Introduction to Native American Social Studies Curricula
By Nancy Maness, M.A.

Summary

Subject: Art, English/Language Arts, State (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wisconsin) and United States History and Social Studies with Navajo emphasis.

Grade-level: Elementary School

Time: variable

Objectives: Teach concepts and skills relating to citizenship, economics, geography, and history

     The materials cover numerous topics with several reading levels to accommodate differing abilities within the same class. Included are Navajo-related activities and various pictures on Native Americans of the United States, which are to be used independent of each other. A bibliography is also included.

     The pictures feature important scenes on Native American history and events in the United States. They are grouped in three geographic categories: General (all-United States), Eastern, and Western, with thumbnails and captions. For each entry, the top lines include subject, tribe, state, and date, plus photographer and source, if known. Detailed information follows by reading level.

Copy prints of Marquette University photographs are available on request from the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. If given, please include the negative number with your order.