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Roots and Branches: A Resource of Native American Literature
by Dorothea M. Susag
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| Grades | 7 – 12 |
| Type | Book |
| Pages | 310 |
| Published | January 1998 |
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This valuable resource book offers teachers an opportunity to learn and to teach about Native American literatures in context. Susag examines the historical and literary contexts that frame the literary work of Native peoples.
Susag, Dorothea M. 1998. Roots and Branches: A Resource of Native American Literature-Themes, Lessons, and Bibliographies. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Battling for Liberty: Tecumseh’s and Patrick Henry’s Language of Resistance
Students study Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech and the ways Native Americans also resisted oppression through rhetoric and action.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Myth and Truth: The “First Thanksgiving”
By exploring myths surrounding the Wampanoag, the pilgrims, and the "First Thanksgiving," this lesson asks students to think critically about commonly believed myths regarding the Wampanoag Indians in colonial America.
