Planning Guides
Click on any of these links to find guidance for planning an Eagle Books event for your family, classroom, or community. There are guides with instructions and ideas, as well as sample materials, like a news release, to help you get the word out about the event.
Ideas for Use
- Read for ideas to create an Eagle Books event.
- Read to get ideas for event activities and to access available support materials.
- Read to gain insight on Eagle Books’ background, national attention, traveling exhibit, and more.
- Copy and distribute to those you would like to have help with an Eagle Books event.
Printing/Reproduction Tips
- Use 8½” x 11″ paper. Print from laser printer in color or black and white, portrait orientation.
- 42 pages
Ideas for Use
- Use the information on this sample to create a Public Service Announcement describing your event. Deliver copies to local radio stations, school offices, tribal services, and online classified sites.
- Send to classified publications like Nickel Nik, Nickel Saver, The Exchange, etc.
- Print your information on Eagle Books stationery or the stationery of the organization sponsoring your event. Add logos of partners.
Printing/Reproduction Tips
- Use 8½” x 11″ paper. Print from laser printer in black & white, portrait orientation.
- 1 page
The Health Is Life in Balance Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools K–12 curriculum (search “DETS”) offers culturally relevant and scientifically based teachings in three sections: Grades K-4, 5-8, 9-12. The curriculum lessons are based on the 5 E’s of educational instruction: Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation. Lessons focus on:
- Health
- Type 1 and type 2 diabetes
- Science
- Community knowledge
- Civic responsibility
- Life in balance
- Health professions
National Institutes of Health developed the curriculum in collaboration with eight tribal colleges and universities, the CDC Native Diabetes Wellness Program, and the Indian Health Service’s Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention.
The K–4 DETS lessons include a set of the Eagle Books and an animated DVD. Additional DETS lessons for Grades 5–8, based on the Eagle Books youth novels, are included in the Youth Novels Educational Guide.