November

• Native American Heritage Month
  • American Indian Heritage Month (InfoPlease)
  • FastFacts on Native Americans - Census Bureau
  • National American Indian Heritage Month (TechLearning)
  • Activities for Native Am. Heritage Month (Education World)
  • Oyate: Books to avoid an organization that reviews and provides insider perspectives on Native Americans in literature
• Connected Calendar - Classroom Connect
• Monthly Activity Calendar - Enchanted Learning
• Monthly themes- Educatioin Place
• November - ABC Teach - printables, coloring, bookmarks, words, signs
• November - list of holidays - MI Kids
• November celebrations - Sue LeBeau - list of holidays and activities
• Read, Write Think - activities connected to events in November
• Teacher's calendar of events - Education Oasis
• VocabularyUniversity school calendar with thematic ideas, reproducables and interactive (middle and junior high school)

Thanksgiving

• First Thanksgiving (Mayflower site)
• First Thanksgiving (Scholastic)
• History of Thanksgiving - History Channel
• History of Thanksgiving Learning Exchange list of sites
• Mayflower photo gallery
• Plimoth Plantation - click on picture for information - Plimoth.org
• Plimoth Plantation Virtual Tour - Pilgrims.net
• Pilgrim Story - Pilgim Hall Museum
• Thanksgiving - with real information on Thanksgiving and corn husk doll story - 20/20
• Thanksgiving - holiday activities, crafts and printables - Activity VillageUK
• Thanksgiving - Internet4Classrooms
• Thanksgiving Links wealth of sites
• Thanksgiving on the Net
• Who celebrated the first Thanksgiving - Library of Congress

Veterans' Day

• Celebrating America's Freedoms about some of America ’s most beloved customs and national symbols"
• Salute to Veterans - KidsDomain - links to other sites for kids to explore
• Veterans Day - InfoPlease.com - brief information and links
• Veterans Day - Patriotism.org - brief history
• Veterans Day for Kids - Veterans Administration - K-5, 6-12, and teacher's page

Lesson Plans - some by grade level

• Circle of Stories - PBS - 4 Native American stories with lesson plans
• Exploring Native Americans across the curriculum Education World
• First Thanksgiving: Feast of activities Education World
• Iroquois Confederacy and the US Constitution how Native American cultures influenced the Founding Fathers' ideas about democracy, governmental structures, rights of the individual, and public good.
• Native American Cultures: Skagit River, Canyon Rock art, Pueblo (Scholastic)
• Teaching about Thanksgiving Center For World Indigenous Studies : history, fun, food, links
• Teaching young children about Native Americans - ERIC Digest article
• Thanksgiving theme page AtoZteacherstuff - amazing list of activities, grade level ideas, coloring pages, poems, etc.
• Thanksgiving story (Education world)
• Thinking about Thanksgiving lessons across curriculum-Education World
• WorshopQuest: Giving Thanks a list of links, WebQuests, resources, pictures, and much more dealing with Thanksgiving

Other months

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