N. Scott Momaday
Lesson plans for The Way to Rainy Mountain

The Expanding Canon: The Way to Rainy Mountain
Synopsis, analysis, and suggestions for applying critical theories to the work.

The Many Ways to Rainy Mountain from Pat Schulze
Students explore their own family "journey" in a manner similar to Momaday's.

N. Scott Momaday, Classroom Issues and Strategies
A discussion of approaches for The Way to Rainy Mountain by Kenneth M. Roemer.

N. Scott Momaday
This page from the Modern American Poetry site includes a variety of links to articles about Momaday.

Native American Poetry: "Song of the Sky Loom" and "New World"
These 4 activities use Momaday's "New World" and other Native American poems as part of "a mini-study of free verse, sensory words used in Native American poetry, and paraphrasing." It is designed for 8th grade and is adaptable to other grades.

A Reader's Guide to House Made of Dawn
Plot summary and 8 discussion topics.

Research, Myth, and Memory
Students combine an introduction to astronomy with study of The Way to Rainy Mountain.

The Way to Rainy Mountain: Model Response to Literature from Pat Schulze
A teacher analyzes and responds to one section of Momaday's book as an example. An assignment follows.

The Way to Rainy Mountain
Student work related to the book. Scroll down for teaching materials, including rubrics for student writing.

The Way to Rainy Mountain
The first section of book in hypertext.

The Way to Rainy Mountain: An Online Treasure Hunt
In this activity students use the Internet to find information about N. Scott Momaday, the Kiowa people, and writing autobiographies in general.