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Free Native Americans simulations
Will Rogers Choose his destiny slide deck
The best method is to project to your class and have them vote on what Will Rogers should do. That way you insure the students read the material and are not stuck in front of a device for another hour of their school day. You could push this out to your students individually but please don't. Let's start getting students of devices.
Grades:
3rd - 10th
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Columbian Exchange Simulation
Simulate the Columbian Exchange through an interactive activity. Students are split into two groups and trade goods over the course of three rounds. This will simulate the movement of trade goods, people, and diseases during the Age of Exploration.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Engineering Design Challenge: Building Creek and Cherokee Homes
Allow students to explore engineering as they research about Creek and Cherokee homes, and choose one type of home to design and build. Students then get to test the strength and stability of their home against various types of weather. This powerpoint includes narration within the notes to give additional lesson planning tips for each component of the engineering design process. A rubric is also included which measures students' knowledge regarding the Creek and Cherokee Native Americans, use o
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Lewis and Clark simulation
Here is a link to a video where I explain how to do this simulation (by the way I have many more resources and videos like this on my youtube channel “teaching juntos”) : https://youtu.be/osKUa0UA3jM
Grades:
5th - 8th
Aztec fun activity
Here is a video explaining the activities: https://youtu.be/2V-7humymfw In this lesson students do a dodgeball/capture the flag simulation where in order to understand the advantages that the Spanish had over the Aztecs. Spanish have "guns" (dodgeballs), Aztecs die of disease, and Spanish get help from other "natives". Then students listen to a rap song about the conquest and answer some questions. They also try to create a menu of food based on old world vs. new world ingredients and lastly the
Grades:
5th - 11th
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First Americans Charades
12 cards with descriptions of different jobs held by groups of people in the Powhatan, Lakota, and Pueblo tribes.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Inca: Communal Property vs. Capitalism
This lesson includes a series of thought-provoking and fun simulations where students weigh the pros and cons of living in a system of shared wealth contrasted with a capitalistic economy. There is also a reading which describes the social and economic structure of the Inca to provide as background.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Aztec, Inca, Maya - Mesoamerica Bundle
Lewis and Clark simulation
Here is a link to a video where I explain how to do this simulation (by the way I have many more resources and videos like this on my youtube channel “teaching juntos”) : https://youtu.be/osKUa0UA3jM
Grades:
4th - 9th
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