A Navajo Thunder Song - Students interpret a traditional Navajo song to better understand the influences of nature on Navajo life. Lesson includes a reproducible master of the song source
Anasazi Workshop - A collection of lesson plans that explore the heritage, environment, and art of the Anasazi people source
Aztec Ruins National Park - A 98 page curriculum in PDF format uses maps, pictures, charts, science activities, social studies lessons, and math to teach students about the lives of ancestral puebloans of New Mexico source
Community Comparisons: Living with the Navajo - An integrated thematic unit about the Navajo of the past and present. Includes lessons on deserts, related literature, and modern Navajo source
Gran Quivira: A Blending of Cultures - Students learn about the life of the Pueblo people of Gran Quivira and the influence of the Spanish missionaries on them. This lesson plan includes printable primary source maps, readings, photographs, and drawings source
In the Time of the Old Ones - A Webquest that guides students to understand the close relationship bewteen the Navajo and the land source
Mimbres Pottery - A lesson plan for creating coil pottery in the style of the Mimbres Pueblo of New Mexico. Links to related informational sites are included source
Native Americans in the West - With printable, ready-to-go resources, students compare perspectives of Native Americans and pioneers during the Gold Rush era source
Native Americans of Arizona - A web-based unit in which students use the internet to research Hopi, Apache, and Navajo Native Americans source
Navajo Burntwater Designs - A cooperative learning lesson plan that integrates social studies, math, and art. Students create an art project in the style of a Navajo rug using geometric patterns. Scroll to bottom for directions is Spanish source
Navajo Weaving - A lesson plan with pictures and inctructions for making natural fabric dyes in the tradition of the Navajo weavers source
Serrano Classroom Activities - Online lessons with teachers notes about the Serrano Native Americans of California. Students learn about the Serrano people of the past, their food, myths, and petroglyphs source
Serrano Native Americans - Cultural information about the Serrano people of southern California. Click on "Classroom Activities" for web-based lesson plans about the location, heritage, food, and legends of the Serranos source
The Coahuiltecans - A lesson plan with printable illustrations about the Texas Gulf Coast Native American group. Activity ideas, map, and vocabulary list provided source
Wappo Indians of Napa County - Information, student activities, and teacher tips about the Wappo Native Americans of California. Students write a descriptive paragraph about Wappo heritage source
