Curated OER
A River Through Time
Learners explore how construction of a dam on the Gila River affected the lifestyle of Pima Indians. For this social studies lesson, students locate the Gila River and the Coolidge Dam. Learners record dates on a timeline and discuss how...
Curated OER
Social Studies Quiz B-Grade 4
In this grade 4 social studies quiz worksheet, 4th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 4 concepts.
Curated OER
Artifact Exploration
Students develop an understanding of the ways in which different people can use, relate to, and understand an object. Students look at each artifact collected in this lesson plan. For each artifact, the students describe how members of a po
Curated OER
Fort at No. 4 History
Students examine the history of Fort No. 4 in New Hampshire before visiting the site. They identify key events and people that occured at the fort as well. They complete questions and teach them to their group.
Curated OER
Powder Magazine
Third graders complete activities in which they discover powder magazines and the history of South Carolina. They practice using new vocabulary and complete a worksheet after visiting the museum. They examine how families and...
Curated OER
The Original Layout of the Town of Deerfield
Eleventh graders explain that elements of the early settlement of Deerfield can still be seen in the town layout and in some of the early 18th century houses which survive. They read and analyze historical maps and analyze a drawing of...
Curated OER
Farming the Southern Colonies
Seventh graders investigate the basis for farming choices in the early colonies by using group research and discussion. Each group researches a topic that they write about and present to the rest of the class.
Curated OER
IN STRAWBERRY FIELDS
The student will calculate wages of agricultural workers by the hour and by the piece.2. Share background material, and discuss the difference between gross pay and net pay and the difference between getting paid by the hour or the piece...
Curated OER
Working Watermelon
You're going to wish you had a watermelon for this activity! Class members read about watermelons and make a salad in class to sample. They also perform estimates, measurements and calculations on a watermelon. They predict what...
Curated OER
Developing Flags
Learners examine why having a symbol such as a flag is important for countries. In this flag lesson plan, students break into groups and create their own flag to represent their group dynamic.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Native American Cultures: The Pre History of America
Article on pre-Columbian Native American history and culture, including discussion on the impact of the Europeans.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Native American Cultures: Pre History of America
Brief article about Native American culture and history prior to European settlement and with arrival of Europeans.
Other
Bringing History Home: Native American History
This 5th grade unit is an introduction to Native American history in the 19th and 20th centuries. The lessons focus on U.S. government policies that have determined the official relationship between the government and Native American...
Other
Colonial America: Native American Cultures
A brief look at the Native American cultures before Contact and some discussion of the interaction with Europeans after Columbus. From an on-line American History textbook.
Tom Richey
Tom richey.net: Native American Cultures 1491 1607 [Ppt]
Presents key ideas for examining the cultures of Native American tribes that lived in North America in early colonial times. Discusses the major groups, the way of life of each group, and where they lived.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Colonial Literature: Native American Myths
This lesson focuses on Native American myths including the creation myth "The Earth on Turtle's Back." It includes links to the above myth, a self-assessment quiz, and an assignment for a mini-report over a Native American tribe.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Colonial Settlement 1600s 1763
The settlement of the colonies in America is the focus of this article. The course of events is divided into topics and time periods, making it easier to understand. Note is made of the effects to the already present Native Americans as...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Puritan and Quaker Utopian Promise
This unit explores the documented perceptions of Native Americans, religious faiths, physical challenges of new lands and how the combination of immigrants and Native Americans shaped the New World. Click on "Activities" for related...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Colonial Literature Assignments
This lesson focuses on the assignments for the unit on Colonial Literature. It features a list of reading assignments, thought questions, a mini-research project assignment, and links to websites on Native American Culture and Native...
EL Education
El Education: Native American Living
Students study Native American life and stereotypes during pre-colonial times. Then they create a historical magazine providing information and illustrations about pre-colonial Northeastern woodland tribes.
EL Education
El Education: Native American Living Then and Now
After studying Native American life in colonial times and comparing it to both stereotypes and truths about modern-day life for Native Americans, students create a book providing illustrations and information about past and present culture.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: American Colonial Life in the Late 1700s
In this very detailed lesson plan, learners will explore what life was like during colonial life in the late 1700s. Students will use what they have learned to write fictional letters to a cousin.
Other
Maryland Colonial Essay Contest: Native Americans of Maryland
This student essay discusses the Native Americans of Maryland that helped the colonists settle the land and survive, but were, in turn, run off of the land.
A&E Television
History.com: The Native American Chief Who Drove Out Spanish Colonists and Nearly Expelled the English
In the summer of 1561, Spanish explorers abducted Opechancanough, a Powhatan Indian youth from the Chesapeake Bay tidewater region and brought him to the royal court of Spain. The kidnapping set off a chain of events that would alter the...