Lesson Plans
The team at MONAH is working with Dr. Farina King and her students to develop a host of lesson plans for other educators to take back to their students. Each lesson plan is free! MONAH is dedicated to becoming an accessible resource for learning about the lives of the First Peoples.
Lesson plan graphic designs by Nate Voellm.
Black Kettle and the Washita River Massacre
by John Turner
Audience: 9-12 grades
Learning Objective: This lesson is designed to engage students with material related to the life and times of the Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle. Students should have an understanding of
The Life of the Black Kettle
How treaties impact indigenous lives
A broad context of what treaties and how they were used to destroy Native culture
Have a conceptual framework for how names and titles of locations that affect our shared memory (Washita Battlefield vs. The Massacre at the Washita River)
The Sterilization of Native American Women in Oklahoma
by Aerielle Koss
Audience: 9 grade
Learning Objective: In this lesson, students follow the events surrounding the forced sterilization of Native American women in Oklahoma, specifically in the 190s surrounding the discoveries by Dr. Connie Uri at the Indian Health System’s Claremore Indian Hospital.
“Sterilization of Native Women Charged to I.H.S.,” Akwesasne Notes, Early Winter, 1974
A group of Tonkawa Indians in 1898.
Photo: the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma
The Tonkawa People: A Retracing of Steps from Texas to Oklahoma
by Tyler Brooks
Audience: 9-12 grades
Learning Objective: In analyzing the daily life, periods of conflict, and removal efforts of the Tonkawa people, students learn, resilience is reflected in these three periods and has shaped their people into the proud nation that they are today.
Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I
by Amy Rogers
Audience: 9 grade
Learning Objectives:
Learn that although the United States government attempted to eradicate Native languages during the assimilation era, the U.S. government relied on a Native language to help defeat Germany in World War I.
The Choctaw, along with other Indigenous people, proved to be resilient to forced assimilation.
As the first code talkers, the Choctaw maintained their commitment to faith, family, and culture as they served on the front lines.
“Choctaw Telephone Squad,” (World War I codetalkers), from the Wanamaker Collection. From right, E. H. Horner, James Davenport, James Edwards, Calvin Wilson, Mitchell Bobbs, and Taylor Lewis. Camp Merrit, New Jersey, 1919.
Photo caption: Students with the 2018 Native Youth in Food and Agriculture Leadership Summit tour the Quapaw Tribe's greenhouse operations during a field trip for their education program on June 12. BENNY POLACCA/Osage News
Quapaw Nation Food Sovereignty
by Sarah Wood
Audience: 9-12 grades
Learning Objectives: This lesson sets out to educate students on the value of food within the Quapaw Nation and the historical purpose of food sovereignty initiatives.
Osage Massacres and Gender Roles
Emily Weaver
Audience: 9-12 grades
Learning Objectives: Students will be able to identify the Osage Massacres, evaluate the role gender played on the events, and the impact those events have had on the Osage Tribe.
Osage chiefs with Charles Burke, commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Library of Congress