Teachers.netTools of Native Americans A Kid's Guide to the History and Culture of the First Americans
Tools of Native Americans explores how the first Americans, faced with varying climates and a land never before conquered by human beings, developed everything we take for granted today: food supplies, shelter, religion, games, jewelry, social strata, and more. Fifteen hands-on activities illuminate how the Native Americans learned to survive and thrive by creating tools, culture, and a society based on their immediate environment.
This is an excellent book to use with children as they study Native Americans." —Children's Literature
"This may be called a kid's book but there's nothing juvenile about it; every reader can learn from it." —KLIATT, January 2007
Books
Dillehay, Thomas D., The Settlement of the Americas, Perseus/Basic Books, 2000
Maxswell, James A., America’s Fascinating Indian Heritage, Reader’s Digest Books, 1978.
Nies, Judith, Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture’s Vast Achievements and Their Links to World Events, Ballantine Books, 1996.
Pritzker, Barry M., A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture and Peoples,Oxford University Press, 2000.
Stuart, George E., Ancient Pioneers: The First Americans, National Geographic Society,2001.
Web Sites
www.500nations.com
www.ccppcrafts.com
www.choctaw.org
www.ftmcdowell.org
www.hopi.nsn.us
www.mohegan.nsn.us
www.narragensett-tribe.org
www.navajo.org
www.notoweega.org
www.pequotmuseum.org
www.rednation.org
www.seminoletribe.com
www.standingrock.org
www.wmat.nsn.us
Much of what we know about the Algonquian people comes from pictographs and petroglyphs, two styles of artwork that many Native American tribes produced.
