1. Monday Warm-Up: Native Americans KWL
Start a warm-up/journal page for Unit 2.
Create a 3-column chart as follow:
Know
Want to Know
Learned
What do you know about Native Americans? List as many things as you can think of in this column.
What do you want to know about Native Americans? List a minimum of three things in this column.
Save this column for later. We will add to it every day.

2. Native American Mythology
Mythology: A collection of stories belonging to the culture.
Myths typically explain the early history of the people and/or natural phenomenons.
Myths usually include supernatural beings or events. Native American myths often include animals.

3. Native American Mythology: An Overview
Today we are going to look at three different myths from three different Native American tribes.
Read and annotate each one.
Complete the graphic organizer, summarizing each myth and what each one helps you learn about the tribe and Native Americans in general.

4. Closing: What did you learn?
Add two things from today to your L column.

5. Tuesday Warm-Up: Brainstorm
What is a STEREOTYPE?
What are some common stereotypes of NATIVE AMERICANS? List as many as you can think of.

6. Indians are a People… Annotate as we read:
Underline or highlight key ideas/important words and phrases.
Circle any terms you don’t know.
In the margins, make notes:
5 thoughts that cross your mind
4 things you think are interesting and why
3 questions you have about things you don’t understand
2 connections you can make to the world or yourself
1 sentence that summarizes your learning (at the end)

7. Closing: PNQ and What you Learned
Add two things you learned to your KWL chart.
Please complete the PNQ:
3 positives from your learning today
3 negatives from your learning today
3 questions you have from your learning today

8. Wednesday Warm-Up:
Other than the debate about mascots, what are some problems that you think Native American tribes might be facing in 2018?

9. 13 Issues Facing Native Americans
As we read each one, be sure to annotate to help you understand.
After each issue, use your graphic organizer to summarize the problem.

10. 13 Issues…
As a group, brainstorm at least two possible solutions (or at least ways to make it better) to your three assigned problems.
Be ready to share your ideas with the class.

11. Warm-Up: “I’m Not the Indian You Had in Mind”
1) Read the poem.
2) Annotate for…
Figurative Language
Stereotypes
Indian Issues
3) Answer the questions.

12. Children of the Plains: Hidden America

13. Closing: Update your KWL chart! What have you learned?
Tomorrow: Meet in the Media Center! You will have to pick an issue Native Americans are facing today, do some online research, and write an in-class one page essay on the problem.