Evaluating and Using Online Resources
Classroom Connect
http://www.classroom.com/
Classroom Connect offers print and online resources for using the Internet
in the classroom. (Much of Classroom Connect is available only through
a paid subscription.)
Curriculum Ideas from CyberBee
http://www.cyberbee.com/intclass.html
This page contains examples of using the Internet in the classroom.
Evaluation Rubrics for Websites
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/tbarcalow/490NET/EvalRubric.htm
This page provides links to Web site evaluation forms for primary and
intermediate students to use.
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
This site from Vanguard University of Southern California features an
article by Robert Harris on Web site evaluation.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Teacher Helpers: Critical
Evaluation Information
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
DiscoverySchool.com hosts this compendium of information on Web site evaluation
specifically for educators, including evaluation forms and a tutorial
for students (complete with Spanish translation), links to many articles,
and sites to use for demonstrating critical evaluation.
LEARN NC
http://www.learnnc.org/
A program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of
Education, this Web site offers quality resources for K-12 classroom instruction
(including lots of lesson plans) and teacher professional development
(including online courses), all tied to the North Carolina Standard Course
of Study.
The Learning Page: Features & Activities
http://learning.loc.gov/learn/features/index.html
The Library of Congress provides numerous activities for students to use
independently or with a classroom teacher on this page.
The Learning Page: Lessons
http://learning.loc.gov/learn/lessons/index.html
This Library of Congress Web page offers many creative teacher-created
and classroom-tested lessons.
net.TUTOR: Evaluation of Web Sites
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/
This page offers a tutorial on evaluating Web sites.
Teachers Helping Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
Dr. Scott Mandel provides a forum for teachers worldwide, offering a guest
book, chat line, lesson plans, book reviews, links, and other helpful
resources.
Teachers.net Chatboard
http://www.teachers.net/chatboard/
Teachers around the world exchange ideas and experiences in this chatroom.
Teachnet.com: Smart Tools for Busy Teachers
http://www.teachnet.com/
This site offers a little of everything for teachers of all grade levels
and subjects.
General Links
Bureau of Indian Affairs
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
This division of the U.S. Department of the Interior offers information
about its services and reports, topics of interest, and links to related
agencies.
A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K–12:
Southeast
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/outreach/Indbibl/
The Smithsonian Institution’s Anthropology Outreach Office offers
this comprehensive, critically annotated bibliography designed for educators
and parents.
Index of Native American Teaching Resources on the Internet
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAteach.html
The American Indian section of the WWW Virtual Library includes this extensive
list of teacher resources and online course materials.
Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples: A Teacher's
Activity Guide for Fourth through Eighth Grades
http://www.rla.unc.edu/lessons/Menu/title.htm
This comprehensive site offers educators background material, lesson plans,
printed and online resources, and graphics.
An Introduction to Resources on the History of Native Americans
in North Carolina
http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/na/intro.html
This annotated bibliography from UNC-Chapel Hill's libraries is divided
into two sections -- an introduction to general works on American Indians
in North Carolina, and an extensive listing of resources available on
the 8 state-recognized tribes. While the resources' locations are referenced
in UNC's libraries, most can be found fairly easily in other libraries
as well.
North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs
http://www.doa.state.nc.us/cia/indian.htm
An overview of the commission’s programs and services, annual report,
fact sheets, and other information.
Prehistory of North Carolina: A Basic Cultural Sequence
http://www.archaeology.ncdcr.gov/ncarch/articles/basicseq.htm
A time line of North Carolina’s prehistory.
Storytelling of the North Carolina Native Americans
http://www.ibiblio.org/storytelling/
This site explores the storytelling traditions of the Cherokee, Lumbee,
and Occaneechi tribes and includes interviews with and video clips of
current storytellers.
Teacher and Student Project
http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/html/education_studentteacher.html
The Cherokee Museum offers lesson plans based on a Cherokee myth. Tips
on avoiding stereotypes when teaching are included.
Teaching Young Children about Native Americans
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1996/reese96.html
Debbie Reese, a Pueblo Indian working in the field of early childhood
education, provides positive strategies for teaching about American Indians.
Education
American Indian Education
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/AIE/index.html
Northern Arizona University produces this page, which contains articles
and directories about Indian education.
Erasing Native American Stereotypes
http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/Indbibl/bibcalif.html
The Anthropology Outreach Office of the Smithsonian Institution offers
questions that provide educators with ways to evaluate their own teaching
and criteria to evaluate the materials they use.
History of Indian Education
http://www.nrcprograms.org/site/PageServer?pagename=aief_hist_main
The American Indian Education Foundation provides this history of American
Indian education since 1776.
Journal of American Indian Education
http://jaie.asu.edu/
The Journal of American Indian Education is a peer-reviewed scholarly
journal, which publishes papers specifically related to the education
of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Its Web site provides full text
of past volumes.
