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ALEX Lesson Plans
Subject: Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5)
Title: Archeology: Can You Dig It?
Description: In this technology-based, interdisciplinary study, students will discover how archeology helps us learn about our past. They will navigate the Internet to discover different methods archeologists use and gain an appreciation of the relationship between the past and the present.
Subject: Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5)
Title: Historic Indian Tribes of Alabama
Description: This lesson will focus on researching, analyzing, and comparing the culture of four Indian tribes from Alabama's history. The rich culture of the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indian tribes contributed to the rich history of Alabama. Collaborative research in small groups will culminate in presenting knowledge with a variety of visual and oral presentations.
Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5)
Title: Creek War Journals
Description: After a study of the Creek War, students will explore perspectives of families on both sides of the war. Students will compose journal entries from a selected social class of the era to develop and exhibit an understanding and appreciation for lives led by those who lived during the early 1800's.
Subject: Social Studies (3 - 4), or Technology Education (3 - 5)
Title: A Look at Our Natural Environment
Description: During this lesson students will have the opportunity to research, analyze, and collect data on how the natural environment influenced the Native Americans long ago, and how it still influences us today. Using information gathered from the Internet, each student group will create a multimedia presentation and share it with the class.
Subject: Social Studies (4 - 5), or Technology Education (3 - 5)
Title: Native Americans
Description: During this lesson, students will recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants of our country. They will locate on a map where different tribes lived and compare and contrast different tribes' basic needs and customs.
Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5)
Title: The Native Americans and Their Environment
Description: The students will research Native American groups and relate how the environment affected their lifestyles and cultures. The students will create a slideshow presentation depicting this relationship. The students will compare Native American groups in order to observe the differences in their lifestyles and cultures.
Subject: English Language Arts (3), or Social Studies (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5)
Title: Would you fit in with the Cherokees?
Description: By gaining knowledge of other cultures, students will gain respect and appreciation for all people. Students will also become more interested in their own culture by exploring their own beliefs and customs.
Thinkfinity Lesson Plans
Subject: Arts - Dance, Social Studies - Geography, Social Studies - United States History,
Title: Native American Chants and Movement
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Description: This lesson, from ARTSEDGE, challenges students to create expressive movements inspired by traditional Native American chants and poetry. Background information on Native American tribes and their music and oral traditions precedes the reading of the
Thinkfinity Partner: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Grade Span: kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4
Subject: Arts - Theater Arts, Language Arts - Story Telling, Social Studies - United States History,
Title: Cherokee Traditional Tales: Lloyd Arneach
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Description: This Cuesheet, from ARTSEDGE, is designed to help teachers prepare students to see a performance of "Cherokee Traditional Tales." There is an overview of the performance, a variety of classroom activities, and more. Cuesheets are performing
Thinkfinity Partner: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Grade Span: kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4
Subject: Arts - Dance, Arts - Visual Arts, Language Arts - Story Telling, Social Studies - United States History,
Title: First Americans
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Description: This ARTSEDGE Spotlight focuses on the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall. This collection of lessons and "Meet the Artist" interviews helps students explore the rich symbolism of many traditional and
Thinkfinity Partner: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Grade Span: kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Subject: Social Studies - United States History,
Title: Not "Indians," Many Tribes: Native American Diversity
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Description: In this unit of five lessons, from EDSITEment, students heighten their awareness of Native American diversity as they learn about three vastly different Native groups in a game-like activity using archival documents such as vintage photographs, tradi
Thinkfinity Partner: National Endowment for the Humanities
Grade Span: 3, 4, 5
Subject: Social Studies - Anthropology, Social Studies - History, Social Studies - United States History,
Title: Traces: Historic Archaeology
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Description: In this unit of five lessons, from EDSITEment, students "recover" and analyze artifacts from sites in use from the settlement period to the second half of the 19th century. They look for similarities and differences among the artifacts and
Thinkfinity Partner: National Endowment for the Humanities
Grade Span: 3, 4, 5
Subject: Language Arts - Literature, Language Arts - Reading, Social Studies - Anthropology,
Title: Native Americans Today
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Description: Through this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, teachers use children's nonfiction books and the Internet to help their students develop accurate, substantive information about Native American people in the present day. These resources introduce stude
Thinkfinity Partner: IRA/NCTE
Grade Span: 3, 4, 5
Subject: Language Arts - Reading, Social Studies - Anthropology, Social Studies - United States History,
Title: National American Indian Heritage Month
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Description: This ReadWriteThink resource focuses on American Indian Heritage Month, a time to learn more about the history and heritage of Native American peoples. A classroom activity is featured in which students study Native American creation myths and then w
Thinkfinity Partner: IRA/NCTE
Grade Span: kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Subject: Science - Earth science, Science - Geology, Social Studies - Anthropology,
Title: What Can We Learn From Artifacts?
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Description: In this Science NetLinks lesson, one of a two-part series on archaeology, students determine what artifacts are, how they are discovered, and what information can be learned from them. They also learn how artifacts are initially buried and then excav
Thinkfinity Partner: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Grade Span: 3, 4, 5
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