantribes.htm

Printable Native American Game http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/Board/I/indianlife.html

Internet Resources- Student
Yahooligans Native American Tribes Index http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World/U.S.-States/Texas/History/Native-Americans Great research resource!

Native Village Research Libraries http://www.nativevillage.org/Libraries/NativeVillageLibrariesHOME.htm Research links to a variety of topics... food, games, cultures, education, shelter, music, etc.

Native American Research Links http://marilee.us/nativeamericans.html

Native Tech http://www.nativetech.org/

Resources from Social Studies Alive
Creation, Migration, Origin Stories http://www.indigenouspeople.net/legend.htm IndigenousPeople.net hosts this page of origin stories from American Indian groups and peoples around the world.

Lakota Winter Counts http://wintercounts.si.edu/ “Lakota Winter Counts” from the Smithsonian Institution paints a rich picture of the winter counts you learned about in the Reading Further. A beautiful introduction leads to information on the counts and the Lakota who created them. You can look at winter counts and click on the pictographs to learn about the event each one represents.

nps.gov: Bering Land Bridge http://www.nps.gov/bela/ The land bridge across the Bering Sea and the land around it are called Beringia. If you’re interested in this area, the Bering Land Bridge National Park site provides information on the region, including photos, history, and discussions of migration and Ice Age wildlife.

nps.gov: Bering Land Bridge Animation http://instaar.colorado.edu/QGISL/bering_land_bridge The Bering Land Bridge Animation from the University of Colorado lets you watch the Beringia land bridge shrink down to the Bering Strait we know today.

Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/tribes.html This site from the Library of Congress has many photographs of American Indians. A photographer named Edward S. Curtis took more than 2000 pictures of Indians in the early 1900s. Because the pictures were taken by a white man, they show how white people thought of the Indians, rather than showing how the Indians thought of themselves. But the photographs are still an important record of many Indian cultures. The pictures are arranged by geographic region and tribe name.

Native American Facts for Kids http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm Native Languages.org’s site features pages on Native American groups, as well as detailed information about hairstyles, homes, and food.