The following lesson plan on exploring American Indian culture through storytelling is excerpted from the teaching kit “Land and Native American Cultures” from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Make these lessons come to life with recordings of Hopi tales downloaded from Smithsonian Global Sound at: http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/containerdetail.aspx?itemid=1392 For information on purchasing the complete teaching kit, please visit: www.folklife.si.edu