Indian Education Lesson Plans
The following are free, ready-to-use lesson plans for all teachers of Indian Education.
Lesson Name  |
Description |
Grade |
Source |
Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Life in Beads: The Stories a Plains Dress Can Tell | Lesson on importance of preserving Native culture and how families share and pass down traditions by traditional dress | 3-6 | National Museum of the American Indian | |
| American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving | Teacher guide explaining American Indian perspectives on Thanksgiving and how the events occur in American history | 4-8 | National Museum of the American Indian | |
| American Indian Code-Talkers of WWI and WWII | Code Talkers’ wartime experiences, as well as their pre- and post-war lives | 6-12 | National Museum of the American Indian | HTML |
| Native American Heritage: Choctaw Code Talkers | Lessons on the Choctaw Code Talkers | 6-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: Comanche Heritage | Lessons on the Comanche heritage | 3-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Language and Culture | Workbooks and lessons on the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Sac & Fox, Muscogee languages | 3-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: Traditions in Transition | Learn how the Cherokee and Chickasaw tribes made the transition from the southeast to the central plains. | 8-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: Contemporary Arts | Explore Native American culture through the vibrant and symbolic visual arts. | 8-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: Traditional Arts | Explore Native American culture through the vibrant and symbolic visual arts. | 8-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Cherokee Heritage | Explore the unique heritage of the Cherokee Nation. | 8-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: Oklahoma Indian Country Guide | An Overview of Oklahoma's 39 Tribal Nations | 8-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: Native Sports | Explore the Native American connections to many of today’s popular sports. | 6-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: Food Ways | Help your students grow their knowledge about the roles of Native foods in Oklahoma’s history and heritage. | 8-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: Mound builders | Build up your students’ knowledge about Oklahoma’s ancient moundbuilder cultures. | 8-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: Native Views | The land run evokes the preserved culture and contributions of Native Americans. | 8-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Native American Heritage: The Guardian | Tribal flags have an abundance of stories to tell about Native American heritage. | 8-12 | The Oklahoman | |
| Cherokee Nation and Government Point of Views Regarding Removal | lesson plans and documents; teach US History | 8-12 | National Park Service | HTML |
| Teaching with Documents | Maps of the Indian Territory, the Dawes Act, and Will Roger’s Enrollment Case File; documents, Standards (not Oklahoma), teaching activities; modify to 3rd grade level; | 8-12 | National Archives | HTML |
| The Cherokee Removal | Examines the issue of Cherokee removal from the perspectives of Andrew Jackson, members of Congress, and members of the Cherokee nation. | 6-12 | Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project - NIU | HTML |
| The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy | A Cherokee Boy; lesson guide, grades 6-8, Dear America & Scholastic; | 6-8 | Scholastic | Book |
| Spiro Mounds | YouTube video and history | 8-12 | Discover Oklahoma | Video |
| Cherokee Alphabet, The | Learn about the story of Sequoyah, a Cherokee man who developed an alphabet | 5-12 | OETA Learning Media | Video |
| Choctaw Dances | Illustrates some of the traditional activities of Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians | 5-12 | OETA Learning Media | Video |
| Living With the Land | Some Native American tribes moved from region to region with the seasons | 5-12 | OETA Learning Media | HTML |
| First Encounter | Examines the Chickasaws’ first encounter with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his conquistadors in 1540. | 1-12 | Chickasaw Nation | |
| Piominko, Payamataha and Tishominko | Examines three pre-removal Chickasaw leaders who tirelessly fought for their Chickasaw people, traditions and culture during a time of great change and uncertainty. | 1-12 | Chickasaw Nation | |
| Chickasaw Removal | Examines the events that led up to the Chickasaws’ removal from their ancestral homelands | 1-12 | Chickasaw Nation | |
| Indian Territory Government | Examines the Chickasaws’ current government structure and how it came to be. | 1-12 | Chickasaw Nation | |
| The Chickasaw Capitol | Examines the Chickasaw Capitol and addresses the history and significance it has to Chickasaws. | 1-12 | Chickasaw Nation | |
| Through Our Own Eyes: A Chickasaw Perspective on Removal | Uncovers the history of Chickasaw removal from traditional homelands. | 6-12 | Chickasaw Nation | |
| Early Chickasaw Education | Examines early Chickasaw education during a time of uncertainty and change in their traditional homelands. | 6-12 | Chickasaw Nation | |
| Protecting What is Sacred | Examines the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and Chickasaw sovereignty. | 6-12 | Chickasaw Nation | |
| A Brief History of the Natchez Trace in Chickasaw Country | This curriculum examines how the Natchez Trace was used by prehistoric Native Americans, Chickasaws, Europeans and later Americans. | 6-12 | Chickasaw Nation |
