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Native Americans Common Core RI.9-10.1 resources
Native American History & Literature: Indian Boarding Schools | Louise Erdrich
Looking for a resource on the Indian Boarding Schools that will help your students understand how victims of mistreatment and abuse resist oppression in their own ways? In an effort to “kill the Indian to save the man,” the assimilation policies of the United States caused a great deal of pain to the tens of thousands of young people who were displaced from their homelands and taken to horrific institutions. While the Native American children who were forced to cut their hair and forget their c
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Native American Literature: Meaningful Podcast + Cultural Appropriation Activity
PRINT + DIGITAL!This lesson is the perfect modern day connection of cultural appropriation that your students can see happening around them right now. Give them the tools to be informed by experts about cultural appropriation from the All My Relations podcast with two different episode options with doodle notes. After this, students will read articles about different types of cultural appropriation in the mainstream media through articles. To make analyzing these articles more engaging, students
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Native American Literature - Indigenous Art - Native American Heritage Month
Are you trying harder to amplify Native voices in your classroom? This growing bundle of rigorous lesson plans for Indigenous literature will meet the standards for TEKS, Common Core, and social studies and engage your students.What's included?◈Rhetorical Analysis Practice - Ruth Muskrat Bronson◈Rhetorical Analysis: Chief Joseph's Letter to President Hayes◈Geronimo & Red Cloud Final Speeches Compare-Contrast◈Indigenous Photo AnalysisMore to come! This growing bundle will eventually include N
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9th - 11th
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Rethinking the Legend of Pocahontas: Reading Passages + Comprehension Activities
Students will be able to recount the traditional story of Pocahontas and describe ways in which the traditional story has changed based on historical findings.All necessary readings, activities and worksheets are attached.Check out all my Native American related products below!Native American Bundle of Lessons: Reading Passages + Comprehension ActivitiesLast of the Mohicans Study & Movie Guide with Comprehension QuestionsThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Novel Study: Reading Gu
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7th - 12th
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Columbus Day | Indigenous Peoples Day | Reading Passage Comprehension Questions
Discover the truth about Christopher Columbus, with this close reading passage and comprehension question resource. Students record their schema about Christopher Columbus prior to reading. After reading about the life, rule, and treatment of Indigenous people under Columbus, students answer questions and have an opportunity to reflect on the passage--Did anything they read challenge what they previously knew about Columbus?This resource includes:Annotate the Text Strategies PageSchema Recordin
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8th - 10th
A Tale of Two Cultures: Jamestown & Powhatan: Reading Passages + Activities
Students will be able to compare the social, political and economic structure of Powhatan and the English in the 17th century in order to determine the causes of conflicts between the cultural groups at Jamestown. Students will analyze instances of conflicts between citizens in order to propose methods, which citizens can use to resolve conflicts peaceably.Check out all my other Thirteen Colonies products below!Jamestown: Secrets of the Dead: Reading Passages + Comprehension ActivitiesThe Thirte
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7th - 12th
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Mini Unit on Thanksgiving
*This lesson is for high school and mature middle school classes. I've rounded up great materials and resources to get your students talking about what really happened with the Pilgrims and the Natives, and how we have celebrated them for the past 100 years. Day 1: Gallery Walk of Photos and ArtworkI've compiled a set of 8 photos from the 1921 300th anniversary celebration of the Pilgrims' arrival and their first Thanksgiving with the Natives. Students will complete a KWL and then a gallery walk
Grades:
9th - 12th
"Rituals of Memory" Qs, Teacher Slides w Annotation Guide & Examples + Art
Included in this product is much of what is needed to help students process the essay "Rituals of Memory" by Kimberly M. Blaeser which appears in StudySync, MyPerspectives, and HMH Collections textbooks. Provided here is a user-friendly Google Doc (fully editable!) with text-dependent questions, an analysis of the connotation and denotation in the essay. Also included are teacher slides that provide directions on what students should annotate as they read in order to best answer these questions.
