Add a Curriculum Bundle to Your Account!
Please select a bundle.
The Pack contains associated resources for the learning experience, typically in the form of articles and videos. There is a teacher Pack (with only teacher information) and a student Pack (which contains only student information). As a teacher, you can toggle between both to see everything.
Here are the teacher pack items for Indigenous People of the Plains:
Overview In this experience, students analyze a Navajo poem. Then they learn about the ways of life, cultures, and traditions of Indigenous peoples of the Plains and read about the importance of buffalo. Next, they watch an animated map showing changes in Indigenous lands from 1784 to the present day, and they consider how a settler and an Indigenous person might have reacted to these changes. Finally, they examine two photos of Apache children at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and explain how the school tried to change Indigenous children. If you have access to leveled readers about the Indigenous peoples of the Plains, assign them to the students in parallel to this experience. Estimated duration: 35-45 minutes Vocabulary words: Objectives
As settlers and immigrants moved west, they settled on lands where Indigenous peoples of the Plains had lived for generations. This expansion brought major changes to their lands and ways of life. In this experience, you will learn about the Indigenous peoples of the Plains and the changes forced on them.
Objectives
Cheyenne girls playing at the Northern Cheyenne Reservation
Read the following excerpt from a Navajo poem.
My great corn plants,
Among them I walk,
I speak to them;
They hold out their…hands to me.
My great squash vines,
Among them I walk,
I speak to them;
They hold out their…hands to me.
W. Matthews, trans. and ed., The Night Chant, 1902
Discuss the poem with students. Ask: How does the speaker view the corn and squash plants? The speaker describes the plants as if they were people. The speaker talks to them, and the plants hold out their “hands.” Ask: What is the main idea of the poem? The poem shows a close connection between people and nature. Note that the Diné are not one of the Indigenous peoples of the Plains.
Draw an illustration for the poem.
When everyone is ready to continue, unlock the next scene.
