NOVEMBER IS AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH

November is the month designated to remember the nation's first peoples. Social studies lessons come to life with these projects that explore history and contemporary Native American culture.

The Crayola.com website has some terrific art projects to not only support American Indian Heritage Month, but Geography Awareness Week:Mapping the Americas:

• Hides that Reveal http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/hides-that-reveal-lesson-plan/
• Homes for Native Nations http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/homes-for-native-nations-lesson-plan/
• Raven the Trickster http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/raven-the-trickster-puppet-tales-lesson-plan/
• Longhouse-spirits http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/longhouse-spirits-lesson-plan/
• Hopi-Kachina Figures http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/hopi-kachina-figures-lesson-plan/
• Begin with a Buffalo http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/begin-with-a-buffalo-lesson-plan/
• Cork Husk characters http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/corn-husk-characters-lesson-plan/
• Rainbow in a rug http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/rainbow-in-a-rug-lesson-plan/
• Native American pendants http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/native-american-pendants-coloring-page/

Thanks, Crayola.com for your great art lessons!!!