Native American Heritage Activity Set
Use this activity set to explore some of the contributions Native Americans have made — and continue to make — to the culture, tradition, and history of our nation. Take a look at traditional crafts with a Web quest; use a chart and an interactive map to see the population and location of tribes today; then peer into the past with a research team who are investigating and preserving ancient rock art found in the remote canyons of Utah.
Articles
Web Hunt: Native American Heritage
Design your own beadwork, identify different kinds of baskets, and see kids make their own moccasins. Use this Web Quest to explore five traditional Native American crafts.
Design your own beadwork, identify different kinds of baskets, and see kids make their own moccasins. Use this Web Quest to explore five traditional Native American crafts.
Native American Contributions
Grolier Online | Discover some of the many contributions Native Americans have made to world cultures.
Grolier Online | Discover some of the many contributions Native Americans have made to world cultures.
Indian Tribes Today
Grolier Online | See a list of the ten largest Indian tribes in the U.S. today and use an interactive map to find tribes in your state.
Grolier Online | See a list of the ten largest Indian tribes in the U.S. today and use an interactive map to find tribes in your state.
Your Lunch — Then & Now
Pack up a tasty lunch in this fun activity from The Mariners' Museum and discover the origins of foods we eat today.
Pack up a tasty lunch in this fun activity from The Mariners' Museum and discover the origins of foods we eat today.
Native American Image Bank
Find more than 450 photos you can add to your reports, posters, or PowerPoint presentations.
Find more than 450 photos you can add to your reports, posters, or PowerPoint presentations.
American Indians
Grolier Online | Find out about the original inhabitants of the Americas.
Grolier Online | Find out about the original inhabitants of the Americas.
Activities
Oral History of the Skagit River
Travel to northwest Washington State where researchers interview tribal peoples to preserve the history of a community and culture.
Travel to northwest Washington State where researchers interview tribal peoples to preserve the history of a community and culture.
Discover Canyon Rock Art
Meet the research team in remote Utah and visit the rock art paintings made by indigenous people living there more than 2000 years ago.
Meet the research team in remote Utah and visit the rock art paintings made by indigenous people living there more than 2000 years ago.
Uncover Prehistoric Pueblos
Join archaeologists in New Mexico and investigate 1000-year-old ruins believed to be the ancient settlements of early Native Americans
Join archaeologists in New Mexico and investigate 1000-year-old ruins believed to be the ancient settlements of early Native Americans
Compare & Contrast: Pilgrims & Wampanoag
Listen and read as you compare the housing, clothing, food, chores, school, and games of these two groups in history.
Listen and read as you compare the housing, clothing, food, chores, school, and games of these two groups in history.
