Native Americans of the Rogue Valley
A Scope & Sequence for K - 12 grades

Click HERE to view the Native American Background Booklet
(Click here if you cannot open PDF files)


  • K - 3:  Traditional Lifestyle — Part I
    Food
    Clothing
    Shelter
    Toys and games
    Stories


  • 3 - 5:  Traditional Lifestyle — Part II
    Basketry
    Tools and weapons
    Seasonal movement and the seasonal round
    Trade
    Ceremonies


  • 6 - 8:  A Threatened Way of Life
    The coming of Euro-Americans to the Rogue Valley
    Manifest destiny
    Rogue Indian Wars
    Reservations
    Cultural loss
    Strategies for cultural survival
    How archaeologists piece together the past


  • 9 - 12:  Change/Adaptation/Current Issues
    The importance of land to tribal identity
    Valuing traditional knowledge and beliefs
    A history of legislation related to Indian rights and recognition
    Tribal culture today
    Issues


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