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Native Americans Common Core RH.6-8.6 resources $5-10
Code Talker Unit Plans - Novel Study Guide with Reading Comprehension Questions
Teaching reading skills by reading a novel can be a daunting task if you've never done it before. The Code Talker novel study guide is a COMPLETE LITERATURE GUIDE for this gripping historical fiction book about the role of Navajo Code Talkers during World War II. Everything you need to turn Code Talkers into a standards-based unit of study is included: BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE (access articles and videos using QR codes), READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS (multiple times), and DEEP THINKING TEX
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Historical Fiction Novel Studies BUNDLE & Book Companions
Did Pocahontas Save John Smith? An Investigation and Essay Activity
It’s a story familiar to every American child: John Smith, captured by Powhatan Indians, was about to have his head smashed in when suddenly the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, laid her head on his and begged her father not to kill Smith, thereby saving his life. But is it true?
The answer to that is simple: nobody really knows. In this activity, students will examine both sides of the question, analyze the arguments made for and against the veracity of Smith's story, and decide for themselves wh
Grades:
7th - 11th
First Californians-Southern Region - Digital and Paper
Understanding California history, is understanding the peoples who were here first-The First Californians. This resource is going to focus on the First Californians of the Southern Region-The Chumash, Tongva, Luiseno and Kumeyaay.This resource is in a FlipBook version and is going to captivate your students as they begin to study the rich and complex history of the indigenous peoples of California. As with all of my products, this activity comes in both paper AND digital formats! This makes i
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: First Californians GROWING Bundle - Digital AND Paper
First Californians-Central Valley Region - Digital and Paper
Understanding California history, is understanding the peoples who were here first-The First Californians. This resource is going to focus on the First Californians of the Central Valley Region-The Achumawi, Maidu, Miwok and Nisenan.This resource is in a FlipBook version and is going to captivate your students as they begin to study the rich and complex history of the indigenous peoples of California. As with all of my products, this activity comes in both paper AND digital formats! This make
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: First Californians GROWING Bundle - Digital AND Paper
Passport SS Grade 7 Unit 1: Native Americans Unit Plan & ALL 15 Lesson Plans
This Grade 7 Unit Plan includes Essential Questions, CCSS, Vocabulary, Skills, Evaluation, Performance Task, Teaching Points with a Focus Question, Content Understandings, and Learning Experiences for every lesson, Enrichment Activities, Ell's and IEP opportunities, and Multiple Entry Points for: Unit 1: Native Americans: Early Encounters and Colonial Development These are Grade 7 complete and detailed lesson pla
Grades:
7th
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Westward Expansion Unit Guide - PDF
Printable Unit Overview for Westward Expansion! This product was designed when I taught my unit on the old west. I wanted to have have a packet for my students to use throughout the unit where they could keep their vocabulary terms, a list and descriptions of the people involved, a timeline of events so the students could better understand the order of when events happened, and finally maps of the United States, allowing students to see both the impact of the railroads on settlers but also on th
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in: Growth in the West and Industry PDF - Maps and Activities Bundle
Historical Novel and Student Packet for Grades 7-9 BUNDLE and Free Novel Access
Black History Month Giveaway-HUGE BUNDLE! FREE STUFF INCLUDED!The Unit:This packet is available in: PDF for Print and in Google Slides for Presentation and Digital Submissions Unit Includes Reference to:Greenwood OklahomaDust Bowl in OklahomaStock Market CrashGreat DepressionMigrant Workers of CaliforniaA Look at Native American ThemesStudent Packet engages students throughout the novel study with interactive documents and digital pages. Includes: Setting, Character, Symbolism, Foreshadowing, Co
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Westward Expansion Interactive Jamboard Slides
This growing bundle of Westward Expansion Interactive Jamboard and Google Slides pack is loaded with Informational Text Graphic Organizers that will increase collaboration, communication, and offer multiple perspectives of the different cultural groups that participated in the migration westward or were native tribes of the area. Turning these slides digital has helped create classroom community and discussion using interactive technology for both in-person and remote students during whole-group
