Classroom Activities

HELPING TO EXPAND YOUNG READERS’ WONDER AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD

Resource Guides

Children of Native America Today: An Activity and Resource Guide

• “Native Foods” (Wampanoag)
  excerpt from the resource guide
• “Clean Water” (Native Hawaiian)
  excerpt from the resource guide
• “Photography” (Comanche)
  excerpt from the resource guide

The Cradleboard Teaching Project, a project of the Nihewan Foundation for Native American Education, offers an interactive presentation excerpted from the award-winning Children of Native America Today.

Click here to sample eight community profiles: Comanche, Choctaw, Native Hawaiian, Navajo, Wampanoag, Yup’ik, Inupiat, and Pueblo.

Creating Xanadu

• “What is Xanadu? Who Can Create Xanadu?”
  excerpt from the resource guide

Extraordinary Activities for Extraordinary Girls

• “Discovering Potential”
  excerpt from the resource guide

Raising Children to Become Caring Contributors to the World

• Introduction and “Show Real Children throughout the World”
  excerpt from the resource guide