Resources and activities to use at home, in the classroom, and some to guide your visit at the museum.
Woven Through Time: American Treasures of Native Basketry and Fiber Art
Explore the ancient and abiding fiber-weaving traditions of the region.
Discovery Hunts in Woven Through Time
The Pottery Project: 24,000 Pots, 2,000 Years
The Pottery Project celebrates 2,000 years of Native pottery-making traditions in the U.S. Southwest.
Discovery Hunts in The Pottery Project
Additional Resources
This Smithsonian webinar guides teachers through strategies for teaching about treaties and their relevance today. An inquiry-based approach is used to examine the importance of using treaties as primary source documents in the classroom. Recommended for middle school educators.
This digital lesson supplements the Smithsonian webinar by providing Native perspectives, images, documents, and other sources to help students and teachers understand the remarkable nature of the Navajo Treaty of 1868. Recommended for educators of grades 6–8
The Impact of Words and Tips for Using Appropriate Terminology
American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving
Smithsonian Institution Resources for Teaching about Native peoples
Smithsonian Learning Lab brings the world into your classroom
Lesson Plans that help fight Native invisibility
U.S. Immigration: Linking Past to Present (Video)
U.S. Immigration Film Discussion Guide
U.S. Immigration History and Policy
Be a Photo Detective: Look at Photographs for Clues
Discover ASM Coloring Book for grades K-1
Arizona Native Nations Activity Sheet
At the Foot of Black Mountain: Tucson's Multicultural Past