Native American Heritage Month Reading Activities Indigenous Peoples'

Indigenous Peoples' Day is in October, and Native American Heritage Month is in November. Are you ready to celebrate? Honor Native Americans with these biography reading passages about Native American heroes, like Sitting Bull and Sacagawea, whose stories are important to share.

This bundle also includes an easy-to-use research project that is broken down step by step to help your students write a research essay and complete a research project independently.

This research writing project will help your students complete a research project about the Indigenous People who once lived in the area you now live in OR select any Native American group of interest.

Link included with an interactive map to identify which Indigenous Peoples lived in your area.

Your students will also practice gathering important information as they read nonfiction biography content within informational texts. Reader response activities included are engaging and appropriate for upper elementary students, helping you meet important reading standards.

Two mini-biographies are also included! Use these to kick off your studies or to differentiate for your students.

This set includes BOTH print and digital versions.

CONTENTS of Native American Heroes Close Reading:

✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™

✓ What is a Biography? Poster (color and BW)

✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes

✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer

✓4 Reading Passages with reader response text-dependent questions and additional reflection activity specific to the passage for the following:

• Black Hawk
• Sacagawea
• Sitting Bull
• Jim Thorpe

✓ 2 Mini Biography Passages

• Maria Tallchief
• John B. Herrington

✓ 8 “You Choose” Going Further Extension Activities: open ended activities to use with ANY passage in this pack or other biographies that you read with your students

✓ Student Note-Taking Sheet

✓ Student Presentation Directions (Optional Activity)

✓ Going Further Bonus Activities

✓ Native American {Month} Student Display Posters and Flipbook

CONTENTS of Indigenous Peoples' Research Report:

✓ Directions and Link for use in Google Classroom™

✓ Teacher Notes and Book Suggestions

✓ Indigenous Peoples’ Day Nonfiction Article and Close Reading Response Questions

✓ Student Project Directions

✓ Preparing for Research and KWL

✓ Detailed Student Note-Taking Sheets with Guided Ideas for 2 Different Sources

✓ Student Note-Taking Sheet

✓ Optional “You Choose” Going Further Extension Organizers

✓ Planning Your Writing Graphic Organizers

✓ Planning Each Paragraph & Details Graphic Organizer

✓ Student Editing Checklist and Teacher Rubric

✓ Lined Paper and Cover Sheet for Research

✓ Going Further Options:

• Native American Flipbook
• Native American Display Poster
• Native American Thank You Letter

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