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8th - 12th
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Autopsy: The New World, Part I
The students will be looking into a specific New World Colony and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative. The students will be looking int
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Autopsy: The New World
Rhetorical Analysis: Chief Joseph's Letter to President Hayes, AP® Language
Looking for ways to incorporate Indigenous literature? This rhetorical analysis of Chief Joseph's letter to President Hayes will allow you to pull in non-fiction text in any American Literature or AP™️English Language course.Contents◈ One detailed lesson plan with materials needed, standards (TEKS, CCSS, ELA, and AP Language), activator, teacher input, student active participation, and summarizer◈ Background research exercise◈ Full text of Chief Joseph's letter to President Hayes◈ Five graphic o
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Collection - Geronimo to Jason Reynolds - Stamped
Sacagawea Fast 5 Unit (6th & Up)
Are you looking for a fun way to engage your students with fun activities designed to support the 5 Core Components of Reading? Fast 5 Units are a great way to hit all 5 core components of reading plus writing in a timely fashion and in a format that will motivate and engage students. They are also useful tools for collecting data and for progress monitoring and can be useful for identifying or addressing areas of need. Each unit is themed around a passage and includes:1. Phonics Roll and Read G
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6th - 12th
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Urban Tribes - Native Americans in the City Lessons - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for High School StudentsThis learning resource uses the reading strategies: connection, question, infer and transformation, to allow for powerful understanding. Students will gain a better understanding of the unique issues facing Indigenous millennials in North America.Lessons included will ask:Students to make connections, between the text and personal experiences, other texts and media, or world events/issuesStudents to document and class
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Native American Bundle of Lessons: Reading Passages + Comprehension Activities
This Native American Unit is a collection of 8 lessons and 3 movie guides. The 8 lessons are: A Tale of Two Cultures (Jamestown and Powhatan); Rethinking the Legend of Pocahontas; Native American Jeopardy; Columbus' Voyage to the New World; Sacajawea and Westward Expansion; Thanksgiving and the Journey of the Mayflower; The French and Indian War: The Beginnings of the American Revolution. The 3 movie guides included are: The New World; Last of the Mohicans and Dances with Wolves. There are writi
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5th - 10th
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Sacajawea & Westward Expansion: Reading Passages, Printable, Comprehension
In this lesson students will learn about Sacajawea and the vital role she played in Westward Expansion. Specifically, students will read an article about how Sacajawea acted as a guide to explorers Lewis and Clark, and that the success of the expedition depended mostly on her. The lesson includes the article 'Girl Guide', short response questions and a writing prompt to start the class.Updated December 2023 to include a PDF version!Check out all my Native American related products below!Native A
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6th - 10th
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The Plains Indians - A Way of Life Ends
Following the Confederate Army's surrender to Union forces in 1865, most of the newly-reunited United States experienced a welcome reprieve to four years of war. Yet even before Reconstruction could begin, a new series of brutal conflicts was beginning out west. This two-part U.S. History worksheet seeks to inform students about the Plains Indians, their culture, their valiant resistance, and ultimately, the end of their way of life. Part I is a twelve-question matching exercise that includes Si
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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AP® US History: Jacksonian Democracy – Agree/Disagree Short Answer Worksheet
A hero to some, a brutal autocrat to others, Andrew Jackson brought a new combativeness to 19th Century American political life. Despite growing wealthy as a slave-holding planter, Jackson tirelessly portrayed himself as champion of the common man.This short answer history worksheet explores the many contradictions of America's seventeenth President. Was Jackson a hard-nosed political stalwart, or a backstabbing bully who only cared about his own supporters? Was he a tough-but-fair Indian fighte
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Jamestown w/ Native American and British perspective+ Primary source practice
This is a great lesson to help students see both perspectives of the British landing on Native American land. Students will be able to understand each side, practice picture analysis, practice primary source analysis, and complete an exit ticket.
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1) Do Now with MC and short answer question on Jamestown
2) Guided Notes on both the colonist perspective and Native American perspective (track changes has answers to this)
3) 3 pictures and analysis questions to help student
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6th - 11th
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The Early People of North America and Technology One Page Reading with Questions
This quick read covers the history of the Clovis people, the Bering land bridge theory, various tools and technology used in North America, burial mounds, the Laurel people, and the invention of the bow and arrow during the Woodland Tradition time period. There are four questions at the end and a small vocabulary section. An answer key is provided.Quick reads are great as bell ringers, reviews, or a quick activity to compliment a lesson plan to spark a discussion. Also great if you do not have
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Minnesota History Bundle - PowerPoints, Projects, and Readings
Unit 5 - The North and the South
This bundle includes a full unit of content covering the French and English colonization efforts in the Americas. Sessions 5.1-5.4 include the following resources:The full text of each Session from the Nomadic Professor's online American History course (nomadicprofessor.com)Exclusive on-location mini-lectures from the Nomadic Professor (the thumbnails for each video in the PDF are hyperlinked to their unlisted YouTube URLs)Guided notes handouts that closely follow the textA complete answer key f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Unit 4 - The French and the English
This bundle includes a full unit of content covering the French and English colonization efforts in the Americas. Sessions 4.1-4.4 include the following resources:The full text of each Session from the Nomadic Professor's online American History course (nomadicprofessor.com)Exclusive on-location mini-lectures from the Nomadic Professor (the thumbnails for each video in the PDF are hyperlinked to their unlisted YouTube URLs)A professional audio recording (.mp3 or .m4a) of the full Session, includ
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
A "City on a Hill?" Exploring Colonial New England with Primary Sources
Support your students' learning of colonial New England with this engaging primary source inquiry activity. Use this worksheet to complement a study of colonial New England, such as a lecture or textbook reading, to help students assess the success of the colonists achieving John Winthrop's dream of the colony becoming a "City on a Hill." Makes for a great exit ticket or basis for formative discussion.
Includes excerpted primary sources covering the Mayflower Compact, Salem Witch Trials, publi
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9th - 12th
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5.5 - Document lesson: Why do interpretations of past events change over time?
This file includes a full document-based lesson:6 primary and secondary sources grouped around a guiding questionA handout on historical literacy (sourcing, contextualizing, reading and inferring, and corroborating)A graphic organizer for focusing attention on key information, organizing ideas, and drawing attention to similarities and differences between the sourcesSupport for students working virtually and/or independently:Model answers in the student handoutVideo guidance modeling how to read
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Unit 5 - The North and the South
I Will Fight No More Forever and I Am the Last of My Family Speech Analysis
This product contains two Native American speeches with higher-level thinking questions which require students to determine the strategies used by the speakers to convey their messages. The product also contains paired passsage questions. Answers are provided for all questions.
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7th - 10th
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Andrew Jackson in the White House
Revered by some, reviled by others, Andrew Jackson was nothing if not controversial. Dubbed "Old Hickory" by his men, he gained national prominence following his victorious command at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. Elected by a landslide in 1828, Jackson would soon employ these same methods to his political opponents. Over the course of two terms, he imposed, or attempted to impose, his will on American Indians, the Bank of the United States, southern planters, and the U.S. Supreme Court, among
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7th - 12th
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