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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the role of Native Americans through literature. They read a speech from Chief Seattle and how they view the land they had been given. They give examples of common good and stewardship. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students examine and put in to practice, the methods of cultivating plants used by Native Americans including the prehistoric Middle and Late Woodland Indians while comparing and contrasting them with the Historic Indians, or modern methods. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine the difference between primary and secondary source documents. They explore a Native American village and write comparison papers after the field trip. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students, after an initial study of Native Americans in Arkansas, students play a game using three different colored cards with the terms "CADDO", "QUAPAW", and " OSAGE", on them Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research Native American groups and compile information into a web/chart with various categories. They read and summarize folktales from their assigned group and then present their research to the class. They compare their group to others. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students observe the Treaty of Greenville and discuss the readability of the document. Students then imagine they or Native Americans of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century who may not speak or read English and discuss their thoughts and views. Students work as a class to analyze and complete the worksheet on the Treaty of Greenville and then they work in groups to analyze other treaties. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze the different roles assumed by various Native American tribes during the American Revolution. They examine the issues involved for Native Americans in choosing the British or the American side of the conflict, such as maintaining trade or preserving homelands. They complete several online activity worksheets after reading some of the information about the Indian's involvment in the American Revolution. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine the effects of Christopher Columbus' exploration on the Native Americans using a reading theater and a carousel brainstorming activity. They use the Native American point of view to write a story about Columbus, create a character sketch of him and write a letters to find out more information about Columbus. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 7th
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Students explore the use of sundials. They observe the shadows cast by the sun and record the times at various points throughout the day. They create sundials and record the location of the shadows and the time of day. They view a video describing the technologies that the Fort Ancient people used including the solar calendar system and sundials. 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 »
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