Grades:
5th - 10th
Trail of Tears Lesson & Reading Activity
In this lesson:Students will be introduced to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears. The lesson is a mixture of lecture, photo/map analysis, and reading/writing activities. Included in your purchase:Easy to read, kid-friendly slidesDiscussion prompts Document worksheet2 primary sources with 3 questions1 secondary source with 3 questionsExit ticketPrior to this lesson:Make sure students have a base knowledge of the following topicsManifest DestinyNative American & U.S. Governm
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6th - 9th
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Colonial Development of the United States Set Bundle
These two editable Constructed Response Question (CRQ) Sets offer an overview of the period of early European colonization of the new world.Topics Covered:Early European Encounters with Native AmericansDevelopment of the Colonial Slave TradeThe historical literacy skills of identifying and explaining purpose, point of view, audience, and bias are the focus of this CRQ set with the content.In addition students will be asked to develop their skills of describing cause and effect as well as turning
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Wisconsin Indigenous Culture Assignment
This assignment gets students acquainted with a variety of Wisconsin indigenous tribes and explore their ways of life as well as introduce the history of their treatment.Teachers can pick and choose how many of the videos and questions students wish to answer.The questions of the assignment are the discussion questions attached to each video from the website.Teachers can use them as discussion questions or assess them if they wish.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Cherokee Nation v Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia
This lesson breaks down the importance of the two Supreme Court Cases that involve the Cherokee Indians.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Trail of Tears Lesson Bundle
Trail of Tears Perspectives PowerPoint
This PowerPoint illustrates the perspectives of the American government in contrast to the Native Americans. This PowerPoint is meant to be used with the supplementary worksheet. The teacher will read an excerpt from Congress and then the students will write a paragraph expressing their if they are for or against the Indian Removal Act. After the teacher will read an excerpt from a traveler who witnessed the atrocity of the Indian Removal Act. The students will be guided by the teacher and the P
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Trail of Tears Lesson Bundle
NYCDOE Passport S.S. Gr.7UNIT PLAN Unit 1:Native Americans/Colonial Development
This Grade 7 Unit Plan includes Essential Questions, CCSS, Vocabulary, Skills, Evaluation, Performance Task, Teaching Points with a Focus Question, Content Understandings, and Learning Experiences for every lesson, Enrichment Activities, Ell's and IEP opportunities, and Multiple Entry Points for: Unit 1: Native Americans: Early Encounters and Colonial Development
Grades:
7th
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Pocahontas: Re-Write the Textbook
Have you ever noticed how Pocahontas is treated in the textbook? She is often an aside, or ignored completely! This five day, DBQ style mini-unit uses a NOVA documentary, clips from Disney, and historical & modern documents to examine Pocahontas' rich life. At the end, students write a short passage where they have to think critically to answer the question "Did Pocahontas save John Smith?"
Grades:
5th - 10th
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"As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs" - Found Poem
The 1980 DBQ for APUSH is on U.S. Government policy toward Native Americans from the 1790’s to the Jackson Administration in the 1830’s.From documents A-Q, the students will create a Found Poem and commentary in footnotes on the purpose and consequences of this policy. Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. A pure found poem consists exclusively of outside texts: the words of the poem remain as they were found, with few additions or omissions
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8th - 11th
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Trail of Tears Supplemental Worksheet
This PowerPoint illustrates the perspectives of the American government in contrast to the Native Americans. This PowerPoint is meant to be used with the supplementary worksheet. The teacher will read an excerpt from Congress and then the students will write a paragraph expressing their if they are for or against the Indian Removal Act. After the teacher will read an excerpt from a traveler who witnessed the atrocity of the Indian Removal Act. The students will be guided by the teacher and the P
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: Trail of Tears Lesson Bundle
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