Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: N. Scott Momaday

For Students 9th - 10th
Relying on many elements, including traditional Native American and European American traditions, this biography features the rich literary contributions of N. Scott Momaday. See "N.Scott Momaday Activities" for more resources.
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Other

Defense: American Indian Heritage Month: Code Talkers

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the Native Americans who used their tribal languages as code during World War I and World War II. Includes information on Charles Chibitty, a Comanche code talker who was inducted into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.
Activity
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Western Migration Towards the Interior

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an essay discussing the migration of American colonists into the Ohio River Valley and the impact on the Native Americans living in the area.
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

National Archives: Indian Nations vs. Settlers on the American Frontier

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When the Revolutionary War ended, there was an ongoing conflict between the Native Americans and American settler in the Northwest Territory. Students will study two documents from each side of the issue and answer questions and/or hold...
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: Indian Nations vs. Settlers on the American Frontier: 1786 1788

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will compare and contrast two documents from the Revolutionary period written by 1) a combined group of Native American tribes and 2) an American territorial governor, Arthur St. Clair. Students will analyze...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Fate of Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the inability of Native Americans to halt the settlement of their lands by American colonists after the French and Indian War. There is a short description of Chief Pontiac and his alliance of several tribes which fought...
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Fighting the Good Fight in World War Ii 1941 1945: The Home Front

For Students 11th - 12th
Discusses how America prepared for war, the impact on the work force in the United States, how women and other civilians supported the war effort, and how the war affected race relations.
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Other

Combined Arms Research Library: Atlas of the Sioux Wars:

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at the Sioux Wars from 1862-1877. Included are maps for many topics discussed.
Handout
US Department of State

U.s. Department of State: Decades of Change: 1960 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of the rise of cultural and ethnic pluralism that took place in America between 1960 -1980 causing major social change. Included were such movements as civil rights, women, Latino, Native-American, counterculture,...
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Other

California State Military Museum: Mariposa Indian War, 1850 1851

For Students 9th - 10th
The California State Military Museum has captured the history of the Indian Wars. This is a synopsis of the Mariposa Indian War which occurred between 1850-1851, the best known battle during the Gold Rush years.
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Other

Mises Institute: The Last Indian War [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This passionate essay provides an informative history of the battles between Northwest Indians and the US in the 1960s over fishing rights and broken treaties.
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: An Un American Bill: A Congressman Denounces Immigration Quotas

For Students 9th - 10th
The rise of anti-immigration feeling after World War I resulted in legislation limiting the number of immigrants from various areas of of the world. Read the speech by a Congressman decrying the immigration quotas by giving examples of...
Primary
Arizona State University

Jaie: Vice President Pledges Aid

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Journal of American Indian Education provides a speech by vice-president Hubert Humphrey, the benefits of the War on Poverty for Native Americans are described.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Westward Migration

For Teachers 7th
A comprehensive learning module on the westward movement that took place prior to the Civil War. It includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Battle of Little Bighorn Facts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Provides a summary and list of interesting facts about the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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Digital History

Digital History: Indian Removal

For Students 9th - 10th
The Indian Removal policy was inhumane and without empathy for the Native Americans who were forced from their lands. Read about the attempts to enforce federal treaties and the final removal of three major tribes from the Southeast.
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Digital History

Digital History: Dimensions of Change in Colonial New England

For Students 9th - 10th
Dissension in Massachusetts Bay Colony resulted in the formation of other New England colonies. Read about their formations, and the impact on the Native Americans in the area.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

For Students 9th - 10th
This online catalog offers thousands of primary source photographs and prints from around the world.
Primary
Arizona State University

Jaie: Will We Meet the Challenge?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Journal of American Indian Education provides the 1964 speech presented to the Governor's Interstate Indian Council describes reservation conditions and prospects, in light of the War on Poverty.
Article
Arizona State University

Jaie: What Are New Horizons?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Journal of American Indian Education provides a 1965 speech by the chairman of President Johnson's Task Force on Indian Poverty, describes the future of the American Indian.
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Other

Federal Indian Policy: Bureaucrats or Bullets?

For Students 9th - 10th
The making of federal Indian policy in the United States during the 19th century was marked by disagreement among all parties. The areas of disagreement that stood out most were (1) What is the legal/constitutional status of Indians and...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Chief Joseph Brant: Mohawk, Loyalist, and Freemason

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Chief Joseph Brant, "the powerful and influential Mohawk chief who sided with the British during the American Revolutionary War."
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Native Author Called Roe" by Edward Payson Roe

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of an autobiographical short story called "A Native Author Called Roe" written by Edward Payson Roe. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Handout
Other

Milwaukee Public Museum: Indian Country: Menominee History

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down this site to the section on "Wars of the Midwest" to read about the Menominee tribe's alliance with the British and involvement in Tecumseh's pan-Indian alliance.