Craig Lichtenberg

Annotated Bibliography
10/22/08
CI 405 – Dean

Web Resources for Teaching 3-5 Students About Native American History

1. Dell, Diana. "Native American WebQuest." 22 Oct. 2008

<http://mrsdell.org/nativeamericans/index.html>.
Diana Dell’s webquest is very useful because it outlines a clear set of tasks, along with
the resources necessary to complete the activity. All of the links she provides are
prescreened websites, so as a teacher, I would not have to worry about my students
browsing for information themselves and coming across unreliable or bad information.
The webquest is a bit dry, and probably geared towards older kids. The website is very
easy to follow. It’s not very advanced, except that it plays nice music. I would enjoy
being able to create something similar myself, and use this as a guide.

2. "Native American Children's and Young Adult Literature." University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign. 22 Oct. 2008
<http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/nativeamericanchildrens.htm>.
This resource is useful for the teacher to gain a broader understanding of the topic. The
University of Illinois is providing resources to blogs, websites, and other academic
resources for their students. It would be useful to teachers if they were looking for
reliable resources on the subject. The website would also be useful for other subjects
because there are several other areas of study that the library gives many resources for.

3. "Native American Games for Kids." Apples for the Teacher. 22 Oct. 2008
<http://www.apples4theteacher.com/native-american/games/ball/>.
This page gives plenty of examples of games that Native American Children played. I
could use this to link recess to a learning activity, or even possibly ask the gym teacher to
possibly play some of these games. The games are fairly simple to set up, and would not
cost very much to reproduce. Some of the games involve socks, sticks, balls, and string as
the main components. It would teach them about the history of the Native Americans,
while also serving the other purpose of the games, making them more athletic to be better
hunters.

4. "Native American Names for Kids." Apples 4 the Teacher. 22 Oct. 2008
<http://www.apples4theteacher.com/native-american/names/>.
This website is useful because students could use the website to give themselves names. I
could use this to teach them about the naming process. A project could be to name
yourself, and give a fairly detailed explanation of why you chose that name. This website
also shows the songs related to getting a name, and the ceremony. It is a very interesting
website to read, and I think it could be useful to my students.
 5. "Native American Tube." 22 Oct. 2008 <http://natube.magnify.net/>.
Native American Tube is much like YouTube, except it is specifically for Native
American Videos. It would be useful to search for videos in advance that students could
watch and learn from. The videos range from History, to the present, to music videos.
There are tons of videos to look through, and I’m sure I would be able to find one that
relates to topic I am discussing with regards to Native Americans.

6. Nichols, K. L., ed. "Native American Oral Poetry." 25 June 2002. Pittsburg State
University. 22 Oct. 2008 <http://members.cox.net/academia/songs.html>.
This website is great because it has many examples of Native American poetry. It would
be a valuable resource to give students who may want to read a bit more poetry after a
lesson in poetry. If I had a student that was Native American, this website would possibly
help them connect with any poetry lesson I teach. It would also be useful in assigning a
poem to each student to analyze as there are so many poems available on this website.

7. Prindle, Tara. "NativeTech: Native American Technology and Art." 22 Oct. 2008
<http://www.nativetech.org/games/index.php>.
There are some fun games on this website. They are interactive, and are education. I like
this website because there are resources for both girls and boys. While boys may want to
color or play the shuttlecock game, girls may be interested in the knitting. The games are
somewhat old fashioned, and do not have very good graphics, but students will appreciate
them. I would probably look for a better website to teach them about the subject, but this
website is not so bad for a slightly outdated one.

8. Seymour, Rick, ed. "Indian Songs." 01 May 2005. The Inquiry Net. 22 Oct. 2008
<http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/native/song/index.htm>.
Unlike the poetry website, this website gives the actual music to Native American songs.
I could use this website to teach some Native American songs to my students, or if they
are old enough, have them choose a song to sing or play on an instrument. Students could
use this as a project about Native American morals and ideals. It would be useful for any
Native American theme to be able to connect it to music.

9. Smith, Cynthia L. "Children's & YA Books by Native Authors & Illustrators." 22

Oct. 2008
<http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/native_am/nat_lit/nat
_lit_front.html>.
Cynthia Smith gives a very good resource for finding renowned children’s book authors.
She mentions several authors I have heard of before, and several that I have not. Using
this website as a starting point for finding books that relate to my subject that are
appropriate for my students would be excellent. This website is also useful because it
gives good information about the author. Smith’s website seem fairly large enough to be
trustworthy, and she herself is an author that writes about Native Americans.

10. Ziolkowski, Sherry, ed. "Learn About Native Americans." 24 Oct. 2006.
 Arlington Heights School District 25. 22 Oct. 2008
<http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculum/nativeamericans/index.html>.
This website is a very limited interactive map of the United States and where the many
different Indian groups lived. Students can use this website to click through the many
different areas in the United States and find out more information about the Indians that
lived there. The website could be a bit more interactive, but it does give students a good
visual representation of where each tribal group lived.
 Craig Lichtenberg
Reflective Statement
10/22/08

Standard 6 – Telecommunications and Information Access

The artifact I chose to represent PTS #11 is an annotated bibliography I wrote for my
Introduction to Teaching Elementary Children class. The bibliography shows useful tools
that a teacher could use to help teach Native American history to their students. This
annotated bibliography shows my ability to use a search engine to find resources for my
classroom. Through the search engine, I found songs, videos, poems, web quests, and
other useful materials that I could use to make my lessons more interactive. Out of the
millions of websites available, I was able to pick out several useful and meaningful
websites that would compliment a lesson on Native American history wonderfully.