Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Native American Reference Weblist

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides a series of sites about Native Americans, featuring their history, literature and culture, news and current events,government and law, their libraries, museums, and archives, and, lastly, their tribes and...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Distribution of American Indians, 1500

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of North America central Canada to northern Mexico showing the distribution and territories of the Native Americans around 1500. The boundaries are based on linguistic stock and not tribal territories. The map was...
Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indian Relations, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
One modern historical assessment and several original accounts of the mistrust, negotiations, alliances, trading, and disease transmission between European colonizers and native peoples in North America.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indians' Accounts, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Four accounts by Native Americans of their complex responses to and reactions toward European explorers near present-day Canada and Mexico.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Conquest, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of illustrations and accounts of Spanish conquest of Indians that reflect the fascination with and the brutality directed against native cultures.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Missions, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
A Spanish Franciscan and a French Jesuit report on the reciprocal relationship between natives and Catholic missionaries as Europeans settled New France and New Spain.
Website
History Link

History Link: Smallpox Epidemic Ravages Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
HistoryLink, the Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History, discusses the outbreak of smallpox in North America among the Native Americans of the Northwest coast in the 1770s.
Website
Other

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history and culture of this Native American tribe in North Dakota. Includes statistics on the tribal community.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Thompson

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn some brief information about a group of American Indians known as Thompson who lives in British Columbia.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Pueblo Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Read facts and descriptions about the different Pueblo Indian tribes.
Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Southeast Tribes

For Students 4th - 8th
Interactive web site where students can learn about the development of the geography of the United States over the course of history. This section of the site focuses on the original inhabitants of North America, in particular the...
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Curated OER

Perry Castaneda Map Collection: Map of Early Indian Tribes in the Western u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
Map showing the Native American culture areas and the tribes within those cultures in western North America. From the Perry Castaneda collection.
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Curated OER

Native American Indian Resources: Native American Housing Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
A color map and explanation of the various types of Native American house construction in each region of North America.
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Curated OER

Native American Indian Resources: Native American Housing Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
A color map and explanation of the various types of Native American house construction in each region of North America.
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Curated OER

Native American Indian Resources: Native American Housing Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
A color map and explanation of the various types of Native American house construction in each region of North America.
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Curated OER

Native American Indian Resources: Native American Housing Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
A color map and explanation of the various types of Native American house construction in each region of North America.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Contested Territories

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights the westward expansion of settlers in North America and the effects this expansion had on Native Americans between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: New France

For Teachers 5th
A comprehensive learning module on New France that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include where the French explored and...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Communities Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection features videos that describe . ECHO members include people from Alaska Native Heritage Center and North Slope Borough ECHO Project in Alaska; Bishop Museum in Hawai'i; New Bedford ECHO Project and Peabody Essex Museum in...
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Ponca

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Ponca Native American tribe. Explore topics such as their history, cultural values, and dwellings.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Omaha

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Omaha Native American tribe. Explore topics such as their history, economy, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Metoac

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the Long Island Indians known as the Metoac on this site. Learn that the Metoac group includes a few tribes that lived in Long Island New York.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Teton

For Students 9th - 10th
A page containing information about an Indian tribe known as the Teton who live in South Dakota. Investigate their family life, economy, religion, and history.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nootka

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Native American tribe Nootka. Explore topics such as their history, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.