Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wounded Knee Massacre

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Westward Expansion lesson, students examine sources regarding the Battle of Wounded Knee from the perspective of Lakota...
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Other

Old West: Wounded Knee

For Students 9th - 10th
A good set of images and background on Wounded Knee can be found on this site. Statistics on the battle are provided as well.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Red Coud's Speech After Wounded Knee

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Red Coud's Speech after Wounded Knee" by Chief Red Cloud, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Handout
PBS

Pbs the West: Lakota Accounts of the Massacre at Wounded Knee

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS site offers excerpts from the report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1891 on the events of the Massare at Wounded Knee in 1890.
Handout
PBS

Pbs the West: Big Foot (?? 1890)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the massacre of Chief Big Foot and his followers at the Massacre of Wounded Knee.
Article
Other

Cyber Learning World: A Brief Look at the Massacre of Wounded Knee

For Students 6th - 8th
Read an interesting article on the massacre at Wounded Knee written in an engaging way by a high school social studies teacher.