Reports

becoming visible: analysis of state efforts to provide native american education for all

An analysis of state efforts to bring educational content about native peoples and communities into K-12 classrooms across the United States. This report conducts a landscape analysis and reviews policies relating to the delivery of Native American K-12 curriculum.
Report date: 2019

reclaiming native truth

 Reclaiming Native Truth is a national effort to achieve equity, inclusion and policy changes that will improve the lives of Native families and communities.  Assessing what different groups of Americans
— across socioeconomic, racial, geographic, gender and generational cohorts — think (and don’t know) about Native Americans and Native issues.
Report date: 2018

Resources

Wisconsin first nations

Wisconsin First Nations provides educators and pre-service teachers accurate and authentic educational resources for the teaching of the Native Nations of Wisconsin. Learn about traditional territories, search for resources based on grade level, and find Wisconsin based consultants to help you integrate Indigenous teachings into your curriculum.

zinn education project

Zinn Education Project offers resources and teaching activities to support educators on teaching of people's history in the classroom. Here you can filter by theme, resource type, and grade level to help you integrate Indigenous knowledge and understanding in your classroom.

smithsonian: Americans, a dialogue toolkit for educators

"The Americans exhibition features nearly 350 objects and images, from a Tomahawk missile to baking powder cans, all showing that Indian names and images are everywhere in American life...  This toolkit provides basic grounding in the practice of dialogue, and includes three 60-minute models (focused on grades 4–12) that educators can use in the Americans exhibition to facilitate dialogue with students." 

native american heritage month: teacher resources

A library of federal government resources for teachers, including resources from the Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, and the Smithsonian Institution.

scholastic: lesson plans & student activities

Teaching resources to help classrooms explore Native American cultures and traditions. Filter by grades, history period, or region. Please note, some of the resources on the website have a cost and I have not vetted all the resources listed (so cannot guarantee quality or accurateness). Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the activities listed.

media

Indigenous People’s Day Curriculum Teach-In

"On September 8, the National Museum of the American Indian, Teaching for Change, and D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice organized an Indigenous People’s Curriculum Day and Teach-In that brought together more than 100 educators from the D.C. area to share curriculum ideas and strategies for how to teach students about Indigenous People’s history and life today."
Published September 2018