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Here are informational resources if you've ever wanted classroom teaching activities about American Indians beyond the Thanksgiving holiday. Also included are resources that will get you started if you need to research the history of American Indian Education or best teaching practices addressing American Indian learners. Resources include books, magazines, articles, bibliographies, maps, etc. Although often times there is overlap, these resources are organized in four categories: This page will be updated on a regular basis and if you have information that you would like to contribute, please click on the Feedback page and send your suggestions.
Teaching About American Indians:Native Peoples Magazine - The magazine provides information on Native people as they live their culture today. The magazine is dedicated to the sensitive portrayal of the arts and life ways of the Native peoples of the Americas. Curriculum guides are also available to provide cultural education, role models, and positive direction and self-esteem for American Indian students and students learning about American Indians. The lesson plans, designed for middle and secondary school students, are based on the Constructivist model of education, which supports active, social, and creative learning. The lessons engage students in culturally relevant and community-based activities, such as Service Learning. Authentic assessment procedures, such as the use of rubrics, also support this type of learning mode. National Museum of the American Indian - Dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts with museum information and exhibits. NMAI is physically located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between the Air & Space Museum and the U.S. Capitol. Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World - A text written by Emory Dean Keoke and Kay Marie Porterfield provides A to Z entries of the many donated gifts made by American Indian peoples from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America to the world's common fund of knowledge in the areas of agriculture, science and technology, medicine, transportation, architecture, psychology, military strategies, government, and language. Native Peoples of North America - The Cambridge Library provides an overview of on-line sources of information for kids Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for American Indian Learners:ERIC Document System -The majority of information with a research base can be found in the ERIC documents system maintained by the U.S. Department of Education. There are a variety of ways to access these documents. You can go to www.eric.ed.gov and then search by document title, author or number.The quickest way to access the following four documents is to click on or copy the following URL: http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true & ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=Demmert& ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0= au& _pageLabel=ERICSearchResult& newSearch=true& rnd=1143554353620& searchtype=basic The Influences of Culture on Learning and Assessment among Native American Students The purpose of this article is to raise issues concerning the influences of culture on assessments of Native American students. The nature and extent of the problem is portrayed by citing information from national data sources on the achievement of Native American students. Cultural aspects of assessment and principles of assessment are discussed, using personal experiences to encourage others to reflect on cultural aspects of assessment. American Indian and Alaska Native Early Childhood Health, Development, and Education Assessment Research. ERIC Digest This digest reports on the very limited research that has focused specifically on early childhood issues in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) health, development, and education. Extant research focuses primarily on infant mortality, birth weight and growth, obesity, and hearing and speech. Beginning in 1985, a longitudinal study called the Flower of Two Soils investigated intellectual development, mental health, and academic achievement among young Native children. Blueprints for Indian Education: Languages and Cultures. ERIC Digest Reports from the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education identify as a national priority the need to retain American Indian and Alaska Native languages both as central elements in Native cultures and as national resources. A personal narrative of an Alaska Native man who grew up in the 1930s shows the importance of his native language to his cultural upbringing, and the gradual decline of native language use across the generations of his family. A contributing factor to generational language loss was the efforts of American schools to assimilate Native children, which included punishing children for speaking their traditional language. Recent findings show that learning languages in addition to English can enhance academic performance and that developing a strong language and cultural base is strongly and positively related to high academic achievement. A Review of the Research Literature on the Influences of Culturally Based Education on the Academic Performance of native Students. Final Paper There is a widespread, firm belief among Native American communities (American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians) and among professional Native educators that meaningful educational experiences require an appropriate language and cultural context. From their perspective, such context supports the traditions, knowledge, and language(s) of the community as a starting place for learning new knowledge. This review collects, reports on, and critically analyzes the research literature to determine whether a culturally based education (CBE) curriculum improves the school performance of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students. The following three papers can be found either by copying and pasting the address below: The Journal of American Indian Education is a peer reviewed scholarly journal, which publishes papers specifically related to the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives. The JAIE is located at the Arizona State University's Center for Indian Education in Tempe, AZ. Native American in Basal Reading Texts: Are There Enough? Classroom Learning Environments Native American Education Cradleboard Teaching's Partnering Program American Indian Content Standards Center for Educational Technology in Indian America Researching American Indian Education:Journal of American Indian EducationSpecial issues from the Journal of American Indian Education dedicated to "the wisdom and perspectives of recognized Native and non-Native elder leaders and scholars in the field of American Indian Education". Excellent resource for university students writing papers on American Indian Education. http://jaie.asu.edu/abstracts/abs1999.htm IndianEduResearch.Net - Tools for Educational Research and Development The ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (ERIC/CRESS) has created this site as a special project to assist individuals and organizations engaged in research and development to better understand and improve education for American Indian and Alaska Native children and adults. ERIC/CRESS is hosted by AEL, Inc. (Charleston, WV). http://www.indianeduresearch.net/index.htm Other Resources:Planet Youth - The Native American Youth Connectionhttp://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/ih/codetalk/planet/index.html Planet Youth connects American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian youth to people, cultural resources and fun using the internet. Parents, researchers, and teachers will find the site an important and useful resource for providing opportunities for Native and non-Native youth and their families with access to a base of knowledge about American Indian history, facts and culture. HUD's Office of Native American Programs works with tribes and Native organizations to make sure affordable housing is available to Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiian families. The Office of Native American Programs sponsors Planet Youth. The Teacher's Corner also includes information on NASA programs and opportunities, such as, Special Exhibit Satellites and Data http://www.imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/teachers_corner.html NASA Quest offers a wide range of FREE online tools and resources for teachers, students, parents and others including Web and print lesson plans, educator guides at www.quest.arc.nasa.gov/index.html A NASA project dedicated to encouraging people to become involved in science and engineering, particularly building robots. Visit this website to learn about robotics competitions and how to get ... http://www.robotics.nasa.gov |
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