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Curated OER

Lives of Native Americans and Settlers

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students assess the effect of contact between the Native Americans and Europeans after 1492. They explore the lives of the early European colonists and the Native Americans living along the East Coast of North America. Lesson contains...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Texas Originals

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research the Native Americans of Texas. They create a PowerPoint presentation or poster showing the culture of the Native American tribe they were assigned.
Lesson Plan
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Bartering Through the Seasons

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore bartering. In this bartering lesson, 5th graders investigate bartering between the American colonies. Students study the climate and geography of neighboring colonies and investigate crops native to each area.
Lesson Plan
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Field Trip to Living History Farms

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students tour "Living History Farms" in Iowa. In this field trip preparation lesson, students observe ways Native Americans began growing crops in the 1700's as well as how the farm changed in the 1800's. Upon their return from the trip,...
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Curated OER

Native Knowledge

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students investigate what type of climate and physical features certain Indigenous groups live in using an atlas and a provided worksheet. They then match the tribe and its location to the sustainable stategy employed in agricultural...
Article
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Anglo American Colonization in Texas: Agriculture

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the agricultural differences between the Upper and Lower South of Texas prior to the Civil War.
Article
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Anglo Amer. Colonization in Texas: Food Production

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the role Texas played in trading food crops in the mid-1800s.
Handout
Siteseen

Siteseen: Land of the Brave: John Rolfe and Pocahontas

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview and biographical facts on the life of John Rolfe, husband of Pocahontas who had the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia.