Professional Development
Indigenous Peoples' History
Teaching Tolerance provides free resources for educators to supplement current curriculum to help create civil and inclusive school communities. Their program emphasizes social justice and anti bias.
Native Knowledge 360° provides educators and students with new perspectives on Native American history, cultures, and contemporary lives.
Where is the line between “primitive society” and “civilization”?
Get inspired with project based learning! There is an expanding library of project cards that are standards-aligned, and cover a range of grade levels and subject areas.
See how a Reggio Emilia–inspired elementary school in Australia fosters student interests to spark curiosity and joy in learning.
Place-based education (PBE) immerses students in local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and experiences, using these as a foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and other subjects across curriculum. PBE emphasizes learning through an understanding of where you live and who are your neighbors.
AFTER THE MAYFLOWER
TECUMSEH'S VISION
TRAIL OF TEARS
GERONIMO
WOUNDED KNEE
For centuries, the United States government has taken Native American children away from their tribes, devastating parents and denying children their traditions, culture, and identity. First Light documents these practices from the 1800s to today and tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in truth-telling and healing for Wabanaki people and child welfare workers in Maine. The learning resources for First Light connect teachers and students to primary and secondary sources and questions and activities so they can deepen their understanding of the brutal and disturbing history of settler colonialism and its impact on Native peoples, government policies that aimed to force Native people to stop being who they are, and the process of healing that accompanies a truth and reconciliation commission.