Developed in collaboration with the Penn Museum’s Native American Voices exhibition team, education staff, school teachers, and Native American consultants, this guide offers ideas, activities, and resources around the contemporary Native American experience that will help teachers develop engaging programs for students and classrooms.
Coil pottery is one of the earliest techniques for making pots from clay. Get inspired by our collection, then create your own clay bowl.
Learn more about Pomo Baskets, as well as the patterns and materials used. Try your best to finish the pattern on a basket, and then design your own sun basket.
Have you ever made a game with things found in nature? Be inspired by a traditional birch bark game used by children from the Penobscot Nation, and then create your own.
Use these resosurces from the Museum and other organizations to help frame your discussion about the history of Thanksgiving in your classroom or household.
Learn more about how indigenous artists weave wampum belts to preserve memories about important events or stories. Design and create your own version to represent an important event for your family, school, or community.
Join us in making, learning, and playing the Cherokee game of Taludza Gunti, or "basket play" using household items.
The Three Sisters—corn, beans, and squash—are important crops to many Indigenous North American cultures. Learn why, then make a delicious soup using all three!