Shared Lesson Plans and Strategies

Native People of North America
Grade 5 unit by Heather Fienberg, Denise Koons, Rian Lindley, and Maureen McCullough

  1. Native People of North America Cover Sheet - by Heather Fienberg, Denise Koons, Rian Lindley, and Maureen McCullough. (RTF File)
  2. Native People of North America Lesson 1 - "Native People of North America" by Heather Feinberg . (RTF File)
  3. Native People of North America Lesson 2 - "Southwest Indians Adaptations to the Physical Environment" by Maureen McCullough. (RTF File)
  4. Native People of North America Lesson 3 - "The Horse Brings Change to the Native People of the Plains" by Denise Koons. (RTF File)
  5. Native People of North America Lesson 4 - "People of the Pacific Northwest" by Rian Lindley. (RTF File)
  6. Native People of North America Lesson 5 - "Native People of North America Culmination Activity" by Maureen McCullough. (RTF File)
  7. Indians of the Southwest - A PowerPoint presentation (PPT File)
Recommended Links
  1. We Are Rooted in Our Cornfields - from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Exhibit - "The Hopi of the Southwest."
  2. Hopi Agriculture - from the official Hopi Cultural Preservation Office website.
  3. Desert Agriculture - from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Exhibit - "The Hopi of the Southwest."

Project T.R.A.D.I.T.I.O.N.
MaryAnn Salinger - Project Director
E-mail at: msalinger@nvusd.k12.ca.us