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Free Native Americans resources for Google Apps
Indigenous Peoples' Day
A collection of resources in a 5 slide Google Slides for Indigenous Peoples' Day- 1. A video about what "Indigenous" means-2. A Map of California pre-European contact with a link to a map of the USA pre-contact-3. A video of indigenous children sharing why this day is important to them.-4. Link to Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
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K - 8th
Land Acknowledgement and Indigenous Peoples (Canada) Slides
These slides are a good way to introduce and discuss Indigenous Peoples with your little learners. Why do we have land acknowledgements? Why are they important? I have included a great video suggestion that tells you why! These slides are not an activity for your students but rather discussion slides for your lessons/addition to your slide deck. This resource includes: Editable Land Acknowledgement Slide I have included a slide with the land acknowledgement for the land on which I teach but I ha
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K - 3rd
Westward Expansion- Great Plains Adventure and Death Passage (PDF and Digital)
"There they were - dead and scalped - horses gone, and wagons on fire. The Indians had taken all the freight they could use, piled wood under the wagons, and set it on fire.”This engaging NO PREP reading passage will leave your students with an unforgettable understanding of the hardships faced by settlers during westward expansion. The activity is available in PDF and Google Docs formats! The information sheet briefly introduces the harsh environment of the Great Plains and gives students prim
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6th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Westward Expansion Unit BUNDLE
A Little's Introduction to Native American/Indigenous Culture
This resource was intended to be used in a pre-k through 1st grade classroom. This free resource will be a quick lesson on Native Americans and how they were here long before any other people. The activities are hands on as children in this age range learn best through play-based learning. These activities will help children develop many needed skills while being able to enjoy learning about a new topic. This free resource will guide you into researching Indigenous Peoples in your area and how t
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PreK - 1st
The Battle of Little Bighorn Primary Source Reading Passage (PDF and Digital)
“He was dressed in buckskin, and was on his hands and knees. He had been shot through the side, and there was blood coming from his mouth. He seemed to be watching the Indians moving around him. Four soldiers were sitting up around him, but they were all badly wounded. All the other soldiers were down. Then the Indians closed in around him and I did not see any more.” This gripping NO PREP reading passage and response question worksheet will bring the action of the Battle of Little Bighorn
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6th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Westward Expansion Unit BUNDLE
FREE Louisiana Purchase Activity for Google Slides- Distance Learning
This free digital Social Studies resource is an interactive Google Slides presentation for the Louisiana Purchase! This activity features 8-slides with information related to the Louisiana Purchase and is designed for middle grade students. The presentation is interactive for students, including quick-write questions and think-pair-share prompts. There is also a vocabulary review activity and a perspective writing activity for students to complete as additional assessment options!Answer key inc
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â American History Activity Bundle for Google Slides- Distance Learning
Navajo Code Talkers: Make Your Own Code
Students can create their own code as part of learning about Navajo Code talkers. Students can trade their code with partners to see if they can decode it. This could be part of a bigger lesson on making codes.Look in my store for more lessons and activities with Navajo Code talkers.
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3rd - 8th
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National Day of Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day Divisional Slides
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day falls on September 30th in Canada. This day is used to remember and spread awareness about the atrocities committed in Indian Residential Schools against Indigenous children and families by the Canadian Government and the Catholic Church. This resource is designed to allow students from all age groups and divisions k-8 to be able to engage with content that is age-appropriate, while still educating them about what really happened in India
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K - 8th
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Trail of Tears Webquest - American Indian Smithsonian
Link provided to American Indian Smithsonian website on the Trail of Tears with five subsections. I liked using this webquest because it focuses on Cherokee culture from their perspective and how they were before and how they've rebuilt afterwards. There are pictures and videos for the students to explore, and short paragraphs for them to read and answer 1-4 questions per section. I'm offering this for free because the questions come from the website itself not from me.
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7th - 12th
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Indian Act Response - Social 30, Native Studies Saskatchewan
After learning about the Indian Act, as well as the Red and White paper, this response allows students to form opinions in support of reconciliation while demonstrating their knowledge on what they have learned.Designed for Native Studies 10, Native Studies 20, Native Studies 30, Social 30, History 30.
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9th - 12th
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Indigenous History Trivia Game - Google Slides
Celebrate Canada's National Indigenous History Month with this interactive trivia game! Students will be tested on their knowledge of First Nations, Inuit and MĂ©tis peoples. There are four categories: Indigenous inventions, Indigenous languages, food and medicines, & music and arts. Each category has four questions. In my shop, you'll also find The Indigenous History Month Treasure Hunt, which includes all the answers to this game! You can use this resource to test students on what they lear
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Not Grade Specific
Sometimes I Feel Like A Fox Poetry Lesson | FREE
This is poetry lesson for grade 2-6 students where they will write a poem that follows the same poetry pattern found in the text, Sometimes I Feel Like A Fox. Begin by reading the book out loud to students.Then, present the GOOGLE SLIDE lesson that includes an introduction, task description, example poem, and a checklist. Happy reading!