National Indian Education Association
http://www.niea.org/
The National Indian Education Association was founded in 1969 to give
American Indians and Alaska Natives a national voice in their struggle
to improve access to educational opportunity.
Stereotyping of Native Americans
http://www.unr.edu/nnap/NT/i-8_9.htm
The University of Nevada provides suggestions for teaching about American
Indians without using stereotypes.
Techniques for Evaluating American Indian Web Sites
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/webcrit.html
A librarian at the University of Arizona compiled these tips on American
Indian Web site evaluation.
Unbiased Teaching about American Indians and Alaska Natives in
Elementary Schools
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content3/unbiased.teaching.k12.2.html
This short essay lists and dispels common myths about American Indians
and includes teaching tips and a bibliography.
Government and Politics
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Treaties between the United
States and Native Americans
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/ntreaty.htm
The Avalon Project provides texts of numerous treaties, including several
with the Cherokee.
HInternet Law Library: American Indian Nations and Tribes
http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/nations-etc.html
This page provides links to a variety of Web sites on American Indian
legal issues.
Nancy Ward
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/bio/ward_n.htm
Thompson Gale offers this biography of Nancy Ward in its Women's History
Month resources.
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
http://www.ncai.org/
The NCAI, founded in 1944, is the oldest and largest tribal government
organization in the country. NCAI's mission is to inform the public and
the government on tribal self-government, treaty rights, and federal policy
issues affecting tribal governments.
Native American and Tribal Legal Resources
http://www.firstgov.gov/Government/Tribal/legal.shtml
FirstGov.gov offers legislative updates, legal resources, Indian constitutions
and charters, and more.
Language
Cherokee Phoenix
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/zlgn_information.html?Welcome
The Georgia Historic Newspapers project offers scans of the earliest issues
of the Cherokee Phoenix.
Cherokee Phoenix
http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/
The Cherokee Phoenix is still produced, though no longer in the
Cherokee language. The Web site includes online issues.
Cherokee Syllabary and Sounds
http://www.cherokee.org/Extras/Downloads/Syllabary.html
The Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma) provides this syllabary with pronunciation
guide and audio files.
Dialect Identity in a Tri-Ethnic Context: The Case of Lumbee
American Indian English
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/english/linguistics/bios/wolfram/tri-ethnic.pdf
This study examines the development of the English dialect that Lumbees
speak.
How Many Indigenous American Languages Are Spoken in the United
States?
http://www.yourdictionary.com/elr/natlang.html
James Estes from the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education created
this list of indigenous languages spoken in the United States.
Stabilizing Indigenous Languages
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/SIL.pdf
This online monograph contains numerous articles discussing the state
of indigenous languages.
Teaching Indigenous Languages
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL.html
This site is an outgrowth of a series of annual conferences started in
1994 focusing on the linguistic, educational, social, and political issues
related to the survival of endangered indigenous languages of the world.
The Arts
Guilford Native American Association: Art Gallery
http://www.guilfordnative.org/pages/gnnagallery.html
This fine arts gallery, owned and operated by American Indians, opened
in 1990. It produces several exhibitions a year showcasing local, state,
and international American Indian artists and also offers educational
programs. The gallery's Web site features highlights from recent exhibits.
Issues in Archaeology
http://rla.unc.edu/lessons/Menu/part5.htm
“Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples” offers
background information, graphics, and lesson plans on rock art and preserving
archaeological sites.
Native American Authors
http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/
This website from the Internet Public Library provides information on
Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works,
biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews
and online texts. Authors from most of the 8 state recognized tribes are
included.
North Carolina Folk Heritage Awards Recipient: Elizabeth “Lee”
Graham Jacobs
http://www.ncarts.org/artistpage.cfm?ser=32040&num=31540
Read a biography of “Miss Lee,” as she is known in her community,
a Waccamaw-Siouan who received a 1996 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award
for her quilts.
Pottery Traditions
http://rla.unc.edu/lessons/Lesson/L404/L404.htm
This lesson from “Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples”
includes background information, an activity, and student handouts on
the history of North Carolina's American Indian pottery.
Southern Pow Wows
http://library.thinkquest.org/3081/?tqskip=1
Learn about powwow dancing and music, as well as the history, clothing,
and terminology of powwows.
To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions: Educator Information
http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/files/quilts.pdf
This educator's guide from the National Museum of the American Indian’s
exhibit includes background information, photographs and illustrations,
lesson plans, and activities on American Indian quilts and quiltmakers
(Adobe Acrobat required).
Tsalagi Basketry: Plants, History
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/art/basket/baskcher.html
Get information on Cherokee basketmaking traditions and view photographs
of baskets (including a basket by Rowena Bradley) and their makers.