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NEARI's Diverse Readers Series continues with diversity lesson planning centered on honoring Indigenous Peoples.
Gain new perspectives and learn ideas for classroom implementation, applicable standards, and unit design. Gain understanding of how concepts and themes can be traced across K-12. This course is divided into three levels: elementary, middle, and high school with a different book on the theme for each level.
Enrolled participants will recieve a copy of the book to work with in this course. At course completion, a set of books for your classroom will be shipped to your school!
Only 15 seats available in each cohort - and they will fill up fast!
Elementary Level
Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series by Traci Sorell
The true story of the resilience of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who did what they loved in the face of injustice, and in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series.
NEW Registration System!
The link below will bring you to our new LearnUpon professional development system. When you reach the NEARI Learning Portal sign in page, scroll to "Don't have an account?" and click Register now. You will be prompted to enter your email address and create and confirm a password. Once logged in as a learner, you can view the full catalog of offerings both live and soon to be virtual as well as self-paced!
Middle School Level
Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge by Deidre Havrelock & Edward Kay
Simple science experiments for kids are sprinkled throughout this celebration of the countless scientific discoveries and technological inventions from Indigenous North Americans.
NEW Registration System!
The link below will bring you to our new LearnUpon professional development system. When you reach the NEARI Learning Portal sign in page, scroll to "Don't have an account?" and click Register now. You will be prompted to enter your email address and create and confirm a password. Once logged in as a learner, you can view the full catalog of offerings both live and soon to be virtual as well as self-paced!
High School Level
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers
This collection of hauntingly illustrated horror stories follows one extended Cherokee family and the supernatural and manmade atrocities each generation encounters.