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Educational Resources / Supplemental Materials

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Not just for teachers! This information may be useful to any adult bringing young people to the museum.

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Also on Our Website: The following pages may also have resources and materials of interest to educators and other adults working with young people.

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Make Your Visit an Adventure!
Go on a Museum Quest or use a Discovery Hunt!

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General Reading Lists and Links

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For A World Separated by Borders

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For Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest

Online Panoramic Tour of the Exhibition

Activities and resources related to the exhibit

Materials specifically designed for use before or during your visit 

We strongly recommend that teachers review and use the following materials, especially if you are coming to the Paths of Life exhibition on a self-guided visit (as opposed to a guided tour). These materials—designed to be printed out—also complement guided tours.

  • Teacher Resource MaterialsOpens in a new window PDF* - 876K
    Background information (including a map) on the American Indian tribes in the Paths of Life exhibition written for the teacher.
  • Self-Guided Discovery Hunts for Paths of Life (These are more extensive than the materials below called Student and Children's Activities, but cover only six of the cultural groups in the exhibit. They are based on the information presented in our guided tour program. Please use these to make your students' experience in the gallery more enriching.)
    • SeriOpens in a new window (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 921K
    • SeriOpens in a new window (6th and up grades) PDF* - 687K
    • YaquiOpens in a new window (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 715K
    • YaquiOpens in a new window (6th and up grades) PDF* - 728K
    • O'odhamOpens in a new window (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 637K
    • O'odhamOpens in a new window (6th and up grades) PDF* - 723K
    • ApacheOpens in a new window (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 883K
    • ApacheOpens in a new window (6th and up grades) PDF* - 643K
    • NavajoOpens in a new window (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 697K
    • NavajoOpens in a new window (6th and up grades) PDF* - 618K
    • HopiOpens in a new window (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 731K
    • HopiOpens in a new window (6th and up grades) PDF* - 654K
  • Student Activities for Self-Guided Paths of Life VisitOpens in a new window (5th–9th grade) PDF* - 799K
    Coordinated with the Teacher Resource Materials (above), this packet is designed to be started in the classroom and completed in the Paths of Life exhibition by students. Includes a map, background information on tribes, and activities to do in the galleries. Please print one for each student and bring them with you to the museum. Teachers taking guided tours may find these materials useful for post-visit activities.
  • Children’s Activities to supplement Paths of Life TourOpens in a new window (K–4th grade) PDF* - 541K
    Fun activities for younger kids and kids at heart! Appropriate for self-guided visits or after a guided tour. Includes puzzles, word matches, coloring, and mask-making activities related to the Paths of Life exhibition. Print out and make one copy for each child.

Materials specifically designed for after your visit

These activities are for use in the classroom or at home after a visit to the museum.

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For The Pottery Project and the American Indian Pottery: Continuity and Tradition school fieldtrip program.

Explore the Arnold and Doris Roland Wall of Pots Online

The following materials were originally designed for teachers visiting the Pottery Detectives exhibition (2003–2004). They will enhance a visit to the permanent exhibition of our pottery collection and can also be used for learning about ancient Arizona (Hohokam, Mogollon and Ancestral Pueblo) and early Southwest ceramics in the classroom or at home.

Also on this website:

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Past Programs / Resources

For Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for Children

For The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

For The Border Project

For Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers, Our Heroes... The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II (2009)

For Masks of Mexico: Santos, Diablos y Más

Masks of Mexico posterMaterials designed for teachers bringing students to the Masks of Mexico: Santos, Diablos y Más exhibition which has now closed, these resources are also useful for learning about Mexican masks in the classroom or at home.

More resources for families and teachers:

For Navajo Weaving at Arizona State Museum: 19th Century Blankets, 20th Century Rugs, 21st Century Views

Materials designed for teachers bringing students to our Navajo weaving exhibition which has now closed, these resources are now part of our online version of the exhibition. They can be used for learning about Navajo weaving in the classroom or at home.

Online Version of the Navajo Weaving Exhibition

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Rio Nuevo Museum/School Partnership (2001–2004)

About the School Partnership with links to online oral history projects.

For Connections Across Generations

Paintings & Stories Poetry by students inspired by artwork from ASM's Avery Collection of American Indian Paintings. Includes and overview of the program, poetry and related paintings.

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