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Lessons from Turtle Island: Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms
How do you help young children learn more about Native Americans than the cultural stereotypes found in children's books and in the media?
Lessons from Turtle Island is the first complete guide to exploring Native American issues with children. The authors—one Native, one white, both educators—show ways to incorporate authentic learning experiences about Native Americans into your curriculum. This book is organized around five cross-cultural themes—Children, Home, Families, Community, and the Environment. The authors present activities, from children's books they recommend, to develop skills in reading and writing, science, math, make-believe, art, and more. The book provides helpful guidelines and resource lists for selecting appropriate toys, children's books, music, and art, and also includes a family heritage project.
"[A] marvelous tool that should be in every American school."—Joseph Bruchac, author of Heart of a Chief and The Winter PeopleGuy W. Jones, Hunkpapa Lakota, is a full-blood member of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. He is a co-founder of the Miami Valley Council for Native Americans in Dayton, Ohio.
Sally Moomaw teaches at the University of Cincinnati. She is the co-author of the More Than . . . curriculum series published by Redleaf Press.
Lessons from Turtle Island is the first complete guide to exploring Native American issues with children. The authors—one Native, one white, both educators—show ways to incorporate authentic learning experiences about Native Americans into your curriculum. This book is organized around five cross-cultural themes—Children, Home, Families, Community, and the Environment. The authors present activities, from children's books they recommend, to develop skills in reading and writing, science, math, make-believe, art, and more. The book provides helpful guidelines and resource lists for selecting appropriate toys, children's books, music, and art, and also includes a family heritage project.
"[A] marvelous tool that should be in every American school."—Joseph Bruchac, author of Heart of a Chief and The Winter PeopleGuy W. Jones, Hunkpapa Lakota, is a full-blood member of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. He is a co-founder of the Miami Valley Council for Native Americans in Dayton, Ohio.
Sally Moomaw teaches at the University of Cincinnati. She is the co-author of the More Than . . . curriculum series published by Redleaf Press.
208 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2002
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January 4, 2020
If you’re a teacher READ THIS BOOK. Let me pick up my jaw from the floor and tell you how great this book is. It lays out all the principles for teaching about Native Peoples in the classroom. Dos and Don’ts, thoughts from the Native perspective, and a comprehensive book list for preschool/6th grade. Wow. Buy it.
November 16, 2019
This is a must-read resource for teachers of American Indian cultures, especially for early childhood educators. As a primary grades teacher, I still found the perspectives of interest and the resource lists (good resources and bad ones) quite useful. The book gives educators a lot to chew on when it comes to big-picture goals, and messages conveyed, when teaching about American Indian cultures, and it asks one to consider (or reconsider) the broader context in which these cultures are introduced as part of a year-long curriculum.
January 9, 2021
Highly recommend for any early childhood educator!!!
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