Introduce middle schoolers to the First Nations that inhabited the Northeast during the Age of Exploration with a series of activities designed for differentiated groups.

Concepts

native american culture, native american history, native americans, north american native americans, native american tribes, reading comprehension strategies

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign groups to research a Northeastern Native American tribe and create a poster that identifies their territory, language, key characteristics, and customs

Classroom Considerations

• Requires considerable prep time to locate the required map, collect artifacts, and copy the many worksheets
• One lesson in a three-week unit study of the Age of exploration

Pros

• Rubrics are included for the various performance tasks

Cons

• Provided links to the map and images of Native Americans do not work

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.7.3 RH.6-8.1