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    Teaching to Thrive with Dr. Bettina Love
    Social and Emotional Learning
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    The Office of Teacher Development, in partnership with Dr. Bettina Love, proudly presents "Teaching to Thrive." These multi-modal professional learning tool kits provide resources for teachers to engage their students in creative, meaningful, and culturally responsive and sustaining learning. Tool Kit One focuses on assisting teachers in delivering...

    Remote Instruction: Pedagogical Supports for Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Practices
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    This collection contains a set of resources designed and curated to support teachers in engaging in remote instruction in culturally responsive and sustaining ways. They are intended to serve as guidance and not a central mandate. Schools should utilize these resources in ways that best serve the school community.  Consider this resource to support...

    Mic check: Reviewing online resources with a critical lens
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    In this collection of resources, teachers and other educators will learn about four core principles for reviewing the wealth of free online materials available for use during distance learning. The Office of Teacher Development recognizes NYCDOE teachers are receiving an overabundance of online/distance learning resources right now and this collect...
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    American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Heritage Month
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        Native American teaching resources

        Native American teaching resou...

        Native American teaching resources

        This site shares a series of articles, lesson plans and other instruction tools . Teachers can filter this list by resource type and reading level. By the Zinn Education Project. 

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        Explore Native American cultures

        Explore Native American cultur...

        Explore Native American cultures

        Explore different Native American cultures with these lessons and activities from the National Education Association. 

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        American Indian perspectives on Thanksgiving

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        American Indian perspectives on Thanksgiving

        The National Museum of the American Indian shares information about the innovations and contributions of American Indians and ideas for how to celebrate Thanksgiving that honor the culture of Native peoples. These lesson ideas provide a deeper understanding of the the first Thanksgiving and offer opportunities for image analysis and whole class discussion for students to challenge and revise their own understanding of Thanksgiving. 

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        Deconstructing the myths of "The First Thanks...

        Deconstructing the myths of "T...

        Deconstructing the myths of "The First Thanksgiving"

        11 myths, deconstructed, about the first Thanksgiving. Oyate is a Native organization working to see that the lives and histories of Native people are portrayed with honesty and integrity.

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        How the west was lost by Native Americans

        How the west was lost by Nativ...

        How the west was lost by Native Americans

         This interactive map offers a time-lapse vision of the transfer of Indian land between 1776 and 1887. Created by University of Georgia professor Claudio Saunt. 

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        American Indians in children's literature

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        American Indians in children's literature

        Established in 2006, the American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) website provides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society. This link is to their webpage of recommended booklists by year. 

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        Tips for choosing culturally appropriate book...

        Tips for choosing culturally a...

        Tips for choosing culturally appropriate books

        This guide was created to help teachers determine which classroom resources about Native Americans are appropriate and accurate.  From Colorín Colorado.

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        100 books by indigenous masters

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        100 books by indigenous masters

        This book list of 100 books created by indigenous writers is shared by School Library Journal and created by Susan Hanks, Debbie Reese, Teresa Runnels, and Tim Tingle. 

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        Portraits from the Standing Rock protests

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        Portraits from the Standing Rock protests

        In September 2016, photographer Camille Seaman joined protesters at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. Through this site, she brings us up close with some of the many people who have been drawn there to defend the water and the earth.

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        Dakota Access Pipeline resources

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        Dakota Access Pipeline resources

        This libguide from the library at the University of New Mexico offers resources on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) from Native American perspectives. Included find news articles, historical background on the project, and information on the Tribes and organizations involved and affected. 

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        American Indian responses to environmental ch...

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        American Indian responses to environmental challenges

        Throughout their long histories, American Indian peoples have thrived on, respected, and protected the environments that make up their homelands. From this site, educators can select a tribe to discover how different Native communities continue to work as stewards of the environment. From the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

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        Native American culture and heritage

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        Native American culture and heritage

        Celebrate the history, culture, and traditions of American Indians and Alaska Natives with a special collection of films, short stories and resources from PBS.

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        We shall remain: America through Native eyes

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        We shall remain: America through Native eyes

        We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes is a five-part television series that tells the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective.

        The story spans 400 years,  from the Wampanoags of New England in the 1600s who used their alliance with the English to weaken rival tribes, to the bold new leaders of the 1970s who harnessed the momentum of the civil rights movement to forge a pan-Indian identity. We Shall Remain represents a collaboration between Native and non-Native filmmakers and involves Native advisers and scholars at all levels of the project.

        All episodes can be watched for free on YouTube. 

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        Native peoples' concepts of health and illnes...

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        Native peoples' concepts of health and illness

        Native peoples and their healing traditions have histories that extend into the distant past. This timeline highlights key events and themes from antiquity to today. Shared by the National Library of Medicine. 

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        American Indian heritage month collection highlights

        This document provides an overview of some of the resources featured in WeTeachNYC's American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Heritage Month collection.

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    Native American teaching resources

    Grades 6 - 12 Social Studies

    This site shares a series of articles, lesson plans and other instruction tools . Teachers can filter this list by resource type and reading level. By the Zinn Education Project. 

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    American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Heritage Month
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    November is a time to celebrate the diverse cultures, traditions and histories of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. Included in this collection find lesson plans, videos, articles and primary sources designed to enrich our current understandings of the challenges and contributions of Native people, historically up through the ...
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