Please note: though we have organized the LOCL curriculum into elementary, middle, and high school levels, we encourage educators to explore the entire curriculum -- perhaps with the aid of the subject index -- for lessons and activities that may be applicable to various grade levels.  Origin stories, oral histories, and digital stories can form the basis for lessons at all grade levels, for instance, and teachers could employ a game like the "Nuts Game" (PDF) at all levels, K-12 (and with adult learners!) to encourage student inquiry into economic resource sharing and land stewardship.

Lessons for Grades Six to Eight (click each link for a pdf document):

Standard One: American Indian Traditional Land Values

Lesson One:    The Lessons of Tribal Origin Stories     Lesson Two: Land Stewardship

Lesson Three:  Patterns and Processes 

Standard Two: American Indian Land Tenure History

Lesson One:    European Colonizations                     Lesson Two: Treaties and Sovereignty

Lesson Three:  Different Views of Land                     Lesson Four: Allotment and Fractionation

Standard Three: Contemporary Land Issues

Lesson One:    Create an Archive                              Lesson Two: Allotment Effects

Lesson Three: Fractionation and Sovereignty             Lesson Four: Tribal Constitutions

Standard Four: Building a Positive Future for American Indian Communities

Lesson One:   American Indian Governance               Lesson Two: Tribal Water Rights

Lesson Three: North Fork Mono Meadow Restoration