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2nd - 6th
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Indigenous Peoples & Spaniards Unit | PPT, Slides, Questions, & Primary Source
Teach your American history students about the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere (Native Americans), the encounters the native had with the Spanish explorers, and the Age of Exploration. This lesson teaches about Native American tribes like the Anasazi, Mississippians (who built Cahokia), Lenape Delaware People, Aztec Empire, and more. Then it goes into detail about the Age of Exploration with an emphasis on the Spanish arrival in the New World.Other topics presented include the Age o
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: US History Curriculum: Pre-Columbian–Civil War | Full Semester
Busting Native Stereotypes: Introduction to Native Peoples and Regions
Are you wondering where to start with teaching your students about Native Peoples? Are you trying to find a way to help students look past Native People portrayals in American media, and discover the complexity, diversity, and richness of ancient American cultures? Are you wanting to teach students how to use sourcing as a way to bust dangerous stereotypes that continue to persist in the "age of information"? This lesson will help you accomplish all of these objectives and more. This lesson help
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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.
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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.
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7th - 12th
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Three Sisters Plants (Corn Beans Squash)
I vividly remember learning about the symbiotic relationship between corn, beans, and squash in my own Grade 9 year. As an Indigenous Education teacher (who usually teaches English!), I wanted to create this resource to give to science teachers to incorporate an Indigenous perspective into their curriculum. The Three Sisters is a traditional way of planting corn, beans, and squash that allows for mutual benefit between the three crops. This brief lesson and activity features the Iroquois story b
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7th - 10th
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Jamestown DBQ Culminating Project (Diorama, Tinkercad, Google Draw, Poster)
This project helps students visualize what life was like for the residents of and around Jamestown, Virginia in the early 1600's. Use this to go along with the Jamestown DBQ, and/or with the book Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 by Elisa Carbone. It is a completely editable Google Document.
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5th - 12th
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America: The Story of Us - Rebels Viewing Guide (Google Doc)
In 1607, a small group of English travelers landed in Jamestown. Thirteen years later, religious Puritans settled in New England. These men and women are all driven by the promise of a new life; they face the perils of disease, starvation, and war with native groups. They are very different, yet in time both grow. One man’s entrepreneurial dream, tobacco, and the backbreaking work of the first African slaves, turns the disease-ridden swamps of the South into a land of opportunity. The hardw
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â America: The Story of Us Viewing Guides (Google Docs)
Indigenous Trailblazers: Celebrating Indigenous History Month
Need a stepping stone to discussing Indigenous History Month? Here is a helpful Google Slide Resource that has a short biography on 33 Indigenous Trailblazers from Canada. These Trailblazers are from the past and present and span many different fields such as; authors, musicians, activists, leaders, athletes and scientists. Some Trailblazers include:- David A. Robertson- Buffy Sainte-Marie- Tom Longboat- Jean Cuthand GoodwillThis resource is meant to be a stepping stone to start a larger convers
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5th - 12th
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Aztec Emperor Itzcoatl Close Reading Activity Digital & Print | 5th & 6th Grade
A Google Forms close reading activity with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task about the influential emperor of the Aztec Empire, who formed the powerful Triple Alliance, Itzcoatl. The NO PREP informational text activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. The resource, which also comes in PDF format, allows students to learn key facts about the famous figure whilst working on their comprehension skills.Included in
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5th - 6th
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Changes thru History: Paper Dolls
Students will demonstrate how people changed throughout history. This was created for 7th grade Texas History but the people selection can be adjusted as you need. For the 2023-2024 school year, this will be used as our final.
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7th - 8th
Native American Presentation
In this presentation, students will choose from a list of different Native American tribes. The list is linked on the first page of the presentation. Using the rubric, students will then find the information using the website and insert the correct findings on the google presentation. This will include the roles of the males/females. The food they ate, the area they lived in, the weapons they used, and the types of clothes they wore. Finally, students will present their findings to small groups
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Northwest Native Americans
This PowerPoint™ has been converted to GoogleSlides™. The presentation covers all you need about Northwest Native Americans, and probably some extra! It has been an item for purchase since 2008, but I am updating my store and my resources to current standards. I hope you find this presentation useful as many other teachers have in the past 15 years that it has been in my store!
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3rd - 5th
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