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8th grade Native Americans simulations $5-10
Hunter Gatherer Building Shelter and Gathering Food Simulation Activity
This exciting simulation activity provides students the opportunity to pretend that they are a hunter-gather! With limited resources they must build a successful shelter. Then they must go on five hunting trips for food. They might find berries, nuts, a gazelle, a mammoth, or they may get the “injured” card while hunting. This extremely engaging lesson is sure to engage students into the lifestyle of being a hunter-gatherer and students will love the activity. This lesson comes with a Direc
Grades:
5th - 8th
The First Americans, A Play About The Bering Land Bridge (Native Americans)
This is a short play about the most well-known migration theory concerning Native Americans.
If you are teaching about the origin of Native peoples in America, this is great way to help introduce the topic of the Bering Land Bridge theory.
The play will take about 5-10 minutes. It is meant as an enhancement to a lesson. It's great to get students involved and engaged in class. This offers that opportunity.
Enjoy and please let me know what you think!
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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Voyaguer's Paddle - Fur Trade Simulation and Strategy Game
Voyageur’s Paddle is a strategy and trade simulation set in the world of the early fur trade. Players each represent powerful fur trading companies who braved the wilds of the New World in search of lucrative animal pelts which were at times worth more than their weight in gold.
This simulation game was developed in the classroom over a period of many years using both teacher and student feedback. It can be played by groups of 2-4 players and is primarily intended to be used as a study game wh
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5th - 12th
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Native American Indigenous Heritage Activity CSI Mystery of History Bundle
Explore Native American and Indigenous heritage and history with this bundle of investigation activities! Perfect for lessons on Native American history, the first Americans, and early American civilizations, this resource bundle makes history come to life!Your students will explore fascinating aspects of Native American and Indigenous history through investigation case file activities that encourage historical and creative thinking in a culturally sensitive way. This bundle includes mystery of
Grades:
5th - 10th
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The Iroquois (5 Nations) - A Play About The Grand Council Of Peace
I use this play to help further student's understanding about the important contributions of the Iroquois Confederacy. This is a great way to introduce the Grand Council of Peace and how it worked. Enjoy! Oh, and, remember, I always add a touch of humor to my plays. PS - I use this in my American History classroom. But, it could also be used for civics/government.
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6th - 12th
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The Colonization Simulation
This resource is an interactive, group-based simulation designed to teach students about the hardships of colonization, and some of its aspects such as planning the voyage, the first winter, relationships with the Native populations, and building a community. Students will be responsible for tracking population and supply numbers, as well as gains and losses during each round of the simulation. I have done this with 7th graders up to seniors in high school. My students loved this activity and so
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Louisiana Purchase Simulation - Activity - Buy Your Town *Money included*
This engaging Louisiana Purchase Simulation was created from scratch to bring the historical significance of the Louisiana Purchase into a relatable activity. Students will be guided through the simulation where a student will purchase their town/city/region for a price comparable to the pricing of the Louisiana Purchase. The rest of the class will have time to engage in the reality of the new land owner and discuss possible reactions and solutions to this ownership of their land without their c
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6th - 12th
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Early English Colonies 3 Product Bundle: Roanoke, Jamestown, and Tobacco DBQ
These three resources will give your students a fantastic perspective on the two earliest English colonies; Roanoke Island and Jamestown, as well as offer practice with interpreting resources and writing a DBQ style essay.The "Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke" is a station activity for your students. It presents the most popular theories about what happened to the colonists along with evidence which supports or refutes the theories. Your students will play detective as the create a theory
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5th - 12th
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The "Ancient Ones", a play about the Anasazi (Early Native Americans)
I created this play for my classroom to engage my students more as we learned about Pre-Columbian civilizations. This play takes about 10-15 minutes to do and is meant as a supplement to your lesson. For this play, I actually make a copy for each student. As the actors are doing the play, I have the other students use a highlighter and highlight any of the key words that we have already learned about the Anasazi, through our lesson, homework and discussion. This actually works very well, plus th
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5th - 12th
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Native American Folklore - How Chipmunk Got His Stripes, A Play
This is an adaptation of an Iroquois folk tale. I use this during our Pre-Columbian history unit when focusing on the oral traditions and sacred stories of indigenous people in North America.
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4th - 12th
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Ancient American Cereal Box Project
This project is not just fun, it is rigorous. Using the 5 Themes of Geography, students will explore one of the following Ancient American civilizations: Maya, Aztec, Chibcha, or IncasEach side of the box is clearly described and there is also a rubric in the shape of a check. This engaging lesson helps students reach into the higher order thinking skills of application, creation, and evaluation.
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4th - 10th
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Native American Nations Project Based Learning
I created this project to conclude our unit on Native American cultures. Students are divided into pairs of your or their choice and given the role of Native American history professors and experts who have been given the task of creating new exhibits for a fictional new Museum of the American Indian opening in a city near them. They will need to create an informative and immersive exhibit using any resources at their disposal. At the end of the project students display and explore each others'
Grades:
7th - 12th
Climate Change Kachina
Want to teach about human impact on the environment and open up discussion about climate change? Follow the (mis)adventures of Koshare, the Kachina who teaches by doing everything wrong. Use the scenario cards to see if he makes a bad, uninformed choice or is guided by other Kachina to lessen his carbon footprint and mitigate climate change. Keep track on the carbon "footprint" clip chart. Great for opening up conversation and looking for new solutions to living more sustainably.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-3
, MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, HS-ESS3-6
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The Signing of Treaty Four
This is a full script of the signing of Treaty Four between the Crown and the Cree and Saulteaux First Nations in Fort Qu'Appelle SK, September 15, 1874. This is to be used to have your class reenact the signing of the treaty to help them to understand this important moment in Canadian history.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Treaty Simulations: Summit: The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo 1848
This is the second lesson of four about American wars and the treaties that settled those conflicts. We tend to think of peace negotiations as taking place after the end of a war, but in most cases peace discussions begin soon after the fighting starts. Peace treaties can be seen as summit meetings in which the causes which motivated the warring nations are set aside, and it is the obligation of each government’s negotiators to seek from that adjustment the most favorable conditions possible fo
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â American Treaties
Treaty Simulations: Summit: The Fort Laramie Treaty 1863
This is the third lesson of four about American wars and the treaties that settled those conflicts. We tend to think of peace negotiations as taking place after the end of a war, but in most cases peace discussions begin soon after the fighting starts. Peace treaties can be seen as summit meetings in which the causes which motivated the warring nations are set aside, and it is the obligation of each government’s negotiators to seek from that adjustment the most favorable conditions possible for
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â American Treaties
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