Another book not pictured here is Favorite North American Legends, which I plan to read aloud to the children over the next three days.
I also have a few coloring books which I haven't dug out yet, and a few of these Draw Write Now books.
Other resources are at the Thanksgiving post and I also found this page of Native American worksheets.
If you remember, I made these History Pages to be used for this study.
These are the contents of a few old-fashioned books, probably too easy for Kieron really and too advanced for the other ones but I thought I'd list them anyway.
California Standards (Native Americans)
California Social Studies Standards correlated with lesson plans
This is a group of books that aren't directly related to the central unit but that I thought might be interesting and somewhat related for springboards for further studies.
When I was heavily into my Native American phase (mid to late high school) I read a lot of Basil Johnston's books. He was a Canadian Ojibwa who was a professor specializing in etymology and myths of the Ojibwa. His books Ojibway Heritage, Ojibway Ceremonies, and Tales the Elders Told are all good.
ReplyDeleteI ended up doing Woodlands and Plains bead embroidery, and learning a fair amount of Ojibway and Cree. I can still say useful things like "I have a bad cat" (Neen ayau matchi gauzhug), and "Silly white man who thinks he's an Indian", (Anishnabakauzo).
They have two different words for truth- Debwae, which means As I understand, have been lead to believe, know with limited knowledge, and Gaeget, That which is true.
I know Northern Indian things might not be applicable or interesting to Southern California, but you just reminded me.
I was WAY better at Ojibway than Latin.