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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Wounded Knee Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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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.
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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.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Wounded Knee Massacre

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the phenomenon of the Ghost Dance that was causing a religious reawakening with Native Americans in the 1880s. See how this caused the travesty at Wounded Knee Creek where the U.S. Army attacked peaceful Sioux who were trying...
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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Old West

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides first-hand accounts and background information on the Old West. Content touches on crossing the plains, cowboys, train robberies, Dalton Gang's Last Raid, Custer's Last Stand, the Death of Billy the Kid, and much...
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Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Whose Land Is This? Webisode 8

For Students 9th - 10th
From Joy Hakim's marvelous set of books, A History of US, this webisode offers narrative, pictures, and teaching guides for the settling of the West after the Civil War.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Closing the Frontier

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief look at the conflict between Native Americans in the last half of the 19th century. By the end of the century, Native Americans were relegated to reservation life. See how the struggle was fought and find out the advantages of...

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