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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare the tone, purpose, point of view, etc. of traditional Native American poems and creation myths to traditional Colonial American literature. they debate which is the right way of thinking/living. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore what artifacts can tell historians about pre-Columbian peoples. They, in groups, research various Native American tribes and prepare presentations on legends and artifacts. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students locate Native American group settlements in different geographic regions of the United Staes. They communicate with a keypal in another region of the United States. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students discover the many cultures of the Native Americans as they explore the frontier of North America in this eight lessons unit. Tribes of the Great Basin Region, the Northern and southern Plateau, the Plains, and the Pacific Northwest are probed. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students interview a Native American and write a newspaper article or letter that expresses concern about robbing archaeological sites. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students investigate and explain major Native American groups, events, individuals and conflicts from the 1700s through the 1800s in the early American colonies and the United States. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students are introduced to the geography of the Columbia River basin and its history. Using the internet, they research the relationships between the Native Americans and the Hudson Bay Company. They also discuss the effects on the city of Vancouver by having the fort nearby. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students explore the relationship between the United States and the Native Americans from after the Civil War to the early 1900's. They evaluate the actions of the United States towards Native Americans and compare the actions to those of Hitler in Germany. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students engage in a lesson that is about the Native Americans while focusing upon the Eastern Woodlands Indians. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create a context for online study and comparison of various tribal groups. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students identify and develop a consideration of the changes that occurred from the first thanksgiving to the reservation era in Native American History. Then they identify what a reservation is and who lives there today. Students also compose a story from the Indians' perspective at the First Thanksgiving dinner. Full Review »

