Collection Analysis Report
for American Indian Heritage
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 22 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(22 of 22 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (18 books)
- History (16 books)
- Social Studies (14 books)
- Historical Fiction (9 books)
- Nonfiction (8 books)
- Picture Book (8 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 17 of 22 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 720 (Range: 480 - 980)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 5 of 22 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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- Exceedingly
Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 24 Videos
- 11 Book Readings
- 25 Lesson Plans
- Total of 254 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Colorin Colorado's "American Indian Heritage". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QLSWDEM
The Arrow Over the Door
by Joseph Bruchac and James Watling
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2002
Belle of Batoche
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Black Elk's Vision: A Lakota Story
by S.D. Nelson
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2010
Buffalo Song
by Joseph Bruchac and Bill Farnsworth
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Buffalo SongA Coyote Columbus Story
by Thomas King and William Kent Monkman
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2007
Crazy Horse's Vision
by Joseph Bruchac and S.D. Nelson
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2000
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
by Tim Tingle and Jeanne Rorex Bridges
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America), American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Daughter of Suqua
by Diane Johnston Hamm and Paul Micich
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1997
Dzani Yazhi Naazbaa: Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home: A Story of the Navajo Long Walk
by Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie and Irving Toddy
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
The Game of Silence
by Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich
Book 2 of the Birchbark House Series
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
by Robbie Robertson and David Shannon
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2015
How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story
by Tim Tingle
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
by Joseph Marshall, III and Jim Yellowhawk
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2015
Longwalker's Journey: A Novel of the Chocktaw Trail of Tears
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 1999
Makoons
by Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich
Book 5 of the Birchbark House Series
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for MakoonsMalian's Song
by Margaret M. Bruchac and William Maughan
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2006
Morning Girl
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 1992
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
The People Shall Continue
by Simon J. Ortiz and Sharol Graves
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 1988
Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People
by S.D. Nelson
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Sitting BullThe Sugar Bush
by Christopher Meyer and Chad Solomon Christopher Meyer and Chad Solomon
Part of the Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
This Land Is My Land
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: Art, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 1997
When a Ghost Talks, Listen: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story
by Tim Tingle
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
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