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Showing 41 results for Whittlesey Tradition ...
Family Tradition
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will organize their thoughts with one of the enclosed graphic organizers, the write an essay on a family member that inspires them. Students will read aloud to a peer and collaboratively work together to improve the writing. During Art period, students will design a colored cover sheet for their essay. Completed essays will be displayed in the hallway.
Siapo: The Traditional Fabric of the Samoa Islands
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Siapo, is one of the oldest Samoan cultural art forms. For centuries, Siapo has been passed down from generation to generation. Unfortunately, it is becoming a lost art. Siapo is not only a decorative art, it is a symbol of Samoan culture. It is used for clothing, burial shrouds, bed covers, ceremonial garments, and much more.
Traditional Anishinaabek Life Skills and Games
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
For thousands of years the Anishinaabe have celebrated their culture through life skills and games. Play a traditional hands-on game and add to the rich tapestry of life by creating a new one!
Kentucky Treasures: Exploring Symbols, Songs, and Traditions
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
'Ie Toga (Fine Mat): Samoan Traditions of Weaving
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The giving and receiving of ‘ie tōga (fine mats) is an integral part of Fa’a Samoa (Samoan Way). These fine mats are used for special occasions such as weddings, funerals, and the bestowing of chiefly titles. Fine mats have been passed down from generation to generation. These fine mats are as enduring as our Samoan culture.
Prehistoric Native Americans: Teacher Resources
Anishinaabek Basket Weaving
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The art of basket weaving as a means to support life and pass down cultural traditions. The Anishinaabe use native trees and resources to craft a useful tool that is still being made today, allowing the tradition to live on.
Native Games: K - 4th Grades
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Life at Tumacácori
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will investigate how mission life differed from traditional O’odham village life. Did mission children go to school? What did they eat? How does construction of a traditional O’odham home compare to a mission church built from mud? Learn why, when, where and how, as you tour the park’s orchard, garden, and church with a ranger. Students will practice using a traditional mano and metate and learn how to “mud” an O’odham home.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Wintu of Whiskeytown
American Indians and the Great Plains (Distance Learning)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

In this distance learning program, students will compare and contrast their lives with that of traditional Plains Indian tribes during the 1800s. They will learn how tribes such as the Dakota, Lakota, Osage, and others used nature and the lands around them to shape traditional tribal customs, and discuss how westward expansion changed their way of life.
Anishinaabe: Past and Present
Mount Rushmore as Scuplture
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Indian Lore
- Type: Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
"Designs Of My World" Native People: 4-6 Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Cultural Uses of Native Plants
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Climate Change and Dog Sledding in Denali
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade