Colonial and Native American Relations Activities Bundle

Relations Between Colonists and Native Americans Resource Bundle!

This bundled product contains the following 7 StudentSavvy resources!

Colonial and Native American Relations Interactive Notebook

Colonial and Native American Relations Reading Passages

Colonial and Native American Relations Interactive PowerPoint

Colonial and Native American Relations PBL Activities

Colonial and Native American Relations STEM Challenges

Colonial and Native American Relations Google Classroom Student Projects

Colonial and Native American Relations Assessments / Exam / Test

This resource is part of the US History Complete Curriculum

More information on each resource:

Interactive Notebook

This resource is designed for an Early American / United States history unit. Topics covered in this unit include: Control of North America, The Pequot War, King Philip’s War, American-Indian Wars, Powhatan Wars in Virginia, French & Indian Wars, Indian Removal Act, The Trail of Tears, The 13 Colonies, Treaties, The Fur Trade, Andrew Jackson, Chief Tecumseh, John Marshall, Chief Logan, Sequoyah, Chief John Ross, and much more!

Reading Passages

Questions & Answer Keys for Each of the 5 Reading Passages!

COMMON CORE ALIGNED!

Quick overview of topics covered in this resource include:

1.) Competition for Control of North America

-Overview of how the “Age of Discovery” inspired European powers to engage in competition for control of North America – hoped to discover riches and control of land.

-why colonists came to the new word (gold and riches, abundant land, escape disease and poverty in England, looking for a better life, religious freedom/tolerance (Puritans, Pilgrims, Catholics, Quakers)

-Overview of how Native Americans first traded with colonists (fur trade began) and were hospitable and offered food to colonists. Peace did not last long once they realized English were not going to leave.

2.) American-Indian Wars

Description of American-Indian War (a series of armed conflicts spanning 300 years between colonists, European empires, American settlers, and Native Americans)

-The Pequot War (July 1636-1638) in New England

-overview of war, the colonists attacked over 500 Pequot in a brutal war.

-King Philip’s War (June 1675-April 1678) in New England (also known as Metacom’s War)

3.) Anglo-Powhatan Wars in Virginia

-Description of the Powhatan Wars

-Peace of Pocahontas – the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe in 1614 created a period of peace between Powhatan’s tribes and the Jamestown colonists.

-Overview of 2nd War (1622-1632) Further encroachment on Powhatan territories. Chief Opechancanough led major attacks on colonists and they retaliated

-Overview of 3rd War (1644-1646)

Attacks from Opechancanough, Chef Opechancanough refused to sign a peace treaty and was shot in the back by an English guard.

4.) The French and Indian War

-War fought by the French and British (1754-1763)

-Overview of battles, first battle was at Fort Duquesne – George Washington led troops to force the French out of Ohio River Valley.

-Military tactics that the French learned from the Indians.

-William Pitt changed the outcome for the British – a secretary of state committed to spend money on the resources necessary to win.

-British won with Treaty of Paris signed (officially ended the war)

-British gained all of France’s land in Canada and Ohio River Valley

5.) Indian Removal Act of 1830 and The Trail of Tears

-Overview of Indian Removal Act Law signed by Andrew Jackson in 1830

-details of law – ordered all of the Indian nations east of Mississippi river to move west.

-Overview of the Trail of Tears – 1838 the Cherokee nation was forced to move into “Indian Territory” (present day Oklahoma)

-The journey the Cherokee nation took was referred to as the “Trail of Tears”

-facts about the journey (1/4th of the people did not survive, faced starvation, disease, and a cold winter)

Interactive PowerPoint

This teaching resource is quite the virtual experience! This US History PowerPoint can be used as a powerful classroom presentation or students can click their way through it on individual computers.

***This product was created with PowerPoint (2016). The effects and transitions may not display properly on older versions.

PBL Activities

Native Americans and Colonists Relations | PBL Activities | Cherokee (Problem Based Learning | Project Based Learning)

Cross-curricular challenge for students who are studying US History and the Colonist Relations

Welcome to 1820-1840, You have traveled back in time to the 1800’s, where there was rising tension between the colonists and Native American people.

Students will create their very own PBL booklet. PBL activities utilize creative learning and real-world problem-solving strategies!

Students use mapping skills as well as knowledge of simple machines to build tools!

Sample pages (answer key) included in the file.

STEM Challenge
Cherokee Native Americans STEM Challenges

Cross-curricular challenge for students who are studying US History and Native Americans

This resource has science, technology, engineering, and math activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really enhance their learning!

The STEM Challenge in this resource has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3, final results section with drawings, and a reflection section.

Challenge #1 Design a Cherokee Winter Home

Students design a model of a Cherokee Winter Home using a limited amount of supplies

Challenge #2 Design a Cherokee Summer Home

Students design a model of a Cherokee Summer Home using a limited amount of supplies

Google Classroom Student Projects

This product contains 3 digital projects that students can complete using Google Slides! This resource has a brochure project, a timeline project, and a info-graphic / poster project.

Each student-centered project has a sample project, answer key, and detailed project instructions for the students.

Assessment/Exam

This product contains an assessment that has vocabulary matching, fill in the blank, short answer, essay, and an info-graphic! It has 19 questions total.

It also contains an ANSWER KEY and an EDITABLE powerpoint file

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