Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to Lakota Indians

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Lakota Winter Counts - The Teachers' Guide
by National Museum of the American Indian
http://wintercounts.si.edu/html_version/html/learning_teachers.html

Teacher's guide to an online exhibit of Lakota "winter counts" for students in grades K-10. Lakota winter counts are pictographic calendars reflecting the history of a community, made by keeping track of the passage of years. Studying these creative historiographical tools offers a unique representation of the history of the Lakota Sioux people during the 18th and 19th centuries. The teacher's guide includes background information, lesson plans, resource lists, and primary sources from the Smithsonian's collections, plus instructions on navigating the online exhibit. Meets national curriculum standards for Social Studies. (33 p. PDF)

Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12	Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Geography; Art and Culture; Science
Resource Type: Primary sources; Lesson plans; Activities	Language: English
Subjects: South Dakota--Social life and customs; North Dakota--Social life and customs; Community life; Indians of North America; Lakota Indians; Great Plains--Social life and customs; History; Oral history; Oral tradition; Storytelling; Pictographs Geographic locations: South Dakota; North Dakota; Great Plains

Sponsoring Organization:
National Museum of the American Indian
Fourth Street & Independence Avenue, SW
Washington DC 20560
(202) 633-6996
http://www.nmai.si.edu/

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