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Early Inhabitants Teacher Resources
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Third graders "travel" from Europe to North America as Columbus did. They organize the information into chronoglogical order.
Explore early American documents that qualify as primary sources. Tenth and eleventh graders use the provided worksheets to analyze the texts of the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Northwest Ordinance.
Students explore the first civilizations in America and their reasons for migrating south. Using the internet, they study the culture, religion, achievements, and economy of the Olmecs, Myans and Aztecs. Groups of students present their research to the class.
Learners apply their knowledge of geography. In this geography skills lesson, students read brief selections regarding early Americans. Learners respond to the questions included in the self-guided map skills lesson.
Fifth graders complete a unit on early explorers. They develop a timeline, sing a Viking song, watch a video, compile a checklist of supplies needed for an expedition, participate in a scavenger hunt, write a letter from Christopher Columbus, and create a brochure.
Pupils investigate the early citizens of Virginia. They focus on the explorers that include Juan Ponce de Leon, Jaques Cartier, and Christopher Newport. Students conduct research using a variety of resources and the lesson includes some sample websites.
Students investigate the early formation of the U.S. by viewing a slide-show in class. In this American history lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation of historic images which they analyze and sort based upon the group they belong in. Students discuss with their classmates how and why they sorted the images.
Students explore U.S. history by participating in a government activity. In this Constitution lesson plan, students identify the role government plays in our society and the differences the British colonies had in the early 18th century. Students read assigned text which describes the historical event and complete worksheets and study questions.
With resource links, a detailed procedure, embedded primary source documents, and a Readers Theater script, you're ready to teach! Re-enact historical events in order to boost historical perspective, discern main ideas, and draw inferences. Read a historical document containing various perspectives on Columbus' journey to find new land. Use those documents as the basis for a Readers Theater performance focused on British colonization and commerce.
Students determine that the lands the English settled on were owned and inhabited by 70,000 Indians. They consider that the London Company sold land charters to the English, which gave them illegal title to lndian land and that the Puritans established the largest colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, which had two branches: Massachusetts and Connecticut.