Invite students to find the ten states on their map and to color those states. When students have completed the assignment, invite them to talk about and make generalizations about what they see on their maps. Reading a Table . According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Native American population is growing and will continue to grow over the next 50 years. Invite students to give themselves fun Indian names that describe themselves.
Students can also come up with names for others in their class.
Read aloud . Read aloud from Native American tales from different tribes. Your library might have a collection of Native American tales or you can find some on the Internet. Check out How the Fly Saved the River , a tale from the Ojibwe, or the Squamish tale The Legend of Wountie . Invite students to illustrate one of the tales.