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Native Americans Common Core RL.6.2 resources for homeschool

Native American Iroquois Legends Lesson Bundle | Reading Passages & Activities

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Looking for activities for your Native American Heritage lessons? This Reading & Social Studies Value Bundle teaches your students about popular Iroquois Native American Legends: The Three Sisters, How Chipmunk Got Its Stripes and How Bear Lost Its Tails. Your students will read the legends and learn about the rich cultural heritage and lessons taught by Native American legends. Follow-up reading questions (and answer keys) check for comprehension. Organizers and follow-up writing activitie

Subjects:

Native Americans, Reading, Social Studies - History

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Posters, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.2

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.9

, RL.4.10

, RL.5.2

...

The Origin of Fire; Two Native American folktales class handouts

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Education Island

This product is two Native American folktales discovering the origin of fire. It can be paired with "The Discovery of Fire, a Tradition" found in "Legends of the Iroquois" book. The product includes two short legends, describing the origin of fire, with questions to follow. The task asks them to rate the story, describe how each tribe believed that fire was found and describe a additional natural phenomenon in the story. Then, students compare and contrast the legends. This product is the

Subjects:

Native Americans, Reading, Short Stories

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.6

, RL.4.9

...

Brother Eagle, Sister Sky; Printables

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Education Island

This product is a 9 page printable handout to accompany the book "Brother Eagle, Sister Sky" illustrated by Susan Jeffers. (actual book is not included) It is a PDF file. There is an introduction activity that corresponds with the book, “Legends of the Iroquois” where students would read the short story about conservation as an introduction to the lesson, but this could skipped. The lesson would begin with the “Big Questions.” The first two pages offer "Big Questions: What is culture? Wh

Subjects:

Native Americans, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Printables, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.3

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.9

, RL.5.7

...

Song of the Hermit Thrush; Native American Folktale; PowerPoint

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Education Island

This is a 14 slide PowerPoint presentation to correspond with the Native American folktale, Song of the Hermit Thrush as found in the book, Legends of the Iroquois. The presentation begins with a youtube.com clip of the bird and then goes through the questions and analysis that correspond with the story. There is a Whitman poem that is compared and contrasted to the story. Then, there are a series of leveled questions to correspond with the poem and book. Finally, there is a creative writing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Native Americans, Short Stories

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.4

, RL.6.5